貪

See also: 贪
貪 U+8CAA, 貪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CAA
← 販
[U+8CA9]
CJK Unified Ideographs 貫 →
[U+8CAB]

Translingual

Han character

貪 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人戈弓金 (OINC), four-corner 80806, composition ⿱今貝)

  1. greedy, covet
  2. covetous

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1205, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36680
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1667, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3627, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8CAA

Chinese

trad. 貪
simp. 贪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 貪
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰl'uːm) and ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : phonetic 今 (OC *krɯm, “open mouth”) + semantic 貝 (“money”).

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 貪
Mandarin Beijing /tʰan⁵⁵/
Harbin /tʰan⁴⁴/
Tianjin /tʰan²¹/
Jinan /tʰã²¹³/
Qingdao /tʰã²¹³/
Zhengzhou /tʰan²⁴/
Xi'an /tʰã²¹/
Xining /tʰã⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /tʰan⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /tʰɛ̃n³¹/
Ürümqi /tʰan⁴⁴/
Wuhan /tʰan⁵⁵/
Chengdu /tʰan⁵⁵/
Guiyang /tʰan⁵⁵/
Kunming /tʰã̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing /tʰaŋ³¹/
Hefei /tʰæ̃²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /tʰæ̃¹¹/
Pingyao /tɑŋ¹³/
Hohhot /tʰæ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /tʰø⁵³/
Suzhou /tʰø⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /tʰẽ̞³³/
Wenzhou /tʰø³³/
Hui Shexian /tʰɛ³¹/
Tunxi /tʰɔ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /tʰan³³/
Xiangtan /tʰan³³/
Gan Nanchang /tʰɵn⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /tʰam⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /tʰɑm²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tʰam⁵³/
Nanning /tʰam⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /tʰam⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tʰam⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /tʰaŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /tʰam³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ham²³/

Rime
Character 貪
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 覃 (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 他含切
Baxter thom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰʌm/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰəm/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰəm/
Li
Rong
/tʰᴀm/
Wang
Li
/tʰɒm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰăm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taam1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 貪
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tān
Middle
Chinese
‹ thom ›
Old
Chinese
/*r̥ˁ[ə]m/
English to covet

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 貪
Reading # 1/1
No. 6552
Phonetic
component
今
Rime
group
侵
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
探
Old
Chinese
/*kʰl'uːm/

Definitions

貪

  1. to be greedy
    做人不要這麼貪心。 [MSC, trad.]
    做人不要这么贪心。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zuòrén bùyào zhème tānxīn. [Pinyin]
    Don't be so greedy in life.
  2. to be fond of; to have an insatiable desire for
    貪玩/贪玩  ―  tānwán  ―  to be preoccupied with having fun
    貪睡/贪睡  ―  tānshuì  ―  to be a lover of sleep
  3. to pursue something (excessively or inappropriately)
    貪便宜/贪便宜  ―  tānbiànyí  ―  to be anxious to get things on the cheap
    唔好貪快衝紅燈過馬路啊! [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔好贪快冲红灯过马路啊! [Cantonese, simp.]
    m4 hou2 taam1 faai3 cung1 hung4 dang1 gwo3 maa5 lou6 aa3! [Jyutping]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. to embezzle
    貪官/贪官  ―  tānguān  ―  corrupt official
    貪了幾千萬/贪了几千万  ―  tān le jǐ qiān wàn  ―  to have embezzled several hundred million

Synonyms

  • (to embezzle):

