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軔

軔

See also: 轫

Translingual

Han character

軔 (radical 159 車+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十十尸竹戈 (JJSHI), four-corner 5702₀)

a block that keeps a wheel from moving

References

KangXi: page 1240, character 6

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38190

Dae Jaweon: page 1716, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3516, character 7

Unihan data for U+8ED4

Chinese

trad.		軔
simp.		轫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 軔
Large seal script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (刃) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
涊	nɯːnʔ, njɯnʔ
紉	*nɯn
忍	*njɯnʔ
荵	*njɯnʔ
刃	*njɯns
認	njɯns, njɯŋs
仞	*njɯns
軔	*njɯns
韌	*njɯns
肕	*njɯns
牣	*njɯns
杒	*njɯns
訒	*njɯns

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): rèn (ren⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: rèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ
  - Wade-Giles: jên⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁶
  - Yale: yahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn²²/

Middle Chinese: /ȵiɪn^H/▼

Rime
Character	軔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而振切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵin^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjen^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵin^H/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕn^H/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rèn

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*nər(ʔ)-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*njɯns/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	軔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rèn
Middle Chinese	‹ nyin^H ›
Old Chinese	/*nər(ʔ)-s/
English	wheel stopper
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	軔
Reading #	1/1
No.	10834
Phonetic component	刃
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	刃
Old Chinese	/*njɯns/
Notes	亦同肕

Definitions

軔

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Compounds

發軔／发轫

雲程發軔／云程发轫

Japanese

Kanji

軔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

block that keeps wheel from moving

Readings

On: じん (jin), にん (nin), じ (ji), に (ni)

Kun: はどめ (hadome)

Korean

Hanja

軔 • ‎(in) (hangeul 인, revised in, McCune-Reischauer in, Yale in)

a piece of wood serving as a brake to halt a carriage