壬

Translingual

Han character

壬 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹土 (HG), four-corner 2010₄, composition ⿱丿士(GJKV) or ⿱一士(HT))

Derived characters

• 任, 𠰃, 妊, 廷, 𨑳, 𢗖, 𢪭, 𭯺, 狅, 𣐅, 𭷗, 祍, 䏕, 𥄮, 衽, 紝 (纴), 䚾, 𦔽, 軠, 鈓 (𬬯), 𭐺, 飪 (饪)
• 𫧺, 𠁪, 𫡖, 𫡘, 𧠒, 丢, 㸒, 𡔟, 𡴍, 𡔨, 𣈂, 𭰶, 𩂐, 𩬎, 𡅚, 𡔞, 𢇦, 𫊟, 𢧌, 𨳝
• 𰃧, 䨙

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 243, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5639
• Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 417, character 1
• Unihan data for U+58EC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 壬
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) : Possibly a carrying pole, a meaning that was later transferred to 任 (rèn).

Pronunciation

Definitions

壬

1. the ninth of the ten heavenly stems
2. crafty; fawning
3. a surname
4. (Internet slang, derogatory) Eye dialect spelling of 人 (rén).

Coordinate terms

• (Chinese heavenly stems) 天干 (tiāngān); 甲 (jiǎ), 乙 (yǐ), 丙 (bǐng), 丁, 戊 (wù), 己 (jǐ), 庚 (gēng), 辛 (xīn), 壬 (rén), 癸 (guǐ) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese heavenly stems)}

Compounds

Descendants

• → Zhuang: nyaemz

References

• “壬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Southern Min

• “Entry #782”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. ninth of the ten heavenly stems
2. ninth rank
   1. something I

Readings

• Go-on: にん (nin)
• Kan-on: じん (jin)
• Kun: みずのえ (mizunoe, 壬)
• Nanori: つぐ (tsugu); みず (mizu)

Etymology 1

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壬

Wikipedia ^ja

From Middle Chinese 壬 (nyim).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じ​ん (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

• Homophones: ジン, 人, 刃, 仁, 沈, 陣, 尋, 塵

Proper noun

壬(じん) • (Jin) 

1. the ninth of the ten heavenly stems; something I

   Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan)

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸

Etymology 2

水 (Mizu, “Water”, one of the Five Elements) +‎ の (no, attributive marker) +‎ 兄 (e, “elder brother”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みずの​え (Nakadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

壬(みずのえ) • (Mizunoe) ^{←みづのえ (midunoe)?}

1. the ninth of the ten heavenly stems

   Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan)

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸

Korean

Hanja

壬 • (im) (hangeul 임, revised im, McCune–Reischauer im)

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Vietnamese

Han character

壬: Hán Nôm readings: nhăm, nhám, nhằm, nhâm, râm, nhẹm

1. chữ Hán form of Nhâm (“ninth of the ten heavenly stems”).

   Hypernyms: 天干, 十干

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸

Compounds