添

添 U+6DFB, 添 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DFB ← 淺 [U+6DFA] CJK Unified Ideographs 淼 → [U+6DFC]

添 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水竹大心 (EHKP) or 水一大心 (EMKP), four-corner 3213₃, composition ⿰氵忝)

• 𠻹

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 632, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17698
• Dae Jaweon: page 1039, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1639, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6DFB

simp. and trad.		添
alternative forms		沗

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰiːm) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 忝 (OC *l̥ʰiːmʔ, *l̥ʰiːms) – to increase by pouring more water in.

Compare Proto-Tai *k.temᴬ (“full”), whence Thai เต็ม (dtem, “full”) (Manomaivibool, 1975).

添

1. to add; to increase; to supplement; to fill

   添新衣  ―  tiān xīn yī  ―  to buy new clothes

   不給別人添麻煩／不给别人添麻烦  ―  bù gěi biérén tiān máfan  ―  to not trouble others

2. to give birth to (a baby)
3. (Cantonese, Hakka, Wenzhounese) again; more

   Alternative forms: 㖭 (tim¹) (Cantonese), 𠻹 (tim¹) (Cantonese)

   唔該，要多兩碗白飯添吖！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔该，要多两碗白饭添吖！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   m⁴ goi¹, jiu³ do¹ loeng⁵ wun² baak⁶ faan⁶ tim¹ aa¹! [Jyutping]

   Excuse me, two more bowls of steamed rice, please!

   橫掂仲有兩個鐘先上得機，再眠陣添都唔怕。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   横掂仲有两个钟先上得机，再眠阵添都唔怕。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   waang⁴ dim⁶ zung⁶ jau⁵ loeng⁵ go³ zung¹ sin¹ soeng⁵ dak¹ gei¹, zoi³ min⁴ zan⁶ tim¹ dou¹ m⁴ paa³. [Jyutping]

   Since there is still two hours before boarding anyway, there's no worry in napping a little more.

   • 1998, 一同分享觀看電視的樂趣，並給予兒童適當指導 [Share the joy of watching TV and provide children with guidance]‎^[1], 廣播事務管理局:

     雞蛋六隻，糖呢就兩茶匙，再有啲橙皮添。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     鸡蛋六只，糖呢就两茶匙，再有啲橙皮添。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     gai¹ daan^6-2 luk⁶ zek³, tong⁴ ne¹ zau⁶ loeng⁵ caa⁴ ci⁴, zoi³ jau⁵ di¹ caang^4-2 pei⁴ tim¹. [Jyutping]

     Six eggs, two teaspoons of sugar, and also some orange peels.

4. (Cantonese) Particle expressing surprise (mirativity).

   Alternative forms: 㖭 (tim¹) (Cantonese), 𠻹 (tim¹) (Cantonese)

   我仲以為你係中國人添！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   我仲以为你系中国人添！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ zung⁶ ji⁵ wai⁴ nei⁵ hai⁶ zung¹ gwok³ jan⁴ tim¹! [Jyutping]

   And I thought you were Chinese!

   我唔記得嗮添！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   我唔记得嗮添！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ m⁴ gei³ dak¹ saai³ tim¹! [Jyutping]

   I'd totally forgotten!

   今日落雪添。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   gam¹ jat⁶ lok⁶ syut³ tim¹. [Jyutping]

   Oh, it's snowing today.

5. (Taishanese) need to (do something); have to

   我橫掂都添去。 [Taishanese, trad.]
   我横掂都添去。 [Taishanese, simp.]

   I have to go anyway.

6. a surname
7. (Cantonese) A transliteration of the English male given name Tim

• (to add): 加 (jiā), (colloquial) 續／续 (xù)
• (again):

• → Vietnamese: thêm

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to attach

• Go-on: てん (ten, Jōyō)^{←てむ (temu, historical)}
• Kan-on: てん (ten, Jōyō)^{←てむ (temu, historical)}
• Kun: そえる (soeru, 添える, Jōyō)^{←そへる (soferu, 添へる, historical)}、そう (sou, 添う, Jōyō)^{←そふ (sofu, 添ふ, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 添 (MC them). Recorded as Middle Korean 텸〮 (thyém) (Yale: thyem) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

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添 (eumhun 더할 첨 (deohal cheom))

1. hanja form^? of 첨 (“add”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

添: Hán Nôm readings: thêm, thiêm, thếch

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