仞

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See also: 仭
仞 U+4EDE, 仞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EDE
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 仟 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

仞 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人尸竹戈 (OSHI), four-corner 27220, composition ⿰亻刃)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 93, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 379
  • Dae Jaweon: page 197, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 115, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+4EDE

Chinese

trad. 仞
simp. # 仞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仞
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
s05661
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (刃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
涊 *nɯːnʔ, *njɯnʔ
紉 *nɯn
忍 *njɯnʔ
荵 *njɯnʔ
刃 *njɯns
認 *njɯns, *njɯŋs
仞 *njɯns
軔 *njɯns
韌 *njɯns
肕 *njɯns
牣 *njɯns
杒 *njɯns
訒 *njɯns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 仞
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 而振切
Baxter nyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵinH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵinH/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiĕnH/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭĕnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		rèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jan6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 仞
Reading # 1/1
No. 10833
Phonetic
component 		刃
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		刃
Old
Chinese 		/*njɯns/

Definitions

仞

  1. (historical) a unit of measure, which had been defined to be 8 chi, 7 chi, 5 chi 6 cun, and 4 chi
  2. † to fathom; to measure depth or height
  3. † Alternative form of 刃 (rèn, “blade; sword; knife”)
  4. † Alternative form of 牣 (rèn, “to fill; full”)
  5. † Alternative form of 認／认 (rèn, “to recognize”)
  6. † Alternative form of 忍 (rěn, “to endure”)
  7. † Alternative form of 韌／韧 (rèn, “strong, tough”)
  8. (historical) a place in Chu during the Spring and Autumn period

Compounds

References

  • 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

Japanese

Kanji

仞

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: にん (nin)
  • Kan-on: じん (jin)
  • Kun: はかる (hakaru, 仞る)

Noun

仞(じん) • (jin) 

  1. ren, ancient Chinese unit of measure

Korean

Hanja

仞 (eum 인 (in))

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Vietnamese

Han character

仞: Hán Nôm readings: nhẩn, nhận

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References

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