尖

尖 U+5C16, 尖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C16 ← 尕 [U+5C15] CJK Unified Ideographs 尗 → [U+5C17]

Translingual

Han character

尖 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火大 (FK), four-corner 9043₀, composition ⿱⿻丨八大(GTV) or ⿱小大(HJK))

Derived characters

• 𢬅 𣑷 𡮸 𡭻 𢙭 𠟥 𡮽 尜 𰃘 𥭍

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 297, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7480
• Dae Jaweon: page 591, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 562, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5C16

Chinese

simp. and trad.		尖
alternative forms		鋟／锓 鑯／𰿈

Glyph origin

小 (“small”) + 大 (“large”) – the width of an object gradually changing from small to large.

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) relates it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjam (“iron”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jian¹

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jiǎn

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zim¹

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): zin¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): jien¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chiâm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): jiam¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): jie¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieng¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiam

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziam¹ / ziang¹

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): jiam¹

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): zim¹
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹ci / ¹tsie / ¹tsi / ¹cie / ¹cien
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zienn¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (尖兒 / 尖儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianr
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jial
    • Palladius: цзяньр (czjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jian¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵⁵/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiã²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zim¹
    • Yale: jīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: zin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sin²¹³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jien¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛn⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiam^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯am²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: jiam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡siam⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jie¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛŋ⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziam¹ / ziang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiam / tsiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siam³³/, /t͡siaŋ³³/

Note:

• ziam1 - Chaozhou;
• ziang1 - Chenghai.

• (Leizhou)
  • Leizhou Pinyin: jiam¹
  • Sinological IPA: /t͡siam³⁵/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: zim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sim⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ¹ci
    • MiniDict: ci^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡ɕi⁵²/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Suzhou, Kunshan, Changzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsie
    • MiniDict: tsie^平
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡sɪ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sɪ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /t͡sɪ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡sɪ⁵⁵/
  • (Northern: Songjiang)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsi
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡si⁵³/
  • (Northern: Chongming, Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ¹cie
    • MiniDict: cie^平
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡ɕie⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡ɕie⁵³/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Cixi, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ¹cien
    • MiniDict: cien^平
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕiẽ̞³³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡ɕiẽ⁵²/
    • Sinological IPA (Cixi): /t͡ɕiẽ³²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡ɕĩ⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zienn¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡si̯ẽ³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕi̯ẽ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjem

Rime
Character	尖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子廉切
Baxter	tsjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siam/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛm/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尖
Reading #	1/1
No.	5977
Phonetic component	尖
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	尖
Old Chinese	/*ʔslem/
Notes	鑯之後起字

Definitions

尖

1. sharp; having a sharp tip; pointy

   Antonym: 鈍 / 钝 (dùn)

2. acute
3. shrewd
4. point; tip

   筆尖／笔尖  ―  bǐjiān  ―  tip of a pen

5. (card games) ace

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 尖兒 (“ace (playing cards)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	尖兒, 叉, 老叉
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	尖子
	Xuzhou	老幺, 老帽兒, 尖子
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	尖子, 尖, 耶司
	Guiyang	尖, 尖尖, 帽
	Liuzhou	煙洗, 煙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	愛斯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	煙士, 煙
	Hong Kong	煙士, 煙
	Taishan	一士
	Wuzhou	煙
	Yulin	煙
Gan	Nanchang	尖
	Pengze	尖
	Lichuan	尖子
	Pingxiang	尖子, 尖
Hakka	Meixian	煙仔
	Yudu	尖子
Huizhou	Jixi	尖子, 尖心
Jin	Taiyuan	幺尖兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	A
	Shantou	幺, 一
Wu	Shanghai	愛斯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	愛斯
	Suzhou	A, 愛斯

