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寅

寅

寅 U+5BC5, 寅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BC5
← 寄
[U+5BC4] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 密 →
[U+5BC6]

Translingual

Han character

寅 (radical 40 宀+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十一中金 (JMLC), four-corner 30806, composition ⿱宀⿳一由八)

  1. polite; respectful
  2. to respect, to revere
  3. reverence
  4. respectfully
  5. third of twelve earthly branches (十二支): tiger (虎) of Chinese zodiac

References

  • KangXi: page 288, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7204
  • Dae Jaweon: page 570, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 936, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+5BC5

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 寅

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (寅) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
寅 *lil, *lin
蔩 *lil, *lenʔ, *lin
鏔 *lil, *li
演 *lenʔ
縯 *lenʔ, *linʔ
戭 *lenʔ, *linʔ
夤 *lin
螾 *lin, *linʔ
濥 *linʔ, *lins
瞚 *hljuns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 寅 寅
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 以脂切 翼眞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jiɪ/ /jiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ji/ /jin/
Shao
Rongfen		 /jɪ/ /jen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ji/ /jin/
Li
Rong		 /i/ /iĕn/
Wang
Li		 /ji/ /jĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i/ /i̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yí yín
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 寅 寅
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yín yín
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yij › ‹ yin ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɢ](r)ər/ /*[ɢ](r)ər/
English 3rd earthly branch 3rd earthly branch

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 寅 寅
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15273 15281
Phonetic
component		 寅 寅
Rime
group		 脂 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 姨 寅
Old
Chinese		 /*lil/ /*lin/

Definitions

寅

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Compounds

  • 同寅
  • 唐寅
  • 寅吃卯糧／寅吃卯粮
  • 寅憂夕惕／寅忧夕惕
  • 寅支卯糧／寅支卯粮
  • 寅時／寅时
  • 寅月
  • 寅清
  • 寅畏
  • 寅臺／寅台
  • 寅誼／寅谊
  • 寅賓／寅宾
  • 建寅
  • 陳寅恪／陈寅恪

References

Japanese

Kanji

寅

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

寅 • ‎(in, i) (hangeul 인, 이, revised in, i, McCune-Reischauer in, i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

寅 (dần)

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