尋常

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See also: 寻常

Chinese

length unit equal to 8 chi length unit equal to 16 chi
trad. (尋常) 尋 常
simp. (寻常) 寻 常

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 尋 常
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 侵 (139) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 徐林切 市羊切
Baxter zim dzyang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ziɪm/ /d͡ʑɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/zim/ /d͡ʑiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/zjem/ /d͡ʑiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zim/ /d͡ʑɨaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ziəm/ /ʑiaŋ/
Wang
Li 		/zĭĕm/ /ʑĭaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/zi̯əm/ /ʑi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xín cháng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cam4 soeng4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 尋 常
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xún cháng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zim › ‹ dzyang ›
Old
Chinese 		/*sə-lm/ /*aŋ/
English measure of 8 chǐ 尺 constant

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 尋 常
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14127 11152
Phonetic
component 		尋 尚
Rime
group 		侵 陽
Rime
subdivision 		3 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		尋 常
Old
Chinese 		/*ljum/ /*djaŋ/
Notes 象度兩臂間距，
說文加彡聲

Adjective

尋常

  1. ordinary; common
    超乎尋常／超乎寻常  ―  chāohū xúncháng  ―  to be extraordinary; to be exceptional
  2. (Classical) short (in distance)

Synonyms

  • (ordinary):

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (尋常):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尋 常
じん
Grade: S 		じょう
Grade: 5
goon

Pronunciation

Adjective

尋(じん)常(じょう) • (jinjō) ←じんじやう (zinzyau)?-na (adnominal 尋(じん)常(じょう)な (jinjō na), adverbial 尋(じん)常(じょう)に (jinjō ni))

  1. ordinary, common
  2. pleasant, graceful
  3. fair, sportsmanlike

Inflection

Inflection of 尋常
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 尋常だろ じんじょうだろ jinjō daro
Continuative (連用形) 尋常で じんじょうで jinjō de
Terminal (終止形) 尋常だ じんじょうだ jinjō da
Attributive (連体形) 尋常な じんじょうな jinjō na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 尋常なら じんじょうなら jinjō nara
Imperative (命令形) 尋常であれ じんじょうであれ jinjō de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 尋常ではない
尋常じゃない 		じんじょうではない
じんじょうじゃない 		jinjō de wa nai
jinjō ja nai
Informal past 尋常だった じんじょうだった jinjō datta
Informal negative past 尋常ではなかった
尋常じゃなかった 		じんじょうではなかった
じんじょうじゃなかった 		jinjō de wa nakatta
jinjō ja nakatta
Formal 尋常です じんじょうです jinjō desu
Formal negative 尋常ではありません
尋常じゃありません 		じんじょうではありません
じんじょうじゃありません 		jinjō de wa arimasen
jinjō ja arimasen
Formal past 尋常でした じんじょうでした jinjō deshita
Formal negative past 尋常ではありませんでした
尋常じゃありませんでした 		じんじょうではありませんでした
じんじょうじゃありませんでした 		jinjō de wa arimasen deshita
jinjō ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 尋常で じんじょうで jinjō de
Conditional 尋常なら（ば） じんじょうなら（ば） jinjō nara (ba)
Provisional 尋常だったら じんじょうだったら jinjō dattara
Volitional 尋常だろう じんじょうだろう jinjō darō
Adverbial 尋常に じんじょうに jinjō ni
Degree 尋常さ じんじょうさ jinjōsa

Noun

尋(じん)常(じょう) • (jinjō) ←じんじやう (zinzyau)?

  1. commonness
    Synonyms: あたりまえ (atarimae), 通常 (tsūjō), 並み (nami), 普通 (futsū)
  2. grace
  3. fairness
  4. (historical) Clipping of 尋常小学校 (jinjō shōgakkō, “ordinary elementary school”).

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
尋常

Noun

尋常 • (simsang) (hangeul 심상)

  1. hanja form? of 심상

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
尋常

Adjective

尋常

  1. chữ Hán form of tầm thường (“commonplace; mediocre; trivial; ordinary”).
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