# 黮

| 黮 | U+9EEE, &#40686; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EEE |
| ← 黭 [U+9EED] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 黯 → [U+9EEF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

黮 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+9, 21 strokes, cangjie input 田火廿一女 (WFTMV), four-corner 6431$_1$, composition ⿰黑甚)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1521, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48156
* Dae Jaweon: page 2056, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4752, character 6
* Unihan data for U+9EEE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黮 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 湛 | *ʔl'uːm, *r'uːmʔ, *l'um |
| 媅 | *ʔl'uːm |
| 黮 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ, *l'uːmʔ |
| 糂 | *sluːmʔ |
| 堪 | *kʰluːm |
| 戡 | *kʰluːm, *ʔl'umʔ |
| 嵁 | *kʰluːm, *ŋɡluːm, *ŋɡluːmʔ, *sɡruːmʔ, *kʰruːm |
| 歁 | *kʰluːmʔ, *kʰluːb |
| 勘 | *kʰluːms |
| 磡 | *kʰuːms |
| 墈 | *kʰuːms |
| 偡 | *r'uːmʔ |
| 碪 | *ʔl'um |
| 椹 | *ʔl'um |
| 揕 | *ʔl'ums |
| 踸 | *l̥ʰumʔ |
| 鍖 | *l̥ʰumʔ |
| 斟 | *kljum |
| 諶 | *ɡljum |
| 愖 | *ɡljum |
| 瘎 | *ɡljum |
| 煁 | *ɡljum |
| 甚 | *ɡljumʔ, *ɡljums |
| 葚 | *ɦljumʔ |

### Etymology

From Kra-Dai. Compare Proto-Tai *C̥.damᴬ (“black”) (whence Thai ดำ (dam, “black”)) (Schuessler, 2003). See also 黔 and 紺.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǎn, dàn (dan$^3$, dan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ, ㄉㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daam$^6$ / taam$^2$ / taam$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǎn
*** Wade–Giles: tan$^3$
*** Yale: dǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daan
*** Palladius: дань (danʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tän²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàn
*** Wade–Giles: tan$^4$
*** Yale: dàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
*** Palladius: дань (danʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daam$^6$ / taam$^2$ / taam$^5$
*** Yale: daahm / táam / táahm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daam$^6$ / taam$^2$ / taam$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dam$^6$ / tam$^2$ / tam$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːm²²/, /tʰaːm³⁵/, /tʰaːm¹³/
* daam6 - colloquial;
* taam2,taam5 - variant.
* Middle Chinese: domX
Rime :
| Character | 黮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒感切 |
| Baxter | domX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dʌm$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dəm$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɒm$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dəm$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /dᴀm$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /dɒm$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱăm$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | daam$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'uːmʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 黮 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 11269 |
| Phonetic component | 甚 |
| Rime group | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 禫 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'uːmʔ/ |

#### Definitions

黮
* (of mulberry fruit) blackness
* unclean
* genitalia

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tàn, tǎn
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ, ㄊㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): taam$^3$ / taan$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tàn
*** Wade–Giles: tʻan$^4$
*** Yale: tàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tann
*** Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰän⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tǎn
*** Wade–Giles: tʻan$^3$
*** Yale: tǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taan
*** Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰän²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: taam$^3$ / taan$^2$
*** Yale: taam / táan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: taam$^3$ / taan$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tam$^3$ / tan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaːm³³/, /tʰaːn³⁵/
* taam3 - colloquial;
* taan2 - variant.
* Middle Chinese: thomX
Rime :
| Character | 黮 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 他感切 |
| Baxter | thomX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰʌm$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰəm$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɒm$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰəm$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰᴀm$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰɒm$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tʰăm$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | taam$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰuːmʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 黮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 11268 |
| Phonetic component | 甚 |
| Rime group | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 襑 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰuːmʔ/ |

#### Definitions

黮
* Used in 黮闇／黮暗 (“unclear appearance”).
* Used in 黯黮 (“dim; gloomy”).

##### Compounds

* 黤黮 (yǎntǎn)
* 黮闇 / 黮暗
* 黯黮
* 黭黮

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shèn (shen$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sam$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shèn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shèn
*** Wade–Giles: shên$^4$
*** Yale: shèn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenn
*** Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sam$^6$
*** Yale: sahm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sam$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sem$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐm²²/

#### Definitions

黮
* Alternative form of 葚 (“mulberry fruit”)

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhèn (zhen$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhèn
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhèn
*** Wade–Giles: chên$^4$
*** Yale: jèn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenn
*** Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/

#### Definitions

黮
* (historical dictionaries only) dirt; filth

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B06250
* “黮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* black
* dark
* unclear
* genitalia

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): たん (tan)、どん (don)、だん (dan)、ちん (chin)、じん (jin)
* Kun: くろい (kuroi)

## Korean
### Hanja

黮 • (dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune–Reischauer tam, Yale tam)
* black
* dark