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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 190 +10, 20 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹十月金 (SHJBC), four-corner 72801, composition)

  1. black, glossy hair

References

  • KangXi: page 1456, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45543
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1987, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4532, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+9B12

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*tjels
*kʰriːn
*ʔriːn, *ʔljinʔ
*tiːn, *tʰiːns
*tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn
*tiːn
*tiːn, *tjinʔ
*tiːn
*tiːn
*tiːn
*tiːn
*tiːn
*tiːn
*tʰiːns, *tins
*diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins
*diːn, *diːns
*diːn, *diːns
*diːn, *tjin
*diːn
*diːn, *tʰjin
*diːn
*tin, *tins
*tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin
*ʔljin
*tjin
*ʔljin, *ʔljinʔ
*tjin
*ʔljinʔ
*tʰjin
*tʰjin
*djins

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (23)
Final () (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕinX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjenX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cinX/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiĕnX/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭĕnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhěn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhěn
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyinX ›
Old
Chinese
/*ti[n]ʔ/
English black hair

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. 17075
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔljinʔ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 鬒髮鬒发
  • 鬒黑
  • 黑鬒鬒

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. black
  2. glossy hair

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(jin) (hangeul , revised jin, McCune-Reischauer chin, Yale cin)

  1. black and glossy hair