陣

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See also: 阵
陣 U+9663, 陣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9663
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Translingual

Han character

陣 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓中十田十 (NLJWJ), four-corner 75206, composition ⿰阝車)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1352, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41667
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1854, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4129, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+9663

Chinese

trad. 陣
simp. 阵
alternative forms 陳／陈 archaic

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (陳) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
陳 *l'iŋ, *l'iŋs
敶 *l'iŋ, *l'iŋs
陣 *l'iŋs

Derivation from 敶, itself derived from an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 東 (“sack?”) + 東 + 攴; later, one 東 was abbreviated, and a 阜 added on the left.

Pronunciation

Note: tīn - vernacular, chūn - literary.
Note:
  • ding7/dêng7 - literary (dêng7 - Jieyang);
  • zung5 - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 陣
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
    Final (韻) 眞 (44)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 直刃切
    Baxter drinH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɖˠiɪnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɖᵚinH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ȡienH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɖjinH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ȡjĕnH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ȡǐĕnH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/ȡʱi̯ĕnH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		zhèn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		zan6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 陣
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		zhèn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ drinH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*lri-s/
    English battle array

    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 陣
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 1396
    Phonetic
    component         		陳
    Rime
    group         		眞
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		敶
    Old
    Chinese         		/*l'iŋs/
    Notes 同敶：俗今通用

    Definitions

    陣

    1. short moment of time
      等陣先。／等阵先。 [Cantonese]  ―  dang2 zan6 sin1.   ―  Wait a bit first.
    2. formation
      風水陣／风水阵  ―  fēngshuǐ zhèn  ―  feng shui arrangement
    3. Classifier for short periods of an event: spell; burst; gust ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
      一陣雨／一阵雨  ―  yī zhèn yǔ  ―  a brief spell of rain
    4. (military) column, row or file of troops
    5. (Cantonese) beam; crossbeam (Classifier: 條／条 c)
    6. (Cantonese, vehicles) wheelbase
      短陣車款／短阵车款 [Cantonese]  ―  dyun2 zan6 ce1 fun2   ―  short wheelbase car model
    7. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 𠹻 (zam6, “classifier for smells”)

    Synonyms

    • (short moment of time): (Cantonese) 一陣／一阵 (jat1 zan6)

    Compounds

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    陣

    (Jōyō kanji)

    1. battle formation[1]
    2. war
    3. burst, gust

    Readings

    • Go-on: じん (jin, Jōyō)←ぢん (din, historical)
    • Kan-on: ちん (chin)
    • Kun: じんだて (jindate, 陣)←ぢんだて (dindate, 陣, historical)

    Noun

    陣(じん) • (jin) ←ぢん (din)?

    1. battle formation
    2. camp

    Suffix

    陣(じん) • (-jin) ←ぢん (-din)?

    1. group, team
      経営(けいえい)陣(じん)、制作(せいさく)陣(じん)
      keiei-jin, seisaku-jin
      management team, production team
      1万人以上(1 まんにんいじょう)の講師(こうし)陣(じん)
      1 man nin ijō no kōshi-jin
      a group of over 10,000 teachers

    References

    1. ^ “陣”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

    Korean

    Hanja

    陣 (eum 진 (jin))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    陣: Hán Nôm readings: trận, giận, trặn, chận, chặn, chiến

    1. battle, fight

    Usage notes

    • Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese word for battle is trận.

    References

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