申

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See also: 田 , 甲 , 由 , and 𢑚
申 U+7533, 申
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7533
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 甴 →

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Translingual

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Stroke order

Han character

申 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中田中 (LWL), four-corner 50006, composition ⿻日丨 or ⿻囗十)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 758, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21726
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1168, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2526, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7533

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 申
alternative forms
 
𢑚
𦥔
伸 “to extend; to stretch; to state; to explain”
𤰶
𠭙
𢑚
𦥔
伸 “to extend; to stretch; to state; to explain”
𤰶
𠭙
𦦀
𠭜

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 申
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (申) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
電 *l'iːns
胂 *l̥ʰin, *hlin
申 *hlin
伸 *hlin
呻 *hlin
紳 *hlin
眒 *hlin, *hlins
柛 *hlin
訷 *hlin
抻 *hlins
神 *hlin
朄 *lins

Pictogram (象形) — a bolt of lightning. Original character of 電 (OC *l'iːns, “lightning”) and 神 (OC *hlin, “god; deity; spirit”).

Etymology

“to extend; to state; to request; to announce; again”
From 引 (OC *linʔ, *lins, “to pull; to draw”) + devoicing causative or iterative (Schuessler, 2007).
9th earthly branch
From sense "to extend", denoting the moon's "extending" phase, i.e. waxing half-moon with a concave edge (Smith, 2010).
For its association with the monkey, compare Proto-Tai *liːŋᴬ (“monkey”), Proto-Hmong *ʔlinᴬ (“monkey”), and Proto-Mien *ʔbiŋᴬ (“monkey”).
“Shanghai”
From 春申江 (Chūnshēnjiāng), an alternative name of 黃浦江／黄浦江 (Huángpǔjiāng), the largest river in Shanghai.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • sin - literary;
  • chhun - vernacular.
Rime
Character 申
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 失人切
Baxter syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɕiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕin/
Li
Rong 		/ɕiĕn/
Wang
Li 		/ɕĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shēn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		san1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 申
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shēn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ syin ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥i/
English 9th earthly branch

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 申
Reading # 1/1
No. 11235
Phonetic
component 		申
Rime
group 		眞
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		申
Old
Chinese 		/*hlin/
Notes 甲金文象閃電，
後轉註爲電字

Definitions

申

  1. † Original form of 電／电 (diàn, “lightning”).
  2. to extend; to stretch
  3. to state; to explain
    三令五申  ―  sānlìngwǔshēn  ―  to repeat and reaffirm the commands multiple times
  4. to request; to report
  5. to announce; to express
  6. † again; repeatedly
    申命記／申命记  ―  Shēnmìngjì  ―  Book of Deuteronomy (lit. book of reaffirmation of laws)
  7. ninth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
    1. monkey of the Chinese zodiac
    2. 3 to 5 p.m.
    3. seventh month of the Chinese calendar
  8. (～國) Shen (vassal state during the Zhou dynasty)
  9. Alternative name for 上海 (Shànghǎi, “Shanghai”).
  10. † Alternative form of 神 (“deity”)
  11. a surname

Coordinate terms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

申

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. (humble) to speak
  2. the monkey, one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
申
さる
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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From 猿 (saru, “monkey”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

申(さる) • (Saru) 

  1. the Monkey, the ninth of the twelve Earthly Branches

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
申
しん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 申 (syin).

Proper noun

申(しん) • (Shin) 

  1. the Monkey, the ninth of the twelve Earthly Branches

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

申 (eumhun 펼칠 신 (pyeolchil sin))

  1. Hanja form? of 신 (“to extend; to stretch”).

Vietnamese

Han character

申: Hán Nôm readings: thân

  1. chữ Hán form of Thân (“ninth of the twelve earthly branches”).
    Hypernyms: 地支, 十二支
    Coordinate terms: 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥

Compounds

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