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Translingual
Han character
珍 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土人竹竹 (MGOHH), four-corner 18122, composition ⿰𤣩㐱)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 730, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20920
- Dae Jaweon: page 1141, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1107, character 9
- Unihan data for U+73CD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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沴
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*rɯːls
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趁
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*nlanʔ, *l̥ʰɯns, *l'ɯn
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紾
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*ʔl'anʔ, *kljɯnʔ
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跈
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*nlɯːnʔ, *l'ɯːnʔ
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殄
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*l'ɯːnʔ
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抮
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*hlɯːnʔ
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駗
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*rɯn, *kljɯnʔ
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珍
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*ʔl'ɯn
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診
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*l'ɯns, *kljɯnʔ
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畛
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*kljɯn, *kljɯnʔ
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疹
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*kljɯnʔ
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軫
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*kljɯnʔ
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胗
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*kljɯnʔ, *klɯnʔ
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袗
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*kljɯnʔ, *kljɯns
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眕
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*kljɯnʔ
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飻
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*l̥ʰɯːd
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餮
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*r̥ʰɯːd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ʔl'ɯn) : semantic 玉 + phonetic 㐱 (). Originally meant a rich, robust gemstone (玉), and then also developed the meaning of "rare".
Etymology 1
Compare Tibetan རིན (rin, “price; value”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Note: chin - used in
珍珠, also written as
真珠 (chin-chu).
Note:
- diêng1 - Chaozhou;
- diang1 - Shantou.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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珍
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zhēn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ trin ›
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Old Chinese
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/*trə/
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English
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precious thing
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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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珍
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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17091
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Phonetic component
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疹
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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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珍
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔl'ɯn/
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Definitions
珍
- treasure
- precious; valuable; rare
- to treasure; to value
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
珍
- (Hokkien) Alternative form of 甜 (tiⁿ, “sweet”)
References
- “珍”, 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–
- (Min Nan) 厦门大学中国语言文学研究所汉语方言研究室, editor (1982), “珍”, in 《普通话闽南方言词典》 Putonghua Minnan Fangyan Cidian, Fuzhou: Fujian People's Publishing House, page 995.
Japanese
Kanji
珍
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 珍 (MC trin, “treasure, precious thing”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
珍 • (chin) -na (adnominal 珍な (chin na), adverbial 珍に (chin ni))
- rare, strange
Inflection
Stem forms
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Imperfective (未然形)
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珍だろ
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ちんだろ
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chin daro
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Continuative (連用形)
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珍で
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ちんで
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chin de
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Terminal (終止形)
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珍だ
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ちんだ
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chin da
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Attributive (連体形)
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珍な
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ちんな
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chin na
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Hypothetical (仮定形)
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珍なら
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ちんなら
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chin nara
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Imperative (命令形)
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珍であれ
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ちんであれ
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chin de are
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Key constructions
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Informal negative
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珍ではない 珍じゃない
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ちんではない ちんじゃない
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chin de wa nai chin ja nai
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Informal past
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珍だった
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ちんだった
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chin datta
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Informal negative past
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珍ではなかった 珍じゃなかった
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ちんではなかった ちんじゃなかった
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chin de wa nakatta chin ja nakatta
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Formal
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珍です
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ちんです
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chin desu
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Formal negative
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珍ではありません 珍じゃありません
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ちんではありません ちんじゃありません
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chin de wa arimasen chin ja arimasen
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Formal past
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珍でした
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ちんでした
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chin deshita
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Formal negative past
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珍ではありませんでした 珍じゃありませんでした
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ちんではありませんでした ちんじゃありませんでした
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chin de wa arimasen deshita chin ja arimasen deshita
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Conjunctive
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珍で
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ちんで
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chin de
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Conditional
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珍なら(ば)
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ちんなら(ば)
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chin nara (ba)
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Provisional
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珍だったら
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ちんだったら
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chin dattara
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Volitional
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珍だろう
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ちんだろう
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chin darō
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Adverbial
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珍に
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ちんに
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chin ni
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Degree
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珍さ
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ちんさ
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chinsa
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Noun
珍 • (chin)
- rarity
Etymology 2
From the Old Japanese and classical Japanese 終止形 (shūshikei, “terminal or sentence-ending form”) of modern adjective 珍しい (mesurashii, “novel, curious, rare”).
Perhaps fittingly, the name itself is unusual.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
珍 • (Mezurashi) ←めづらし (medurasi)?
- a surname
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
珍 (eumhun 보배 진 (bobae jin))
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Compounds
- 減價 (감가, )
- 珍景 (진경, )
- 珍貴 (진귀, )
- 珍器 (진기, )
- 珍奇 (진기, )
- 珍技 (진기, )
- 珍味 (진미, )
- 珍羞盛饌 (진수성찬, )
- 珍珠 (진주, jinju)
- 珍風景 (진풍경, )
- 袖珍本 (수진본, )
Vietnamese
Han character
珍: Hán Nôm readings: trân, trằn
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