忝 · tiǎn
disgraced; ashamed; self-deprecating
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
disgraced; ashamed; self-deprecating
- Mandarin
- tiǎn
- Cantonese
- tim2
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 忝 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 첨
- KS X 1002 (1) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+5FDD
- Radical
- 心 · 61
- Strokes
- 8 · Unihan
- Residual
- 4
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
8 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 忝
Character connections
Component roles · attributed
- 天 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 天聲
Line 6269 · ⿱天㣺 · 天聲 · source reference 4082530
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
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History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- themX · 他玷 反切 · #2052
- Middle Chinese
- themH · 他念 反切 · #3141
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 12508 · themX = 咸開四上添透 · themH = 咸開四去添透
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- tiǎn
- kCantonese
- tim2
- kDefinition
- disgraced; ashamed; self-deprecating
- kTotalStrokes
- 8
- kRSUnicode
- 61.4
- kTGH
- 2013:3834
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- tiǎn 42279.050
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- tiǎn 1138.060
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- tiǎn 365.140
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- tiǎn粵tim2
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 他玷 他念
- Kangxi positions
- 0377.080
- Guangyun positions
- 335.34 444.25
- GSR references
- 1247c
- Cangjie
- HKP
- Four-corner
- 2033.3