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甄
甄
Translingual
Han character
甄 (radical 98 瓦+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一土一女弓 (MGMVN) or X一土一女 (XMGMV), four-corner 11117)
References
- KangXi: page 750, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21557
- Dae Jaweon: page 1158, character 36
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1427, character 14
- Unihan data for U+7504
Chinese
| simp. and trad. | 甄 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (垔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 黫 | *qriːn | 
| 甄 | *ken, *kin | 
| 薽 | *ken, *kjin | 
| 籈 | *ken, *kjin | 
| 煙 | *qiːn | 
| 湮 | *qiːn, *qin | 
| 堙 | *qin | 
| 禋 | *qin | 
| 闉 | *qin | 
| 垔 | *qin | 
| 陻 | *qin | 
| 諲 | *qin | 
| 歅 | *qin | 
| 鄄 | *kʷens | 
Pronunciation
-  Mandarin
-  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
- Wade-Giles: chên1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
 
 
-  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
-  Cantonese
-  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+- Jyutping: jan1, zan1
- Yale: yān, jān
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan1, dzan1
- IPA (key): /jɐn⁵⁵/, /t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
 
 
-  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
-  Min Nan
-  (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin
- Tâi-lô: tsin
- Phofsit Daibuun: cyn
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕin³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
 
 
-  (Hokkien)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 甄 | 甄 | 
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) | 見 (28) | 
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) | 仙 (77) | 
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | 
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | 
| Division (等) | III | III | 
| Fanqie | 側鄰切 | 居延切 | 
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiɪn/ | /kiᴇn/ | 
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕin/ | /kiɛn/ | 
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjen/ | /kjæn/ | 
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cin/ | /kian/ | 
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiĕn/ | /kiɛn/ | 
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭĕn/ | /kĭɛn/ | 
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯ĕn/ | /ki̯ɛn/ | 
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhēn | jiān | 
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 甄 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhēn | 
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyin › | 
| Old Chinese | /*t.qi[n]/ | 
| English | potter"s wheel | 
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: 					* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 甄 | 甄 | 
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 
| No. | 15189 | 15194 | 
| Phonetic component | 垔 | 垔 | 
| Rime group | 元 | 眞 | 
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 | 
| Corresponding MC rime | 甄 | |
| Old Chinese | /*ken/ | /*kin/ | 
| Notes | 原誤側鄰,依韻目注改 | |
Definitions
甄
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Compounds
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References
- (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)
- “Query for 甄”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
甄
Readings
Compounds
Compounds