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Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

(radical 170 +14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓中月一心 (NLBMP), four-corner 72237, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1362, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41891
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1865, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4162, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+96B1

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qɯnʔ, *qɯns
*qɯnʔ
*qɯnʔ
*qɯn
*qɯns
*qɯns
*qʷɯːnʔ

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qɯnʔ, *qɯns) : semantic  + phonetic .

Pronunciation 1



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /in²¹⁴/
Harbin /in²¹³/
Tianjin /in¹³/
Jinan /iẽ⁵⁵/
Qingdao /iə̃⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /in⁵³/
Xi'an /iẽ⁵³/
Xining /iə̃⁵³/
Yinchuan /iŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ĩn⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /iŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /in⁴²/
Chengdu /in⁵³/
Guiyang /in⁴²/
/ŋen⁴²/
Kunming /ĩ/
Nanjing /in²¹²/
Hefei /in²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /iəŋ⁵³/
Pingyao /iŋ⁵³/
Hohhot /ĩŋ⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /iŋ²³/
Suzhou /in⁵¹/
Hangzhou /ʔin⁵³/
Wenzhou /j̠aŋ³⁵/
Hui Shexian /iʌ̃³⁵/
Tunxi /in³¹/
Xiang Changsha /in⁴¹/
Xiangtan /in²¹/
Gan Nanchang /in²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /iun³¹/
Taoyuan /ʒuŋ³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jɐn³⁵/
Nanning /jɐn³⁵/
Hong Kong /jɐn³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /un⁵³/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /yŋ³²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /iŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /ɯŋ⁵³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /un²¹³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (34)
Final () (57)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɨnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɨnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔɨnX/
Li
Rong
/ʔiənX/
Wang
Li
/ĭənX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǐn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǐn
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjɨnX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ/
English grieved; suffering

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
No. 15314
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qɯnʔ/

Definitions

  1. to hide; to cover; to shield
  2. to conceal; to cover up
  3. hidden; concealed
  4. profound; subtle; delicate
  5. facts one wish to hide; feelings or troubles one wishes to keep to oneself; secret
  6. secretly; inwardly

Compounds

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (34)
Final () (57)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɨnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɨnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔɨnH/
Li
Rong
/ʔiənH/
Wang
Li
/ĭənH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yìn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǐn
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjɨnX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ/
English conceal

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 # 2/2
No. 15319
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qɯns/

Definitions

  1. to lean upon

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(eun) (hangeul , revised eun, McCune-Reischauer ŭn, Yale un) [숨을 은]

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Vietnamese

Han character

(ẩn, ửng, ăng, ổn)

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