墊

墊 U+588A, 墊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-588A ← 墉 [U+5889] CJK Unified Ideographs 墋 → [U+588B]

墊 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土戈土 (GIG), four-corner 4510₄, composition ⿱執土)

• 𡫓, 𫉷, 𩆔, 𫸃

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 237, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5420
• Dae Jaweon: page 476, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 477, character 8
• Unihan data for U+588A

trad.		墊
simp.		垫
alternative forms		㞟 “to pay in advance”

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tiːms, *diːb) : phonetic 執 (OC *tjib) + semantic 土 (“earth”).

"to pay in advance"

Replaced 㞟 (diàn).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “zin3 from 荐?”)

墊

1. pad; cushion; mat
2. to put something under something else to raise or balance it

   用嚟墊煲底／用嚟垫煲底 [Cantonese]  ―  jung⁶ lai⁴ zin³ bou¹ dai² [Jyutping]  ―  to use as a mat for a pot

3. to fill up something; to insert something
4. (Southern Min) to sow

• (pad): 墊子／垫子 (diànzi)

墊

1. to pay something in advance; to pay for somebody

• 墊付／垫付 (diànfù)

墊

1. ^† to sink down; to drown; to perish; to descend

墊

1. Only used in 墊江／垫江 (Diànjiāng).

• “墊”, 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–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): てん (ten)、ちょう (chō)、じょう (jō)
• Kun: おちいる (ochīru)、おぼれる (oboreru)、なやむ (nayamu)

墊 • (jeom) (hangeul 점, revised jeom, McCune–Reischauer chŏm)

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墊: Hán Nôm readings: điếm

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