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Translingual
Han character
珉 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土口女心 (MGRVP), composition ⿰𤣩民)
- jadelike stone
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 729, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20916
- Dae Jaweon: page 1141, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1108, character 12
- Unihan data for U+73C9
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 眠
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*miːn
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| 民
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*min
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| 泯
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*min, *minʔ
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| 怋
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*min, *mɯːn
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| 岷
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*mrin
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| 珉
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*mrin
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| 罠
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*mrin
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| 笢
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*mrin, *minʔ
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| 鈱
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*mrin
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| 抿
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*mrɯn, *mrɯn, *mrɯnʔ
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| 刡
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*minʔ
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| 敃
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*mrinʔ
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| 愍
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*mrinʔ
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| 暋
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*mrinʔ
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| 蟁
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*mɯn
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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珉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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mín
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ min ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*mr/
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| English
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a kind of precious stone
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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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珉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9134
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Phonetic
component
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民
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Rime
group
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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珉
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Old
Chinese
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/*mrin/
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Definitions
珉
- (literary) jade-like stone; beautiful stone resembling jade
Japanese
Kanji
珉
(Hyōgai kanji)
- jade-like stone
Readings
Korean
Hanja
珉 • (min) (hangeul 민, revised min, McCune–Reischauer min, Yale min)
- stone resembling jade
Vietnamese
Han character
珉: Hán Việt readings: mân[1][2][3], dân[3]
珉: Nôm readings: mân[1], mần[1]
- chữ Hán form of mân (“precious metal”).
References