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Surname Thum

覃 · 譚

Thum is a Chinese surname spelling the Hokkien, Teochew or Hakka sound tham, used for the characters 覃 or 譚 (Mandarin Tan).

Characters for the surname Thum

The spelling Thum is common in Hokkien, Teochew and Hakka romanization.

  • 覃

    a surname; deep

    Hokkien thâm / Teochew tam5 / Hakka tam2 / Mandarin tán, qín

    attested

  • 譚

    a surname; story, tale

    Hokkien thâm / Teochew tam5 / Hakka thàm / Mandarin tán

覃 all spellings of tán譚 all spellings of tán

Possible characters for Thum

Thum 覃 tán · Hokkien · Hakka 譚 tán · Hokkien · Hakka
The spelling Thum can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
覃tán · Hokkien · Hakka
譚tán · Hokkien · Hakka

Other spellings of the same character

  • Tan 譚Hokkien, Teochew, Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Tham 譚Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien

About the surname Thum

Thum spells the aspirated syllable tham: Hokkien thâm, Teochew tam5 and Hakka tham. Two surnames share this sound: 覃 (Mandarin tán or qín) and 譚 (Mandarin tán, Cantonese taam4, usually spelled Tam). In literary use 覃 means 'deep', while 譚 means 'story'. The character 覃 is recorded for the spelling Thum in the region.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 覃 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 覃 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 譚 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 譚 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wikipedia: Tan (surname 譚) · en.wikipedia.org · usage

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