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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 98 +9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一土一女弓 (MGMVN) or X一土一女 (XMGMV), four-corner 11117)

  1. to examine, discern
  2. to grade
  3. a surname

References

  • KangXi: page 750, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21557
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1158, character 36
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1427, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+7504

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qriːn
*ken, *kin
*ken, *kjin
*ken, *kjin
*qiːn
*qiːn, *qin
*qin
*qin
*qin
*qin
*qin
*qin
*qin
*kʷens

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (23) (28)
Final () (43) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiɪn/ /kiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕin/ /kiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjen/ /kjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cin/ /kian/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiĕn/ /kiɛn/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭĕn/ /kĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ĕn/ /ki̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhēn jiān
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhēn
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*t.qi[n]/
English potter"s wheel

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 # 1/2 2/2
No. 15189 15194
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ken/ /*kin/
Notes

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 推薦甄選推荐甄选
  • 教師甄試教师甄试
  • 甄別甄别 (zhēnbié)
  • 甄后
  • 甄奇錄異甄奇录异
  • 甄審甄审
  • 甄才品能
  • 甄拔
  • 甄汰
  • 甄煩就簡甄烦就简
  • 甄用
  • 甄藻

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. ceramic, porcelain
  2. distinction; to distinguish
  3. clear, distinct

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(chân, nhân)

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