晉

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晉 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一戈戈日 (MIIA), four-corner 1060₁, composition ⿱⿳一厸一日)

• 搢, 溍, 𪬕, 榗, 瑨, 縉, 鄑, 戩

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 494, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13898
• Dae Jaweon: page 860, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1507, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6649

• Unihan data for U+2F8CD

Historical forms of the character 晉
Shang	Western Zhou	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 臸 (“to arrive”) + 日 (“sun”)

The I Ching relates it to 進／进 (jìn), whose etymology is unknown (Schuessler, 2007).

晉

1. to advance; to increase
2. to promote
3. (～國) Chinese feudal state of Jin (11th century BCE–376 BCE), a state of the Zhou Dynasty in northern China

   • 晉侯、秦伯圍鄭，以其無禮於晉，且貳於楚也。晉軍函陵，秦軍氾南。
     晋侯、秦伯围郑，以其无礼于晋，且贰于楚也。晋军函陵，秦军氾南。

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Jìn hóu, Qín bó wéi Zhèng, yǐ qí wúlǐ yú Jìn, qiě èr yú Chǔ yě. Jìn jūn Hánlíng, Qín jūn Fánnán.

     The Marquis of Jin and the Earl of Qin laid siege to Zheng, under the pretext of the Zheng's disrespectful treatments towards Jin and double-mindedness towards Chu. Jin armies were stationed at Hanling; Qin armies at Fannan.

4. (～朝) Chinese Jin dynasty (266–420)
5. 35th hexagram of the I Ching (䷢)
6. Alternative name for 山西 (Shānxī, “Shanxi”).
7. (～語) Jin (a variety of Chinese spoken in and around Shanxi)
8. a surname

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01795

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to proceed
2. Jin dynasty

• Go-on: しん (shin)
• Kan-on: しん (shin)
• Kun: すすむ (susumu, 晉む)、すすむしん (susumushin, 晉)
• Nanori: あき (aki)、くに (kuni)、ゆき (yuki)

Alternative form of 晋 (Jinmeiyō kanji used for names).

晉 (eumhun 나아갈 진 (naagal jin))

1. hanja form^? of 진 (“advance, increase”)

晉: Hán Nôm readings: tấn, tắn, tớn

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