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Translingual
Han character
紳 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火中田中 (VFLWL), four-corner 25906, composition ⿰糹申)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 920, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27348
- Dae Jaweon: page 1352, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3380, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7D33
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 電
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*l'iːns
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| 胂
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*l̥ʰin, *hlin
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| 申
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*hlin
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| 伸
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*hlin
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| 呻
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*hlin
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| 紳
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*hlin
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| 眒
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*hlin, *hlins
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| 柛
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*hlin
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| 訷
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*hlin
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| 抻
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*hlins
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| 神
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*hlin
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| 朄
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*lins
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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紳
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shēn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ syin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*i/
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| English
|
sash around the waist
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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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紳
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11238
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Phonetic
component
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申
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Rime
group
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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申
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Old
Chinese
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/*hlin/
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Definitions
紳
- † girdle worn by officials in ancient China
- † to tie; to bind
- gentleman
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
紳
(Jōyō kanji)
- sire
- good belt
- gentleman
Readings
Korean
Hanja
紳 • (sin) (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune–Reischauer sin, Yale sin)
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Vietnamese
Chữ Hán
紳: Hán Nôm readings: thân, thang
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