尖

尖	U+5C16, 尖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C16

← 尕
[U+5C15]

CJK Unified Ideographs

尗 →
[U+5C17]

Translingual

Han character

尖 (radical 42, 小+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火大 (FK), four-corner 9043₀, composition ⿱小大)

References

KangXi: page 297, character 2

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7480

Dae Jaweon: page 591, character 4

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 562, character 9

Unihan data for U+5C16

Chinese

simp. and trad.		尖

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiâm
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chiam

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zim¹
  - Yale: jīm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jim¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiâm
  - Hakka Romanization System: jiam´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jiam¹
  - IPA: /t͡ɕi̯am²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam
  - Tâi-lô: tsiam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciafm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiam³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziam¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiam
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siam³³/

Middle Chinese: /t͡siᴇm/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siam/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛm/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān

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

sharp; having a sharp tip; pointy
acute
shrewd

Compounds

Derived terms from 尖

三尖瓣 (sānjiānbàn)
上尖兒／上尖儿
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
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
尖嘴薄舌
尖嘴鉗／尖嘴钳
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
尖峭
尖峰 (jiānfēng)
尖峰時間／尖峰时间
尖溜溜
尖站
尖端 (jiānduān)
尖端放電／尖端放电
尖端科技
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
尖音
尖頂／尖顶 (jiāndǐng)
尖頭／尖头
尖頭鰻／尖头鳗
尖餅／尖饼
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
毛尖茶
爪尖兒／爪尖儿
牛角尖 (niújiǎojiān)
眉尖
眉尖眼尾
眼尖
筍尖／笋尖
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
針尖兒／针尖儿
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)

Japanese

Kanji

尖

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せん (sen)
Kun: とがる (togaru, 尖る); するどい (surudoi, 尖い)

Compounds

尖鋭
尖端

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

尖 (tiêm, nhọn, tem)

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