甄

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甄 U+7504, 甄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7504
← 甃
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 甅 →

Translingual

Han character

甄 (Kangxi radical 98, 瓦+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土一女弓 (MGMVN) or 難一土一女 (XMGMV), four-corner 11117, composition ⿰垔瓦)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 750, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21557
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1158, character 36
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1427, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+7504

Chinese

trad. 甄
simp. # 甄
alternative forms 𤭾
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • 甄 (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • 甄姓 (Written Standard Chinese?)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (垔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
黫 *qriːn
甄 *ken, *kin
薽 *ken, *kjin
籈 *ken, *kjin
煙 *qiːn
湮 *qiːn, *qin
堙 *qin
禋 *qin
闉 *qin
垔 *qin
陻 *qin
諲 *qin
歅 *qin
鄄 *kʷens

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ken, *kin) : phonetic 垔 (OC *qin) + semantic 瓦.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Note: zan1 - variant.
Note: zêng1/êng1 - Jieyang.
Rime
Character 甄 甄
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 章 (23) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 側鄰切 居延切
Baxter tsyin kjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕiɪn/ /kiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕin/ /kiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕjen/ /kjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cin/ /kian/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕiĕn/ /kiɛn/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭĕn/ /kĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯ĕn/ /ki̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhēn jiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zan1 gin1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 甄
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhēn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyin ›
Old
Chinese 		/*t.qi/
English potter"s wheel

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 甄 甄
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15189 15194
Phonetic
component 		垔 垔
Rime
group 		元 眞
Rime
subdivision 		2 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		甄
Old
Chinese 		/*ken/ /*kin/
Notes 原誤側鄰，依韻目注改

Definitions

甄

  1. to make pottery
  2. potter's wheel
  3. to examine; to distinguish; to select the best
  4. a surname
    甄子丹 [Cantonese]  ―  jan1 zi2 daan1   ―  Donnie Yen (Hong Kong actor)

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

甄

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. ceramic, porcelain
  2. distinction; to distinguish
  3. clear, distinct

Readings

  • Go-on: けん (ken)、しん (shin)
  • Kan-on: けん (ken)、しん (shin)
  • Kun: すえ (sue, 甄)←すゑ (swe, 甄, historical)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
甄
けん
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 甄 (MC tsyin|kjien).

Pronunciation

Affix

甄(けん) • (ken) 

  1. porcelain, ceramic
Usage notes

Only appears in compounds.

Compounds
Compounds

Proper noun

甄(けん) • (Ken) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
甄
すえ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Rare alternative spelling for 陶 (sue).

For pronunciation and definitions of 甄 – see the following entry.
【陶すえ】S
(archaic, possibly obsolete) earthenware, pottery
a surname
(This term, 甄, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

甄 • (gyeon, jin) (hangeul 견, 진, revised gyeon, jin, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, chin, Yale kyen, cin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

甄: Hán Nôm readings: chân, nhân

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