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禎
禎
See also: 祯
Translingual
Han character
禎 (radical 113 示+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈火卜月金 (IFYBC), four-corner 31286)
- lucky, auspicious, good omen
References
- KangXi: page 845, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24767
- Dae Jaweon: page 1265, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2404, character 5
- Unihan data for U+798E
Chinese
| trad. | 禎 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 祯 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 禎
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| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (貞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 偵 | *rtaːŋs, *tʰeŋ, *tʰeŋs |
| 幀 | *rtɯːŋs |
| 湞 | *rdeːŋ, *teŋ |
| 貞 | *teŋ |
| 楨 | *teŋ |
| 禎 | *teŋ |
| 赬 | *tʰeŋ |
| 遉 | *tʰeŋs |
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: zing1
- Yale: jīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzing1
- IPA (key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 禎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 陟盈切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʈiᴇŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʈiɛŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȶiæŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʈiajŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȶiɛŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȶĭɛŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȶi̯ɛŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhēng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 禎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17029 |
| Phonetic component |
貞 |
| Rime group |
耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
貞 |
| Old Chinese |
/*teŋ/ |
Definitions
禎
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
禎
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
禎 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune-Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)
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