# 滇

| 滇 | U+6EC7, &#28359; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EC7 |
| ← 滆 [U+6EC6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 滈 → [U+6EC8] |
| 滇 | U+2F90C, &#194828; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F90C |
| ← 滋 [U+2F90B] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 𣻑 → [U+2F90D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

滇 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水十月金 (EJBC), four-corner 3418$_1$, composition ⿰氵真 or ⿰氵眞)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 642, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18010
* Dae Jaweon: page 1049, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1694, character 6
* Unihan data for U+6EC7
* Unihan data for U+2F90C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 寘 | *tjels |
| 䡩 | *kʰriːn |
| 黰 | *ʔriːn, *ʔljinʔ |
| 顛 | *tiːn, *tʰiːns |
| 滇 | *tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn |
| 齻 | *tiːn |
| 槙 | *tiːn, *tjinʔ |
| 瘨 | *tiːn |
| 傎 | *tiːn |
| 蹎 | *tiːn |
| 厧 | *tiːn |
| 巔 | *tiːn |
| 癲 | *tiːn |
| 瑱 | *tʰiːns, *tins |
| 填 | *diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins |
| 窴 | *diːn, *diːns |
| 闐 | *diːn, *diːns |
| 磌 | *diːn, *tjin |
| 鷏 | *diːn |
| 嗔 | *diːn, *tʰjin |
| 搷 | *diːn |
| 鎮 | *tin, *tins |
| 縝 | *tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin |
| 真 | *ʔljin |
| 禛 | *tjin |
| 稹 | *ʔljin, *ʔljinʔ |
| 蒖 | *tjin |
| 鬒 | *ʔljinʔ |
| 瞋 | *tʰjin |
| 謓 | *tʰjin |
| 慎 | *djins |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 真 (OC *ʔljin).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Diān (Dian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): din$^1$ / tin$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): Diĕng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Tian
    (Teochew, Peng'im): diang$^1$ / diêng$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ti; $^6$di
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Diān
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Dian
*** Wade–Giles: Tien$^1$
*** Yale: Dyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dian
*** Palladius: Дянь (Djanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: din$^1$ / tin$^4$
*** Yale: dīn / tìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: din$^1$ / tin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: din$^1$ / tin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiːn⁵⁵/, /tʰiːn²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Diĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /tieŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tian
*** Tâi-lô: Tian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diefn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: diang$^1$ / diêng$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiang / tieng
*** Sinological IPA : /tiaŋ³³/, /tieŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ti; $^6$di
*** MiniDict: ti$^平$; di$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ti; $^3$di
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ti⁵³/, /di²³/
* Middle Chinese: ten
Rime :
| Character | 滇 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 都年切 |
| Baxter | ten |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ten/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ten/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tɛn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tɛn/ |
| Li Rong | /ten/ |
| Wang Li | /tien/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tien/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | diān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | din$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tiːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 滇 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| No. | 17039 |
| Phonetic component | 眞 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 顚 |
| Old Chinese | /*tiːn/ |

#### Definitions

滇
* (～池) Lake Dian (lake near Kunming, Yunnan, China)
* (～國) (historical) Dian Kingdom
* Short for 雲南／云南 (Yúnnán).
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 滇劇 / 滇剧 (diānjù)
* 滇南 (Diānnán)
* 滇池 (Diānchí)
* 滇紅 / 滇红 (diānhóng)
* 滇緬 / 滇缅
* 滇緬公路 / 滇缅公路 (Diān Miǎn Gōnglù)
* 滇西 (Diānxī)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tián (tian$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tin$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tián
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tián
*** Wade–Giles: tʻien$^2$
*** Yale: tyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyan
*** Palladius: тянь (tjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tin$^4$
*** Yale: tìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiːn²¹/
* Middle Chinese: den, thenH
Rime :
| Character | 滇 | 滇 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 徒年切 | 他甸切 |
| Baxter | den | thenH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /den/ | /tʰen$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /den/ | /tʰen$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɛn/ | /tʰɛn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dɛn/ | /tʰɛn$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /den/ | /tʰen$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /dien/ | /tʰien$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱien/ | /tʰien$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tián | tiàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tin$^4$ | tin$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*diːn/, /*tʰiːns/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 滇 | 滇 |
| Reading # | 3/3 | 2/3 |
| No. | 17057 | 17050 |
| Phonetic component | 眞 | 眞 |
| Rime group | 眞 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 田 | 瑱 |
| Old Chinese | /*diːn/ | /*tʰiːns/ |

#### Definitions

滇
* Only used in 滇滇 and 滇㴐.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhēn (zhen$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhen
*** Wade–Giles: chên$^1$
*** Yale: jēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
*** Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

滇
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) A river in Henan

#### Compounds

* 滇陽 / 滇阳

### Etymology 4

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to Proto-Tai *k.temᴬ (“full”) (mentioned by Schuessler under 添)?”

#### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): diêng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tīⁿ / tǐⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): din$^6$
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: diêng
*** Sinological IPA : /tiɛŋ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tīⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tīnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dvi
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /tĩ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /tĩ²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tǐnn
*** IPA (Lukang): /tĩ³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tĩ²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: din$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tĭⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /tĩ³⁵/

#### Definitions

滇
* (Min) full
* (Southern Min, of water) to rise

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 滿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 滿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 滿 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 滿 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 滿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 滿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 滿 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 滿 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 滿 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 滿 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 滿 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 瀰 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 滿 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 滿 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 滿 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 滿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 滿, 滇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 滿, 滇 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 滇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 滇 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 滇, 滿 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 滇, 滿 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 滇, 滿 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 滇, 滿 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 滇, 滿 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 滇 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 滇, 滿 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 滇 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 滇 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 滇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 滇, 滿 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 滿, 滇 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 滿 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 滿 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 滿 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 滿 |

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* Lake Dian

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): てん (ten)、しん (shin)

#### Compounds

* 滇池(てんち) (Tenchi)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 滇
* てん Hyōgai
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 滇 (MC ten).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tẽ̞ɴ]

### Proper noun

滇(てん) • (Ten)
* (historical) Dian Kingdom

## Korean
### Etymology 1
#### Hanja

Wikisource 滇 (eumhun 성할 전 (seonghal jeon))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

##### Compounds

* 전남택 (滇南澤, jeonnamtaek)
* 전지 (滇池, jeonji)

### Etymology 2
#### Hanja

滇 (eumhun 고을 이름 진 (go'eul ireum jin))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 滇

## Vietnamese
### Han character

滇: Hán Nôm readings: điền, chan, tràn, dàn, giàn
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.