尖

尖 U+5C16, 尖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C16 ← 尕 [U+5C15] CJK Unified Ideographs 尗 → [U+5C17]

尖 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火大 (FK), four-corner 9043₀, composition ⿱⿻丨八大(GTV) or ⿱小大(HJK))

• 𢬅 𣑷 𡮸 𡭻 𢙭 𠟥 𡮽 尜 𰃘 𥭍

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 297, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7480
• Dae Jaweon: page 591, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 562, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5C16

simp. and trad.		尖
alternative forms		鋟／锓 鑯／𰿈

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

Schuessler (2007) relates it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjam (“iron”).

尖

1. sharp; having a sharp tip; pointy

   Antonym: 鈍／钝 (dùn)

2. acute
3. shrewd
4. point; tip

   筆尖／笔尖  ―  bǐjiān  ―  tip of a pen

5. (card games) ace

• “尖”, 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–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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• Go-on: せん (sen)^{←せむ (semu, historical)}
• Kan-on: せん (sen)^{←せむ (semu, historical)}
• Kun: とがる (togaru, 尖る)、するどい (surudoi, 尖い)

• 尖鋭
• 尖端
• 尖塔

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹m]
• Phonetic hangul: [첨]

Wikisource

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

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尖: Hán Nôm readings: tiêm

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