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Translingual

Han character

(radical 118 +9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈竹口 (HIHR), four-corner 88253, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 890, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26214
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1318, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2990, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7BB4

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kɯːmʔ
*kɯːmʔ
*kʰɯːmʔ, *ŋɡrɯːms
*kʰɯːmʔ, *kʰɯːms
*ɡɯːmʔ
*ɡɯːms
*qʰaːmʔ, *qʰrɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
*krɯːm
*krɯːm, *kjum
*krɯːm, *ŋɡrɯːm
*krɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
*ŋɡrɯːm, *ɡram
*ŋɡrɯːm
*ɡrɯːm
*ɡrɯːm
*ɡrɯːm
*ɡrɯːm
*ɡrɯːm
*ɡrɯːm
*ɡam, *ɡram, *kjɯm
*kjɯm
*kjɯm
*kjum

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kjɯm) : semantic  (bamboo) + phonetic  (OC *ɡrɯːm) – a bamboo needle, probe.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (23)
Final () (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕim/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cim/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiəm/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhēn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhēn
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyim ›
Old
Chinese
/*t.[k]əm/
English needle

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13527
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kjɯm/

Definitions

  1. to admonish; to warn
  2. (TCM) Alternative form of (zhēn, “needle; probe”).

Compounds

  • 官箴
  • 箴尹
  • 箴石
  • 箴規箴规
  • 箴言 (zhēnyán)
  • 箴諫箴谏

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

  • 規箴 (きしん) (kishin)
  • 四箴 (ししん) (shishin)
  • 指箴 (ししん) (shishin)
  • 女史箴図 (じょししんず) (joshishinzu)
  • 箴警 (しんけい) (shinkei)
  • 箴言 (しんげん) (shingen, proverb), 箴言 (しんげん) (Shingen, Proverbs)
  • 箴砭 (しんぺん) (shinpen)

Korean

Hanja

(jam) (hangeul , revised jam, McCune-Reischauer cham, Yale cam)

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Compounds


Vietnamese

Han character

(châm, giăm, dăm, giằm)

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Readings

  • Nôm: châm, dăm, dằm, giăm, giằm

References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999