蘸

蘸 · zhàn

dip (a brush); remarry

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhàn
Cantonese
zaam3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

dip (a brush); remarry

Dictionary definitions & readings

蘸 zhàn · to dip in (ink, sauce etc)

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53336.020:zhàn Source property ↗
XDHYPLCD · reading counts
zhàn(10) Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1452.050:zhàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
465.150:zhàn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhàn粵zaam3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
サン ひたす Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
莊陷 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TMGF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4433.1 4463.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1071.210 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
445.17 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8638
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
22
Residual strokes
19
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6466

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

22 strokes
蘸
Strokes
22
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

22 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsreamH · 莊陷 · 咸開二去咸莊 · #3159

PHONO-ML, source line 16106; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1181.601
kDaeJaweon
1537.400
kFennIndex
12.09
kHanYu
53336.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
1537.400
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53336.020
kIRGKangXi
1071.210
kKangXi
1071.210
kMatthews
145
kMeyerWempe
82b
kMorohashi
32574:E0102
kSBGY
445.17
kSMSZD2003Index
606.11
kCangjie
TMGF
kFenn
56E
kFourCornerCode
4433.1 4463.1
kHKGlyph
3572
kMojiJoho
MJ023239 MJ023239:E0101 MJ023240:E0102
kPhonetic
22
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-553A
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C5D9
kIRG_JSource
J13-7B4C
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-70B1
kIRG_KSource
K2-5A79
kIRG_TSource
T1-7C45
kIRG_VSource
V2-8F5C
kRSUnicode
140.19
kTotalStrokes
22
kBigFive
C5D9
kCCCII
215641
kCNS1986
1-7C45
kCNS1992
1-7C45
kEACC
215641
kGB0
5326
kGB1
5326
kJIS0213
1,91,44
kJis1
5818
kMainlandTelegraph
5699
kTGH
2013:6466
kTaiwanTelegraph
5699
kXerox
261:041
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17105+140.3.19
kCantonese
zaam3
kDefinition
dip (a brush); remarry
kFanqie
莊陷
kHanyuPinlu
zhàn(10)
kHanyuPinyin
53336.020:zhàn
kJapanese
サン ひたす
kJapaneseKun
HITASU
kJapaneseOn
SAN
kMandarin
zhàn
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhàn粵zaam3
kTGHZ2013
465.150:zhàn
kXHC1983
1452.050:zhàn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 蘸0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 醮 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱艹醮$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹醮$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.