# 沕

| 沕 | U+6C95, &#27797; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C95 |
| ← 沔 [U+6C94] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 沖 → [U+6C96] |

## Translingual
### Han character

沕 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水心竹竹 (EPHH), four-corner 3712$_0$, composition ⿰氵勿)

#### Derived characters

* 𫪏

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 611, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17208
* Dae Jaweon: page 1004, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1570, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6C95

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 脗 | *minʔ |
| 吻 | *mɯnʔ |
| 刎 | *mɯnʔ |
| 伆 | *mɯnʔ, *mɯd |
| 勽 | *buːs, *mɯnʔ |
| 沕 | *mrɯd, *mɯd |
| 忽 | *hmɯːd |
| 昒 | *hmɯːd, *mɯd |
| 惚 | *hmɯːd |
| 匫 | *hmɯːd |
| 笏 | *hmɯːd |
| 曶 | *hmɯːd |
| 淴 | *ʔmɯːd |
| 物 | *mɯd |
| 勿 | *mɯd |
| 芴 | *mɯd |
| 岉 | *mɯd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯd, *mɯd): semantic 氵 + phonetic 勿 (OC *mɯd).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mì (mi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mat$^6$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bi̍t
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mì
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$
*** Yale: mì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mat$^6$
*** Yale: maht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: med$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐt̚²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t
*** Tâi-lô: bi̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bit
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹/
* Middle Chinese: mit
Rime :
| Character | 沕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (49) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 美畢切 |
| Baxter | mit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mjit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /mjĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mrɯd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 沕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 13210 |
| Phonetic component | 勿 |
| Rime group | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 密 |
| Old Chinese | /*mrɯd/ |
| Notes | 見漢賦 |

#### Definitions

沕
* (obsolete or Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Puxian Min) to submerge; to inundate; to drown
* (Xiamen Hokkien) to secretly embezzle; to furtively misappropriate

#### Compounds

* 沕尾

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wù (wu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mat$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wù
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wù
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^4$
*** Yale: wù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
*** Palladius: у (u)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mat$^6$
*** Yale: maht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: med$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐt̚²/
* Middle Chinese: mjut
Rime :
| Character | 沕 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 物 (60) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 文弗切 |
| Baxter | mjut |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɨut̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /miut̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuət̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mut̚/ |
| Li Rong | /miuət̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭuət̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯uət̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mɯd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 沕 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 13223 |
| Phonetic component | 勿 |
| Rime group | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 物 |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯd/ |
| Notes | 見史記 |

#### Definitions

沕
* Used in compounds.

##### Compounds

* 沕漠
* 沕穆

### References

* “沕”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* “沕”, 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)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ぶつ (butsu)、もち (mochi)、こつ (kotsu)、こち (kochi)
* Kun: かすか (kasuka)

## Korean
### Hanja

沕 (eum 물 (mul))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

沕: Hán Nôm readings: vắt
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