掂

掂 U+6382, 掂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6382
← 掁
[U+6381] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 掃 →
[U+6383]

Translingual

Han character

掂 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手戈卜口 (QIYR), four-corner 50061, composition ⿰扌店)

Derived characters
  • 𫫓

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 436, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12235
  • Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1903, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6382

Chinese

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (占) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tiːm) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 店 (OC *tiːms).

Etymology 1
simp. and trad.
 掂
alternative forms 敁

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 掂
Reading # 1/1
No. 16720
Phonetic
component		 占
Rime
group		 侵
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 𩬑
Old
Chinese		 /*tiːm/
Notes 敁晚起分化字

Definitions

掂

  1. to weigh in the hand
  2. to break; to snap off
  3. to haggle over; to bother about
  4. to take
Synonyms
  • (to weigh in the hand): (colloquial) 掂掇 (diānduo), 掂量 (diānliáng)

Compounds
  • 扎掂
  • 掂倈／掂俫
  • 掂對／掂对
  • 掂折
  • 掂掇 (diānduo)
  • 掂提
  • 掂斤估兩／掂斤估两
  • 掂斤抹兩／掂斤抹两
  • 掂斤播兩／掂斤播两
  • 掂梢折本
  • 掂腳舒腰／掂脚舒腰
  • 掂詳／掂详
  • 掂過兒／掂过儿
  • 掂量 (diānliáng)
  • 沒掂三／没掂三

Etymology 2
simp. and trad.
 掂
alternative forms 𠶧

Matisoff (2006) considers it to be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam (“full; straight; flat”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

掂 (Cantonese)

  1. straight; upright
  2. (of matters) settled; steady; OK
  3. (of speech) clear and smooth
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 豎 (“vertical; upright”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 豎
Mandarin Beijing 豎
Jinan 豎
Xi'an 豎, 順, 立
Wuhan 豎, 直
Chengdu 豎, 立
Guiyang 豎, 直
Yangzhou 豎
Hefei 豎
Cantonese Guangzhou 掂, 戙
Hong Kong 直, 掂, 戙
Yangjiang 掂, 直
Gan Nanchang 敦, 直
Hakka Meixian 直
Jin Taiyuan 豎
Northern Min Jian'ou 直
Eastern Min Fuzhou 直, 徛
Southern Min Xiamen 徛
Chaozhou 徛, 直
Wu Suzhou 直, 豎
Wenzhou 豎
Xiang Changsha 敦, 直
Shuangfeng 敦, 直

Compounds

Etymology 3
simp. and trad.
 掂
alternative forms 玷

Pronunciation

Definitions

掂 (Cantonese)

  1. to touch
    唔好掂佢啲嘢 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    m4 hou2 dim3 keoi5 di1 je5 [Jyutping]
    don't touch their stuff

Etymology 4
simp. and trad.
 掂
alternative forms 敁
鈂／𬬵

Pronunciation

Definitions

掂 (Hokkien)

  1. to weigh in the hand
  2. heavy
  3. (of colour) dark

Etymology 5
For pronunciation and definitions of 掂 – see 踮 (“to stand on one's tiptoes; to live; to stay; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 踮).

References

Japanese

Kanji
掂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • On (unclassified): てん (ten)
  • Kun: はかる (hakaru)

Vietnamese

Han character

掂: Hán Nôm readings: giếm

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