存

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See also: 仔
存 U+5B58, 存
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B58
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Translingual

Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character

存 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大中弓木 (KLND), four-corner 40247, composition ⿸𠂇⿰丨子)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 278, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6943
  • Dae Jaweon: page 545, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1009, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5B58

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 存

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (存) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
荐 *zlɯːns
洊 *zlɯːns
臶 *zlɯːns, *zluːns
栫 *zlɯːns, *zluːns
袸 *zlɯːns, *zluːn
存 *zluːn
拵 *zluːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zluːn) : phonetic 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs) + semantic 子.

Etymology 1

Possibly the demonstrative *-n derivation from 在 (OC *zlɯːʔ) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 存
Mandarin Beijing /t͡sʰuən³⁵/
Harbin /t͡sʰuən²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡sʰuən⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡sʰuẽ⁴²/
Qingdao /t͡sʰuə̃⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡sʰuən⁴²/
Xi'an /t͡sʰuẽ²⁴/
Xining /t͡sʰuə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡sʰuŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /t͡sʰũn⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡sʰuŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡sʰən²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡sʰən³¹/
/t͡sʰuən³¹/
Guiyang /t͡sʰen²¹/
Kunming /t͡sʰuə̃³¹/
Nanjing /t͡sʰun²⁴/
Hefei /t͡sʰən⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰuəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡sʰuŋ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sʰũŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /zəŋ²³/
Suzhou /zən¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡zen²¹³/
Wenzhou /zø³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡sʰuːə⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sən¹³/
Xiangtan /d͡zən¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰun²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰun¹¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sʰun¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰyn²¹/
Nanning /t͡sʰyn²¹/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰyn²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sun³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡souŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sɔŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /sun³¹/
Rime
Character 存
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徂尊切
Baxter dzwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡zuən/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡zuon/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡zuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡zwən/
Li
Rong 		/d͡zuən/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zuən/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱuən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		cún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cyun4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 存
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cún
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzwon ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁə/
English exist

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 存
Reading # 1/1
No. 1905
Phonetic
component 		存
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		存
Old
Chinese 		/*zluːn/

Definitions

存

  1. (literary) to exist
  2. to cherish; to harbor
  3. to store; to retain
  4. stock; reserve

Synonyms

  • (to exist):

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 存 – see 伸 (“to be left; to remain; surplus; remainder”).
(This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 伸).

Japanese

Kanji

存

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. exist

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

存 (eum 존 (jon))

  1. to have
  2. to exist
  3. to be living

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

存: Hán Nôm readings: tồn, dòn, sòn, ròn, tòn

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