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Translingual
Han character
慇 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹水心 (HEP), four-corner 77334, composition ⿱殷心)
- careful, anxious, attentive
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 397, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11045
- Dae Jaweon: page 736, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2334, character 6
- Unihan data for U+6147
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 殷
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*qrɯːn, *qɯn
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| 慇
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*qɯn
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| 溵
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*qɯn
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| 磤
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*qɯnʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qɯn) : phonetic 殷 (OC *qrɯːn, *qɯn) + semantic 心 (“heart”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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慇
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yīn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔjɨn ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ʔə/
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| English
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grieved
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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慇
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15233
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Phonetic
component
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殷
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Rime
group
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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殷
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Old
Chinese
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/*qɯn/
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Definitions
慇
- careful, anxious, attentive
- Alternative form of 殷 (“courteous; intimate”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
慇
(Hyōgai kanji)
Readings
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 慇 (MC 'j+n).
The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
Affix
慇 • (in)
- Only used in 慇懃 (ingin, “courteous; intimate”)
Korean
Hanja
慇 (eum 은 (eun))
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Vietnamese
Han character
慇: Hán Nôm readings: ân
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