慎

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See also: 愼 and 惧
慎 U+614E, 慎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-614E
← 慍
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 慏 →

慎 U+FA87, 慎
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA87
← 惘
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 愈 →
慎 U+2F8A8, 慎
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8A8
← 慌
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 慌 →

Translingual

Traditional 慎
Simplified 慎
Japanese 慎
Korean 愼

Alternative forms

Note the different forms, which correspond to different forms of 真.

Han character

慎 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心十月金 (PJBC), four-corner 94081, composition ⿰忄真)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 398, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11024
  • Dae Jaweon: page 735, character 35
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2336, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+614E

Chinese

trad. 慎/愼
simp. 慎
2nd round simp. 𰑝
alternative forms
 
㥲
昚
眘
𡴜
𦚉
㥲
昚
眘
𡴜
𦚉
𡸱

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (真) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
寘 *tjels
䡩 *kʰriːn
黰 *ʔriːn, *ʔljinʔ
顛 *tiːn, *tʰiːns
滇 *tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn
齻 *tiːn
槙 *tiːn, *tjinʔ
瘨 *tiːn
傎 *tiːn
蹎 *tiːn
厧 *tiːn
巔 *tiːn
癲 *tiːn
瑱 *tʰiːns, *tins
填 *diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins
窴 *diːn, *diːns
闐 *diːn, *diːns
磌 *diːn, *tjin
鷏 *diːn
嗔 *diːn, *tʰjin
搷 *diːn
鎮 *tin, *tins
縝 *tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin
真 *ʔljin
禛 *tjin
稹 *ʔljin, *ʔljinʔ
蒖 *tjin
鬒 *ʔljinʔ
瞋 *tʰjin
謓 *tʰjin
慎 *djins

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djins) : semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 真 (OC *ʔljin) – a behavior trait (heart), care, caution. Note that 真 means “truth, genuine, sincerity”, hence connotations of “acting sincerely, with care”.

Pronunciation

Note: sim2 - vernacular 俗讀.
Rime
Character 慎
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 真 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 時刃切
Baxter dzyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ʑiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡ʑinH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ʑjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡ʑinH/
Li
Rong 		/ʑiĕnH/
Wang
Li 		/ʑĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʑi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		san6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 慎
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shèn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzyinH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*i-s/
English careful

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 慎
Reading # 1/1
No. 17082
Phonetic
component 		眞
Rime
group 		眞
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		愼
Old
Chinese 		/*djins/

Definitions

慎

  1. prudent; cautious; careful

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

慎

Kyūjitai

愼

Kanji

慎

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 愼)

  1. humility
  2. be careful
  3. discreet
  4. prudent

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

慎(しん) • (Shin) 

  1. a male given name

Vietnamese

Han character

慎: Hán Nôm readings: thận

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