Compounds

• 上尖兒 / 上尖儿
• 三尖八角
• 三尖瓣 (sānjiānbàn)
• 二尖瓣 (èrjiānbàn)
• 供尖
• 冒尖 (màojiān)
• 出尖
• 嘴尖 (zuǐjiān)
• 嘴尖舌巧
• 嘴尖舌薄
• 大尖山
• 大霸尖山
• 小尖 (Xiǎojiān)
• 尖俏
• 尖元音
• 尖兒 / 尖儿 (jiānr)
• 尖兵 (jiānbīng)
• 尖冷
• 尖刀
• 尖利 (jiānlì)
• 尖刻 (jiānkè)
• 尖削
• 尖厲 / 尖厉 (jiānlì)
• 尖叫 (jiānjiào)
• 尖嘯 / 尖啸
• 尖嘴猴腮 (jiānzuǐhóusāi)
• 尖嘴薄舌
• 尖嘴鉗 / 尖嘴钳 (jiānzuǐqián)
• 尖團 / 尖团 (jiāntuán)
• 尖團字 / 尖团字
• 尖團音 / 尖团音 (jiāntuányīn)
• 尖子 (jiānzi)
• 尖尖 (jiānjiān)
• 尖尖趫趫 / 尖尖𰷶𰷶
• 尖山 (Jiānshān)
• 尖峰 (jiānfēng)
• 尖峭
• 尖峰時間 / 尖峰时间
• 尖沙咀 (Jiānshāzuǐ)
• 尖溜溜
• 尖石 (Jiānshí)
• 尖站
• 尖端 (jiānduān)
• 尖端放電 / 尖端放电
• 尖端科技
• 尖米丸
• 尖細 / 尖细
• 尖聲 / 尖声
• 尖聲尖氣 / 尖声尖气
• 尖脆
• 尖臍 / 尖脐
• 尖裂葉 / 尖裂叶
• 尖話 / 尖话
• 尖貨 / 尖货
• 尖酸 (jiānsuān)
• 尖酸刻薄 (jiānsuānkèbó)
• 尖銳 / 尖锐 (jiānruì)
• 尖銳化 / 尖锐化 (jiānruìhuà)
• 尖音
• 尖頂 / 尖顶 (jiāndǐng)
• 尖頭 / 尖头
• 尖頭鰻 / 尖头鳗 (jiāntóumán)
• 尖餅 / 尖饼
• 尖鹿 (Jiānlù)
• 尖齊圓健 / 尖齐圆健
• 打午尖
• 打尖 (dǎjiān)
• 抓尖兒 / 抓尖儿
• 抓尖要強 / 抓尖要强
• 拔尖 (bájiān)
• 指尖 (zhǐjiān)
• 掐尖兒 / 掐尖儿
• 掐尖落鈔 / 掐尖落钞
• 方尖塔
• 早尖
• 毛尖 (máojiān)
• 毛尖茶
• 爪尖兒 / 爪尖儿
• 牛角尖 (niújiǎojiān)
• 眉尖
• 眉尖眼尾
• 眼尖 (yǎnjiān)
• 筍尖 / 笋尖 (sǔnjiān)
• 美人尖 (měirénjiān)
• 耳尖
• 耳朵尖
• 臀尖
• 舌尖 (shéjiān)
• 舌尖元音
• 舌尖前音 (shéjiānqiányīn)
• 舌尖後音 / 舌尖后音
• 舌尖邊音 / 舌尖边音
• 舌尖音 (shéjiānyīn)
• 舌尖鼻音
• 葉尖 / 叶尖
• 蛇龍尖 / 蛇龙尖 (Shélóngjiān)
• 針尖兒 / 针尖儿 (zhēnjiānr)
• 鑽牛角尖 / 钻牛角尖 (zuān niújiǎojiān)
• 霹靂尖 / 霹雳尖
• 頂尖 / 顶尖 (dǐngjiān)
• 頂尖好手 / 顶尖好手
• 鼻尖 (bíjiān)

References

• “尖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

尖

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)^{←せむ (semu, historical)}
• Kan-on: せん (sen)^{←せむ (semu, historical)}
• Kun: とがる (togaru, 尖る)、するどい (surudoi, 尖い)

Compounds

• 尖鋭
• 尖端
• 尖塔

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹m]
• Phonetic hangul: [첨]

Hanja

Wikisource

尖 • (cheom) (hangeul 첨, revised cheom, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏm)

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Vietnamese

Han character

尖: Hán Nôm readings: tiêm

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