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謹
謹
See also: 谨
Translingual
| Shinjitai | 謹 |
|---|---|
| Simplified | 谨 |
| Traditional | 謹 |
Alternative forms
Note slightly different form in Japanese, at top of right component 堇.
Han character
謹 (radical 149 言+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 卜口廿中一 (YRTLM), four-corner 04614, composition ⿰言堇)
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 1178, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35850
- Dae Jaweon: page 1642, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4010, character 13
- Unihan data for U+8B39
Chinese
| trad. | 謹 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 谨 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (堇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 囏 | *krɯːn |
| 螼 | *kʰrɯnʔ, *kʰrɯns |
| 堇 | *ɡrɯn, *kɯnʔ |
| 墐 | *ɡrɯn, *ɡrɯns |
| 𥎊 | *ɡrɯn |
| 僅 | *ɡrɯns |
| 瑾 | *ɡrɯns |
| 覲 | *ɡrɯns |
| 殣 | *ɡrɯns |
| 饉 | *ɡrɯns |
| 廑 | *ɡrɯns |
| 瘽 | *ɡrɯns, *ɡɯn, *ɡɯnʔ |
| 歏 | *ɡrɯns |
| 鄞 | *ŋɡrɯn, *ŋɡɯn |
| 謹 | *kɯnʔ |
| 槿 | *kɯnʔ |
| 漌 | *kɯnʔ |
| 慬 | *kɯnʔ, *ɡɯn |
| 勤 | *ɡɯn |
| 懃 | *ɡɯn |
| 懄 | *ɡɯn |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kɯnʔ) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 堇 (OC *ɡrɯn, *kɯnʔ) – to speak caution.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ
- Wade-Giles: chin3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiin
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gan2
- Yale: gán
- Cantonese Pinyin: gan2
- IPA (key): /kɐn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 謹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 欣 (57) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居隱切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kɨnX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kɨnX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kiənX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kɨnX/ |
| Li Rong |
/kiənX/ |
| Wang Li |
/kĭənX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ki̯ənX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jǐn |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 謹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6744 |
| Phonetic component |
堇 |
| Rime group |
文 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
謹 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kɯnʔ/ |
Definitions
謹
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Japanese
Kanji
謹
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
謹 • (geun) (hangeul 근, revised geun, McCune-Reischauer kŭn, Yale kun)
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