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sediment

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
diàn
デン、テン
おり、ど.ろ、よど.み、よど.む
전
Components
Traditional (澱)
氵 water (drops)+ 殿 ceremonial hall =
澱 sediment
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
water
殿 Phonetic component
diàn ceremonial hall
hall
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Simplified (淀)
氵 water (drops)+ 定 settle on =
淀 shallow water
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
定 Phonetic component
dìng settle on
decide, settle, fix
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
澱
Regular
Modern
Chinese
淀 / 澱 [diàn]
sediment; precipitate
Japanese
澱 おり 同音
noun dregs; lees; grounds; sediment
澱 、 淀 よど 同音
noun pool (in river)
淀み 、 澱み 、 淀 (irreg.) 、 澱 (irreg.) よどみ 同音

noun

  1. stagnation; deposit; sediment; backwater
  2. faltering; hesitation; pause
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (15)
淀粉 [diàn​fěn] #24,586
starch
沉淀 [chén​diàn] #33,183
to settle
海淀区 [Hǎi​diàn​qū] #12,970
Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学[Qīng​huá​dà​xué] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村[Zhōng​guān​cūn]
积淀 [jī​diàn] #65,806
deposits accumulated over long periods
沉淀物 [chén​diàn​wù] #47,044
precipitate
淀粉酶 [diàn​fěn​méi] #49,132
amylase
海淀 [Hǎi​diàn] #18,092
Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学[Qīng​huá​dà​xué] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村[Zhōng​guān​cūn]
白洋淀 [Bái​yáng​diàn] #31,626
Lake Baiyangdian
淀山湖 [Diàn​shān​Hú] #47,300
Dianshan Lake between Shanghai Municipality and Jiangsu Province
海淀图书城 [Hǎi​diàn​Tú​shū​chéng] #62,092
Haidian Book City, Beijing bookstore
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JAPANESE WORDS (17)
⭐ 淀む [よどむ] #14,447
to stagnate
言いよどむ [いいよどむ] #15,974
to hesitate to say
淀み [よどみ] #27,578
stagnation
淀みない [よどみない] #29,457
fluent
沈殿 [ちんでん] #39,204
precipitation
澱粉 [でんぷん] #106,785
starch
沈殿物 [ちんでんぶつ] #114,097
sediment
淀み無く [よどみなく] #120,376
fluently
澱粉質 [でんぷんしつ] #189,138
starchiness
でんぷん糊 [でんぷんのり]
starch glue
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KOREAN WORDS (3)
전분
starch
침전
precipitation; deposit; settlement
침전물
precipitate; deposit