# 褪

| 褪 | U+892A, &#35114; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-892A |
| ← 褩 [U+8929] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 褫 → [U+892B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

褪 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中卜日女 (LYAV), four-corner 3723$_3$, composition ⿰衤退)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1122, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34503
* Dae Jaweon: page 1590, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3104, character 14
* Unihan data for U+892A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 腿 | *n̥ʰuːlʔ |
| 退 | *n̥ʰuːbs |
| 褪 | *n̥ʰuːns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *n̥ʰuːns): semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 退 (OC *n̥ʰuːbs). Considered a 後起字／后起字 (hòuqǐzì).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tùn (tun$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tan$^3$ / teoi$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): to̤̿ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): táung
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thùn / thǹg / thùiⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): teng$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tùn
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tùn
*** Wade–Giles: tʻun$^4$
*** Yale: twùn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuenn
*** Palladius: тунь (tunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu̯ən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tan$^3$ / teoi$^3$
*** Yale: tan / teui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tan$^3$ / toey$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ten$^3$ / têu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐn³³/, /tʰɵy̯³³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: to̤̿ng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: táung
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑuŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thùn
*** Tâi-lô: thùn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tuxn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰun²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰun⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thǹg
*** Tâi-lô: thǹg
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tngx
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Singapore): /tʰŋ̍²¹/
*** IPA (Lukang): /tʰŋ̍³¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰŋ̍⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /tʰŋ̍¹²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰŋ̍¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thùiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: thuìnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tvuix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Yilan, Penang): /tʰuĩ²¹/
* thùn - literary;
* thǹg/thùiⁿ - vernacular.
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*n̥ʰuːns/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 褪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12537 |
| Phonetic component | 退 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*n̥ʰuːns/ |
| Notes | 退晚起對轉分化字， 韻會土困切 |

#### Definitions

褪
* to take off (clothes)
    褪掉褲／褪掉裤 [Teochew] ― teng$^3$ diao$^7$ kou$^3$ [Peng'im] ― to take off one's pants
* to hide in one's sleeve
* (Cantonese) to retreat; to move back
    褪後／褪后 [Cantonese] ― tan$^3$ hau$^6$ [Jyutping] ― to reverse
    褪幾步／褪几步 [Cantonese] ― tan$^3$ gei$^2$ bou$^6$ [Jyutping] ― to move a few steps back
* (Cantonese) to move; to shift
       m$^4$ goi$^1$ nei$^5$ tan$^3$ gwo$^3$ di$^1$. [Jyutping]
       Please move over a bit.
       tan$^3$ maai$^4$ di$^1$ zoeng$^1$ dang$^3$. [Jyutping]
       Move the chair closer.
* (Cantonese) to make something available
       hou$^2$ sam$^1$ nei$^5$ tan$^3$ go$^3$ wai$^{6-2}$ bei$^2$ go$^3$ daai$^6$ tou$^5$ po$^{4-2}$ co$^5$ laa$^1$! [Jyutping]
       For goodness' sake, just make your seat available for the pregnant woman!
* (Cantonese) to withdraw
       tan$^3$ faan$^1$ bat$^1$ cin$^{4-2}$ ceot$^1$ lei$^4$ [Jyutping]
       to withdraw the money
* (Cantonese, Southern Min) to transfer; to give to somebody else
       Nā-sī ū kū saⁿ-khò͘, tio̍h the̍h--khì thǹg--lâng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       If you have old clothes, you should give them to somebody else.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 脫, 褪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 脫, 褪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 脫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 脫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 脫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 脫 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 脫, 褪 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 脫 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 脫 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 脫 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 脫 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 脫 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 脫 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 脫 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 脫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 脫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 脫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 脫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 脫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 脫, 褪, 解 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 脫 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 脫, 褪 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 脫, 褪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 除, 脫 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 除, 剝, 解 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 剝 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 剝 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 除 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 脫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 除, 脫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 除 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 除 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 除 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 除 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 除 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 剝 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 剝 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 剝 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 剝 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 除, 剝 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 除 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 脫 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 脫 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 脫 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 除 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 脫, 除 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 剝 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 褪 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 除 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 除 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 除 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 脫 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 脫 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 推, 剝, 脫 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 脫 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 脫 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 剝 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 剝 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 脫 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 剝 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 剝 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 脫 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 脫 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 脫 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 脫 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 脫 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 脫 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 脫 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 脫 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 脫, 褪 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 脫 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 脫 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 褪 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 褪 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 褪 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 褪 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 褪 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 褪 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 褪 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 褪 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 脫 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 褪 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 解 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 褪 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 脫 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 脫 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 脫 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 剝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 剝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 脫 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 脫 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 脫 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 脫, 褪 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 脫 |
| Wu | Danyang | 脫 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 脫 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 脫 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 脫 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 脫, 褪 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 脫 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 脫 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 脫 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 移, 挪, 移動, 挪動 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 移, 挪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 移 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 移, 喐, 褪 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 移, 喐, 褪 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 移 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 移 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 徙, 移 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 徙 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 徙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 徙 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 徙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 徙 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 徙 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 徙 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 徙 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 徙 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 徙 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 徙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 徙 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 徙 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 徙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 徙 |

