# 沁

| 沁 | U+6C81, &#27777; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C81 |
| ← 沀 [U+6C80] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 沂 → [U+6C82] |

## Translingual
### Han character

沁 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水心 (EP), four-corner 3310$_0$, composition ⿰氵心)

#### Derived characters

* 𫪍, 𦯹

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 609, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17182
* Dae Jaweon: page 1002, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1574, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6C81

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 沁 | *sʰlɯms |
| 吣 | *sʰlɯms |
| 心 | *slɯm |
| 杺 | *slɯm |
| 伈 | *slɯmʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰlɯms) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 心 (OC *slɯm).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qìn (qin$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sam$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sim / sìm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cim$^3$ / sim$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qìn
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cìn
*** Wade–Giles: chʻin$^4$
*** Yale: chìn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinn
*** Palladius: цинь (cinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰin⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sam$^3$
*** Yale: sam
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sam$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sem$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐm³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim / sìm
*** Tâi-lô: sim / sìm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sym, sixm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴/, /sim²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³/, /sim⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴/, /sim²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴/, /sim¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴/, /sim²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cim$^3$ / sim$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshìm / sím
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰim²¹³/, /sim⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: tshimH
Rime :
| Character | 沁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 侵 (139) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 七鴆切 |
| Baxter | tshimH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰiɪm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰim$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰjem$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰim$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰiəm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰĭĕm$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sʰi̯əm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qìn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cam$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlɯms/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 沁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13799 |
| Phonetic component | 心 |
| Rime group | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 沁 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰlɯms/ |

### Definitions

沁
* to soak into water; to seep in water

### Compounds

* 沁人心肺
* 沁人心脾 (qìnrénxīnpí)
* 沁人肺腑
* 沁入心脾
* 沁入肺腑
* 沁寒
* 沁涼／沁凉
* 沁涼如水／沁凉如水
* 科爾沁／科尔沁 (Kē'ěrqìn)
* 邊沁主義／边沁主义 (biānqìnzhǔyì)

### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: thấm (沁)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しん (shin)
* Kan-on: しん (shin)
* Kun: しみる (shimiru, 沁みる)

## Korean
### Hanja

沁 (eum 심 (sim))
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## Tày
### Adjective

沁 (transliteration needed)
* Nôm form of têm (“full”).

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

## Vietnamese
### Han character

沁: Hán Nôm readings: tắm, tăm, tấm, thấm
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