擔

擔 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手弓金口 (QNCR), four-corner 5706₁, composition ⿰扌詹)

• 担

• KangXi: page 459, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12828
• Dae Jaweon: page 807, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1971, character 3
• Unihan data for U+64D4

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *taːm, *taːms) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 詹 (OC *tjam) – to carry by hand.

擔

1. to carry on a shoulder pole
2. to bear; to shoulder; to undertake
3. (Cantonese) to hold in one's mouth

擔

1. carrying pole with loads on both ends
2. burden; load; responsibilities
3. picul, a traditional Chinese unit of weight previously around 60 kg and now standardized to 50 kg
4. Classifier for things carried on a shoulder pole: load

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 担)

1. A traditional unit of measurement equivalent to 60kg or approximately 132.3lb
2. shouldering
3. carry
4. raise
5. bear

• Go-on: たん (tan)
• Kan-on: たん (tan)
• On: けつ (ketsu); せん (sen)
• Kun: になう (ninau, 擔う); かつぐ (katsugu, 擔ぐ)

擔 (eumhun 멜 담 (mel dam))

1. Hanja form^? of 담 (“shouldering”).
2. Hanja form^? of 담 (“carry”).
3. Hanja form^? of 담 (“raise”).
4. Hanja form^? of 담 (“bear”).

• 담당 (擔當, damdang, “responsibility, charge”)
• 담임 (擔任, damim, “homeroom teacher”)

擔: Hán Nôm readings: đâm, đảm, tạ

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