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擒
擒
Translingual
Han character
擒 (radical 64 手+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手人卜月 (QOYB), four-corner 58027, composition ⿰扌禽)
References
- KangXi: page 458, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12816
- Dae Jaweon: page 807, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1961, character 2
- Unihan data for U+64D2
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
擒 | |
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alt. forms | 㩒 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 擒
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Large seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (今) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
貪 | *kʰluːm' |
嗿 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ |
僋 | *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms |
酓 | *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms |
馠 | *qʰɯːm |
谽 | *qʰɯːm |
唅 | *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms |
含 | *ɡɯːm |
肣 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
頷 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
筨 | *ɡɯːm |
梒 | *ɡɯːm |
鋡 | *ɡɯːm |
莟 | *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms |
琀 | *ɡɯːms |
浛 | *ɡɯːms |
盦 | *qɯːm, *qaːb |
韽 | *qɯːm, *qrɯːms |
玪 | *krɯːm |
妗 | *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms |
欦 | *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm |
黔 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
鈐 | *ɡram |
鳹 | *ɡram |
雂 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
念 | *nɯːms |
梣 | *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm |
枔 | *sɢrɯm |
岑 | *sɡrɯm |
笒 | *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms |
涔 | *sɡrɯm |
侺 | *ɡjɯms |
今 | *krɯm |
黅 | *krɯm |
衿 | *krɯm |
衾 | *kʰrɯm |
坅 | *kʰrɯmʔ |
搇 | *kʰrɯms |
琴 | *ɡrɯm |
禽 | *ɡrɯm |
芩 | *ɡrɯm |
庈 | *ɡrɯm |
耹 | *ɡrɯm |
靲 | *ɡrɯm |
擒 | *ɡrɯm |
檎 | *ɡrɯm |
紟 | *ɡrɯms |
吟 | *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms |
訡 | *ŋɡrɯm |
廞 | *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ |
陰 | *qrɯm |
霠 | *qrɯm |
飲 | *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms |
蔭 | *qrɯms |
廕 | *qrɯms |
矜 | *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡrɯm) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 禽 (OC *ɡrɯm).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'in2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyn
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kam4
- Yale: kàhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: kam4
- IPA (key): /kʰɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Rime | |
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Character | 擒 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
Final (韻) | 侵 (140) |
Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | Chongniu III |
Fanqie | 巨金切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɡˠiɪm/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/ɡᵚim/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/ɡiem/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/gjim/ |
Li Rong |
/ɡjəm/ |
Wang Li |
/ɡĭĕm/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/gi̯əm/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
qín |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 擒 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
qín |
Middle Chinese |
‹ gim › |
Old Chinese |
/*C.ɢ(r)[ə]m/ |
English | catch |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 擒 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 6613 |
Phonetic component |
今 |
Rime group |
侵 |
Rime subdivision |
1 |
Corresponding MC rime |
琴 |
Old Chinese |
/*ɡrɯm/ |
Notes | 同捦,禽轉註字 |
Definitions
擒
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
Readings
- Goon: ごん (gon), (historical) ごむ (gomu)
- Kan’on: きん (kin), (historical) きむ (kimu)
- Kun: とらえる (擒える, toraeru), とりこ (toriko)
Etymology
Originally a compound of 取り (tori, “taking, capturing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 取る toru, “to take, to capture”) + 子 (ko, “child; small thing”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- Kun'yomi
- (Tokyo) とりこ [tòríkóꜜ] (Odaka - [3])[2]
- (Tokyo) とりこ [tòríkó] (Heiban - [0])[2]
- IPA(key): [to̞ɾiko̞]
Alternative forms
Noun
擒 (hiragana とりこ, romaji toriko)
Usage notes
Also used metaphorically, such as 恋の擒 (koi no toriko, literally “love's slave”).
References
- ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
Korean
Hanja
擒 • (geum) (hangeul 금, revised geum, McCune-Reischauer kŭm, Yale kum)
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Vietnamese
Han character
擒 (cầm)
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