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U+7504, 甄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7504

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 98, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土一女弓 (MGMVN) or 難一土一女 (XMGMV), four-corner 11117, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 750, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21557
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1158, character 36
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1427, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+7504

Chinese

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms 𤭾
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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ken, *kin) : phonetic (OC *qin) + semantic .

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation


Note: zan1 - variant.
Note: zêng1/êng1 - Jieyang.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (23) (28)
Final () (43) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyin kjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiɪn/ /kiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕin/ /kiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjen/ /kjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cin/ /kian/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiĕn/ /kiɛn/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭĕn/ /kĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ĕn/ /ki̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhēn jiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zan1 gin1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhēn
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*t.qi/
English potter"s wheel

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15189 15194
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ken/ /*kin/
Notes

Definitions

  1. to make pottery
  2. potter's wheel
  3. to examine; to distinguish; to select the best
  4. a surname
    [Cantonese]  ―  jan1 zi2 daan1   ―  Donnie Yen (Hong Kong actor)

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. ceramic, porcelain
  2. distinction; to distinguish
  3. clear, distinct

Readings

  • Go-on: けん (ken)しん (shin)
  • Kan-on: けん (ken)しん (shin)
  • Kun: すえ (sue, )すゑ (swe, , historical)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
けん
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Ultimately from Middle Chinese (MC tsyin|kjien).

Pronunciation

Affix

(けん) (ken

  1. porcelain, ceramic
Usage notes

Only appears in compounds.

Compounds

Proper noun

(けん) (Ken

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
すえ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Rare alternative spelling for (sue).

For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
すえS
(archaic, possibly obsolete) earthenware, pottery
a surname
(This term, , is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

(gyeon, jin) (hangeul , , revised gyeon, jin, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, chin, Yale kyen, cin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: chân, nhân

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