# 濕

| 濕 | U+6FD5, &#28629; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FD5 |
| ← 濔 [U+6FD4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 濖 → [U+6FD6] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 湿 |
| Simplified | 湿 |
| Traditional | 濕 |

### Han character

濕 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 水日女火 (EAVF), four-corner 3613$_3$, composition ⿰氵㬎)

#### Derived characters

* 𤒴

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 655, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18483
* Dae Jaweon: page 1065, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1769, character 8
* Unihan data for U+6FD5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 儑 | *ŋɯːms, *ŋɯːb, *ŋaːb |
| 濕 | *ŋ̊ʰl'ɯːb, *hŋjɯb |
| 漯 | *tŋ̊ʰɯːb |
| 礘 | *ŋɯːb |
| 隰 | *ljɯb |
| 溼 | *hŋjɯb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰl'ɯːb, *hŋjɯb) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 㬎.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shī (shi$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sap$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sip$^2$ / siak$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳp
    (Hailu, HRS): shib
    (Meixian, Guangdong): seb$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): chiĕ
* Eastern Min (BUC): sék
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sip
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sib$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$seq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shī
*** Zhuyin: ㄕ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shih
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^1$
*** Yale: shr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
*** Palladius: ши (ši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: si$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: s
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sap$^1$
*** Yale: sāp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sap$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seb$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐp̚⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sip$^2$ / siak$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sip̚⁵⁵/, /siak̚³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳp
*** Hakka Romanization System: siib$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sib$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨp̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shib
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃip⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: seb$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /səp̚¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chiĕ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiɛ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sék
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sip
*** Tâi-lô: sip
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sib
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sip̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sip̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sip̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sip̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sip̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sib$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sip
*** Sinological IPA : /sip̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$seq
*** MiniDict: seh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$seq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: syip
Rime :
| Character | 濕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 緝 (141) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 失入切 |
| Baxter | syip |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕiɪp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕip̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕjep̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕip̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiəp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭĕp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɕi̯əp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sap$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[qʰ]ip/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hŋjɯb/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 濕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syip › |
| Old Chinese | /*[qʰ]ip/ |
| English | to flap (the ears) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 濕 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 11447 |
| Phonetic component | 濕 |
| Rime group | 緝 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 溼 |
| Old Chinese | /*hŋjɯb/ |
| Notes | 同溼見經典 |

#### Definitions

濕
* wet; damp; moist; humid
* (traditional Chinese medicine) delayed; impassable
* to wet; to dampen
* (Cantonese, slang) horny (of a woman)

#### Usage notes

* In Hokkien, 濕／湿 refers to damp things, used mostly with floorboards, houses, or a wide space, 溡／𪶄 (chhî) refers to slightly moist things, while 澹 (tâm) refers to wet things.

##### Synonyms

* (wet):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 濕 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 濕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 濕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 濕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 濕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 濕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 濕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 濕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 濕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 濕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 濕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 濕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 濕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 濕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 潮, 濕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 潮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 削 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 削 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 濕, 削 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 濕, 削 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 削 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 濕, 削 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 削, 濕 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 濕 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 濕 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 濕 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 濕 |
| Hakka | Changting | 濕 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 濕 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 濕 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 濕 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 濕 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 濕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 濕 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 濕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 濕 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 濕 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 濕 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 濕 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 濕 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 濕 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 濕 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 濕 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 濕 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 濕 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 濕 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 濕 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 濕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 濫 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 濫 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 濫 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 濫 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 濫 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 濫 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 濫 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 濫 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 濫 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 濫 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 澹, 濫 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 澹, 濫 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 澹 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 濫, 澹 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 澹 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 澹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 澹 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 濫 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 澹, 濕 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 澹, 濕 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 澹, 濕 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 澹, 濕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 澹, 濕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 澹, 濕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 澹, 濕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 澹, 濕 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 澹, 濕 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 濕 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 濕 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 濕 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 澹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 澹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 澹, 澬 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 泱 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 澹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 澹 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 泱, 澹 rare, 澬 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 泱, 澹 rare, 澬 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 泱, 澹 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 濕 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 濕 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 濕 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 澹 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 濕 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 濕 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 濕 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 濕 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 濕 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 濕 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 濕 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 濕 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 濕 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 濕 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 濕 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 濕 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 濕 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 濕 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 濕, 潮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 潮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 濫, 濕 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 濕 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 濕 |

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “wet”): 乾／干 (gān)

#### Compounds

* 乾啼濕哭／干啼湿哭
* 乾濕褸／干湿褛
* 偎乾就濕／偎干就湿
* 口垃濕／口垃湿
* 口立濕／口立湿
* 惡濕居下／恶湿居下
* 推燥居濕／推燥居湿
* 攬濕布衫／揽湿布衫
* 浸濕／浸湿 (jìnshī)
* 潮濕／潮湿 (cháoshī)
* 濕刮刮／湿刮刮
* 濕咧咧／湿咧咧
* 濕巾／湿巾 (shījīn)
* 濕水棉花：無得彈／湿水棉花：无得弹
* 濕水欖核：兩頭唧／湿水榄核：两头唧
* 濕𣲷𣲷／湿𣲷𣲷
* 濕津津／湿津津
* 濕浸浸／湿浸浸
* 濕滑／湿滑 (shīhuá)
* 濕滯／湿滞
* 濕漉漉／湿漉漉
* 濕潤／湿润 (shīrùn)
* 濕濕／湿湿
* 濕碎／湿碎
* 煨乾就濕／煨干就湿
* 煨乾避濕／煨干避湿
* 陰濕／阴湿 (yīnshī)
* 鹹濕／咸湿 (xiánshī)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tà (ta$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tà
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tà
*** Wade–Giles: tʻa$^4$
*** Yale: tà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tah
*** Palladius: та (ta)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰä⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: thop
Rime :
| Character | 濕 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 合 (160) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 他合切 |
| Baxter | thop |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰʌp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰəp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɒp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰəp̚/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰᴀp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰɒp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tʰăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ta |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | taap$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯːb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 濕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 11440 |
| Phonetic component | 濕 |
| Rime group | 緝 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 錔 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯːb/ |

#### Definitions

濕
* An ancient river in Shandong

#### Compounds

* 濕陰／湿阴

### Etymology 3

From English shaft.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): sap$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sap$^1$
*** Yale: sāp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sap$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seb$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐp̚⁵/

#### Definitions

濕
* (Cantonese, vehicles) shaft; driveshaft (Classifier: 條／条 c)

#### Compounds

* 橫濕／横湿 (Cantonese)
* 直濕／直湿 (Cantonese)

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 濕 – see 隰 (“low wet land; newly cultivated field; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 隰).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 湿 |
| Kyūjitai | 濕 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 湿)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しつ (shitsu)、しゅう (shū)
* Kun: しめる (shimeru, 濕る)

## Korean
### Hanja

濕 • (seup) (hangeul 습, revised seup, McCune–Reischauer sŭp, Yale sup)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

濕: Hán Nôm readings: thấp
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