Compounds

  • 使貪使愚/使贪使愚
  • 厭舊貪新/厌旧贪新 (yànjiùtānxīn)
  • 好事貪功/好事贪功
  • 怕死貪生/怕死贪生
  • 愛勢貪財/爱势贪财
  • 戀酒貪杯/恋酒贪杯
  • 戀酒貪色/恋酒贪色
  • 戀酒貪花/恋酒贪花
  • 戒貪/戒贪
  • 激貪厲俗/激贪厉俗
  • 狼貪/狼贪
  • 狼貪鼠竊/狼贪鼠窃
  • 畏死貪生/畏死贪生
  • 羊狠狼貪/羊狠狼贪
  • 肅貪/肃贪
  • 貪位取容/贪位取容
  • 貪位慕祿/贪位慕禄
  • 貪便宜/贪便宜 (tān piányi)
  • 貪冒/贪冒
  • 貪冒榮寵/贪冒荣宠
  • 貪功起釁/贪功起衅
  • 貪吏/贪吏 (tānlì)
  • 貪吃/贪吃 (tānchī)
  • 貪名圖利/贪名图利
  • 貪吃懶做/贪吃懒做
  • 貪吏猾胥/贪吏猾胥
  • 貪名逐利/贪名逐利
  • 貪嗇/贪啬
  • 貪嘴/贪嘴 (tānzuǐ)
  • 貪圖/贪图 (tāntú)
  • 貪多務得/贪多务得
  • 貪天之功/贪天之功
  • 貪夫徇財/贪夫徇财
  • 貪夫痴客/贪夫痴客
  • 貪婪/贪婪 (tānlán)
  • 貪婪無厭/贪婪无厌 (tānlánwúyàn)
  • 貪安好逸/贪安好逸
  • 貪官/贪官 (tānguān)
  • 貪官汙吏/贪官污吏 (tānguān-wūlì)
  • 貪官蠹役/贪官蠹役
  • 貪小便宜/贪小便宜
  • 貪小失大/贪小失大
  • 貪得無厭/贪得无厌 (tāndéwúyàn)
  • 貪心/贪心 (tānxīn)
  • 貪心不足/贪心不足 (tānxīnbùzú)
  • 貪心妄想/贪心妄想
  • 貪心無厭/贪心无厌
  • 貪念/贪念 (tānniàn)
  • 貪情/贪情
  • 貪愛/贪爱
  • 貪慌/贪慌
  • 貪慾/贪欲 (tānyù)
  • 貪慾無藝/贪欲无艺
  • 貪戀/贪恋 (tānliàn)
  • 貪戾/贪戾 (tānlì)
  • 貪昧/贪昧
  • 貪杯/贪杯 (tānbēi)
  • 貪榮冒寵/贪荣冒宠
  • 貪榮慕利/贪荣慕利
  • 貪權竊柄/贪权窃柄
  • 貪欲/贪欲 (tānyù)
  • 貪殘/贪残
  • 貪殘酷烈/贪残酷烈
  • 貪求/贪求 (tānqiú)
  • 貪求無厭/贪求无厌
  • 貪求無已/贪求无已
  • 貪求無饜/贪求无餍
  • 貪汙/贪污 (tānwū)
  • 貪汙腐化/贪污腐化
  • 貪汙舞弊/贪污舞弊
  • 貪泉酌飲/贪泉酌饮
  • 貪濁有狀/贪浊有状
  • 貪瀆/贪渎
  • 貪狠/贪狠
  • 貪狼/贪狼
  • 貪猥無厭/贪猥无厌
  • 貪玩/贪玩 (tānwán)
  • 貪生/贪生
  • 貪生害義/贪生害义
  • 貪生怕死/贪生怕死 (tānshēngpàsǐ)
  • 貪生惡死/贪生恶死
  • 貪生畏死/贪生畏死
  • 貪生舍義/贪生舍义
  • 貪睡/贪睡 (tānshuì)
  • 貪而無信/贪而无信
  • 貪聲逐色/贪声逐色
  • 貪花/贪花
  • 貪花戀酒/贪花恋酒
  • 貪財/贪财 (tāncái)
  • 貪財好色/贪财好色 (tāncáihàosè)
  • 貪財好賄/贪财好贿
  • 貪財慕勢/贪财慕势
  • 貪賄/贪贿
  • 貪贓/贪赃 (tānzāng)
  • 貪贓壞法/贪赃坏法
  • 貪贓枉法/贪赃枉法 (tānzāngwǎngfǎ)
  • 貪路/贪路
  • 貪鄙/贪鄙
  • 貪酒/贪酒 (tānjiǔ)
  • 貪酷/贪酷
  • 貪青/贪青
  • 貪靚/贪靓
  • 貪頑/贪顽
  • 貪食/贪食
  • 貪饞/贪馋 (tānchán)
  • 貪墨/贪墨 (tānmò)
  • 貪墨之風/贪墨之风
  • 貪墨敗度/贪墨败度
  • 起早貪黑/起早贪黑 (qǐzǎotānhēi)

Japanese

Kanji

貪

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. covet
  2. indulge

Readings

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource 貪 • (tam) (hangeul 탐, revised tam, McCune–Reischauer t'am, Yale tham)

  1. Hanja form? of 탐 (“covetousness, avarice, greed”).

Vietnamese

Han character

貪: Hán Nôm readings: tham

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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