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tuì, tùn (tui$^4$, tun$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ, ㄊㄨㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tan$^3$ / teoi$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thǹg / thùiⁿ / thòe / thèr / thè
    (Teochew, Peng'im): to$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$the
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tuì
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tuèi
*** Wade–Giles: tʻui$^4$
*** Yale: twèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuey
*** Palladius: туй (tuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tùn
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tùn
*** Wade–Giles: tʻun$^4$
*** Yale: twùn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuenn
*** Palladius: тунь (tunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu̯ən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tan$^3$ / teoi$^3$
*** Yale: tan / teui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tan$^3$ / toey$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ten$^3$ / têu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐn³³/, /tʰɵy̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thǹg
*** Tâi-lô: thǹg
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tngx
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Tainan): /tʰŋ̍²¹/
*** IPA (Lukang): /tʰŋ̍³¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰŋ̍⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /tʰŋ̍¹²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰŋ̍¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thùiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: thuìnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tvuix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Yilan): /tʰuĩ²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòe
*** Tâi-lô: thuè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toex
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰue²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰue⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr
*** Tâi-lô: thèr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè
*** Tâi-lô: thè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tex
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: to$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thò
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰo²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$the
*** MiniDict: the$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$the
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰe³⁴/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*n̥ʰuːns/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 褪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12537 |
| Phonetic component | 退 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*n̥ʰuːns/ |
| Notes | 退晚起對轉分化字， 韻會土困切 |

#### Definitions

褪
* to shed (feathers)
* to discolour; to fade

### Compounds

* 倒褪
* 寬褪 / 宽褪
* 打倒褪
* 褪前擦後 / 褪前擦后
* 褪去
* 褪口
* 褪套兒 / 褪套儿
* 褪毛 (tuìmáo)
* 褪膊
* 褪色
* 褪衣 (tùnyī)

### References

* “褪”, 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.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* fade; discolour

#### Readings

* Go-on: とん (ton)
* Kan-on: とん (ton)
* Kan’yō-on: たい (tai)
* Kun: ぬぐ (nugu, 褪ぐ)、あせる (aseru, 褪せる)、さめる (sameru, 褪める)

#### Compounds

* 褪紅色(たいこうしょく) (taikōshoku): (light) pink
* 褪色(たいしょく) (taishoku): fading, faded color
* 褪紅(たいこう) (taikō): pink, light red
* 褪(あ)せる (aseru): to fade, to discolor
* 褪(さ)める (sameru): to fade, to lose color, to discolor
* 消褪(しょうたい) (shōtai): disappearance
* 色褪(いろざ)める (irozameru): to fade in color
* 色褪(いろあ)せる (iroaseru): (of color) to fade, to grow dull
* 青褪(あおざ)める (aozameru): to turn pale

## Korean
### Hanja

褪 (eum 퇴 (toe))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

褪: Hán Nôm readings: thoái
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#### References

* Nom Foundation