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Translingual
Note that in Japanese, the official version of the character is written ⿰亻堇 (the component on the right, 堇 is not simplified to 𦰌). However, handwritten form of ⿰亻𦰌 is allowed.
Han character
僅 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人廿中一 (OTLM), four-corner 24214, composition ⿰亻堇 or ⿰亻𦰌)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 115, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1048
- Dae Jaweon: page 246, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 208, character 2
- Unihan data for U+50C5
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 僅
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s05795
Transcribed ancient scripts L31353
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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).
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Old Chinese
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囏
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*krɯːn
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螼
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*kʰrɯnʔ, *kʰrɯns
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堇
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*ɡrɯn, *kɯnʔ
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墐
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*ɡrɯn, *ɡrɯns
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𥎊
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*ɡrɯn
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僅
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*ɡrɯns
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瑾
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*ɡrɯns
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覲
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*ɡrɯns
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殣
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*ɡrɯns
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饉
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*ɡrɯns
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廑
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*ɡrɯns
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瘽
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*ɡrɯns, *ɡɯn, *ɡɯnʔ
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歏
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*ɡrɯns
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鄞
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*ŋɡrɯn, *ŋɡɯn
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謹
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*kɯnʔ
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槿
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*kɯnʔ
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漌
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*kɯnʔ
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慬
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*kɯnʔ, *ɡɯn
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勤
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*ɡɯn
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懃
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*ɡɯn
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懄
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*ɡɯn
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡrɯns) : semantic 人 + phonetic 堇 (OC *ɡrɯn, *kɯnʔ).
Pronunciation 1
Note: gan6 - rare variant.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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僅
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jìn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ginH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*rə-s/
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English
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barely
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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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僅
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6734
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Phonetic component
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堇
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Rime group
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文
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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僅
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡrɯns/
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Definitions
僅
- only; merely
- a surname
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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僅
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jìn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ginH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*rə-s/
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English
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barely
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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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僅
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6734
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Phonetic component
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堇
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Rime group
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文
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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僅
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡrɯns/
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Definitions
僅
- (literary) nearly; almost
References
Japanese
Kanji
僅
(Jōyō kanji)
- merely, small quantity
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
僅 (eumhun 겨우 근 (gyeou geun))
- hanja form? of 근 (“only, merely, solely, just”)
Vietnamese
Han character
僅: Hán Nôm readings: cẩn, cận, cấn, cẫn
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