# 苫

| 苫 | U+82EB, &#33515; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82EB |
| ← 苪 [U+82EA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 苬 → [U+82EC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

苫 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜口 (TYR), four-corner 4460$_1$, composition ⿱艹占)
* rush or straw matting

#### Derived characters

* 𥠯, 𬜗

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1024, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30802
* Dae Jaweon: page 1483, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3189, character 6
* Unihan data for U+82EB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 苫
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 頕 | *taːm |
| 煔 | *ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms |
| 炶 | *ɦlaːm |
| 詀 | *rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb |
| 站 | *rteːms |
| 檆 | *sreːm |
| 黏 | *nem |
| 粘 | *nem |
| 枮 | *slem, *ʔl'ɯm |
| 霑 | *tem |
| 沾 | *tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm |
| 覘 | *tems, *tʰem |
| 鉆 | *tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb |
| 占 | *ʔljem, *tjems |
| 颭 | *tjemʔ |
| 佔 | *tjems, *teːm |
| 苫 | *hljem, *hljems |
| 痁 | *hljem, *teːms |
| 蛅 | *njem |
| 阽 | *lem |
| 敁 | *teːm |
| 掂 | *tiːm |
| 點 | *teːmʔ |
| 玷 | *teːmʔ, *teːms |
| 店 | *tiːms |
| 坫 | *tiːms, *tim |
| 黇 | *tʰeːm |
| 扂 | *deːmʔ |
| 拈 | *neːm |
| 鮎 | *neːm |
| 砧 | *ʔl'ɯm |
| 笘 | *teːb |
| 跕 | *teːb, *tʰeːb |
| 貼 | *tʰeːb |
| 帖 | *tʰeːb |
| 怗 | *tʰeːb |
| 呫 | *tʰeːb |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shàn (shan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sim$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siàm / chiam
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
*** Wade–Giles: shan$^4$
*** Yale: shàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
*** Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sim$^3$
*** Yale: sim
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sim$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xim$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːm³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàm
*** Tâi-lô: siàm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaxm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siam²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siam⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam
*** Tâi-lô: tsiam
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciafm
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: syem, syemH
Rime :
| Character | 苫 | 苫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 失廉切 | 舒贍切 |
| Baxter | syem | syemH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕiᴇm/ | /ɕiᴇm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɛm/ | /ɕiɛm$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕjæm/ | /ɕjæm$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕiam/ | /ɕiam$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɛm/ | /ɕiɛm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭɛm/ | /ɕĭɛm$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ɛm/ | /ɕi̯ɛm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shān | shàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sim$^1$ | sim$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.tem/, /*s-tem-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljem/, /*hljems/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 苫 | 苫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shān | shàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syem › | ‹ syem$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*s.tem/ | /*s-tem-s/ |
| English | thatch | thatch |
| 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 | 苫 | 苫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 16710 | 16712 |
| Phonetic component | 占 | 占 |
| Rime group | 談 | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 苫 | 閃 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljem/ | /*hljems/ |

#### Definitions

苫
* to cover with a straw mat, tarpaulin, etc.

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shān (shan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sim$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siam
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shān
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shan
*** Wade–Giles: shan$^1$
*** Yale: shān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
*** Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sim$^1$
*** Yale: sīm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sim$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːm⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siam
*** Tâi-lô: siam
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siafm
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siam³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: syem, syemH
Rime :
| Character | 苫 | 苫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 失廉切 | 舒贍切 |
| Baxter | syem | syemH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕiᴇm/ | /ɕiᴇm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɛm/ | /ɕiɛm$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕjæm/ | /ɕjæm$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕiam/ | /ɕiam$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɛm/ | /ɕiɛm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭɛm/ | /ɕĭɛm$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ɛm/ | /ɕi̯ɛm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shān | shàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sim$^1$ | sim$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.tem/, /*s-tem-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljem/, /*hljems/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 苫 | 苫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shān | shàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syem › | ‹ syem$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*s.tem/ | /*s-tem-s/ |
| English | thatch | thatch |
| 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 | 苫 | 苫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 16710 | 16712 |
| Phonetic component | 占 | 占 |
| Rime group | 談 | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 苫 | 閃 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljem/ | /*hljems/ |

#### Definitions

苫
* straw mat

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* woven mat

#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen)
* Kan-on: せん (sen)
* Kun: とま (toma, 苫)

### Alternative forms

* Kanji in this term
* 苫
* とま Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* 篷

### Etymology 1

⟨to$_2$ma⟩ → */təma/ → /toma/
Likely from Old Japanese.
Possibly derived from the verb 泊(と)まる (tomaru, “to stay”), or from 止(と)まる (tomaru, “to stop”), in reference to thatched roofs under which boats or people stay, or which stop falling rain. Other suggested sources include 鳥羽(とは) (toha, “bird's wing; feather”) or 戸(と) (to, “door; house”) + 衣(も) (mo, “clothing; covering”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) とま [tóꜜmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [to̞ma̠]

#### Noun

苫(とま) • (toma)
* a woven mat, usually made from rush or hay
** c. 951–953, Gosen Wakashū (book 6, poem 302; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 1)
    秋(あき)の田(た)のかりほの庵(いほ)の苫(とま)をあらみわが衣(ころも)手(で)は露(つゆ)にぬれつつ
       aki no ta no kariho no io no toma o arami waga koromode wa tsuyu ni nuretsutsu
       Coarse is the rush mat of my harvest-hut, sheltering the harvested ears of this autumn day; so my sleeves are growing wet with the evening dew.
* (historical) in the Edo period, a kimono worn by carpenters

##### Derived terms

* 苫(とま)小(こ)牧(まい) (Tomakomai)
* 苫(とま)手(て) (tomate)
* 苫(とま)の屋(や) (toma no ya)
* 苫(とま)庇(びさし) (tomabisashi)
* 苫(とま)舟(ぶね), 苫(とま)船(ぶね) (tomabune)
* 苫(とま)葺(ぶ)き (tomabuki)
* 苫(とま)屋(や) (tomaya)

#### Proper noun

苫(とま) • (Toma)
* a surname

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 苫
* とば Hyōgai
* irregular
Nasal /-m-/ → plosive /-b-/ variant of toma above.

#### Noun

苫(とば) • (toba)
* (rare) a woven mat, usually made from rush or hay
* (rare) a kimono

##### Derived terms

* 長(なが)苫(とば) (nagatoba)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 苫
* のま Hyōgai
* irregular
Attested in the Iroha Jiruishō (c. 12th century).
Plosive /t-/ → nasal /n-/ variant of toma above.
Contemporary attestation in the Tōhoku and Hokuriku regions of northern Japan.

#### Noun

苫(のま) • (noma)
* (rare) a woven mat, usually made from rush or hay

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Andrea Grafetstätter, Sieglinde Hartmann (2011) James Michael Ogier, editor, Islands and Cities in Medieval Myth, Literature, and History: Papers Delivered at the International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, in 2005, 2006, and 2007 (Volume 14 of Beihefte zur Mediaevistik), illustrated edition, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 116
* ↑ 1989, 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

## Korean
### Hanja

苫 • (jeom) (hangeul 점, revised jeom, McCune–Reischauer chŏm, Yale cem)
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