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Translingual
Han character
胤 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中女月山 (LVBU), four-corner 22010, composition ⿰𦙍乚)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 980, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29405
- Dae Jaweon: page 1432, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 39, character 16
- Unihan data for U+80E4
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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胤
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*lins
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酳
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*lins
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Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 八 (“divide”) + 幺 (“thread”) + 肉 (“flesh”).
肉 (“flesh”) represents the bloodline, 幺 (“thread”) represents its extension, 八 (“divide”) represents the split of the bloodline.
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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胤
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yìn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ yinH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ə-s/
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English
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descendants
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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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胤
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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15324
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Phonetic component
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胤
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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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𦙍
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Old Chinese
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/*lins/
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Notes
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疑與洕同聲符
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Definitions
胤
- (literary) progeny; posterity; descendants
- (literary) heir; successor
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
胤
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
Readings
Etymology 1
Noun
胤 • (tane)
- paternal blood, offspring
Derived terms
- 胤違い (tanechigai, “half brother, half sister”)
- 落し胤 (otoshidane, “nobleman's illegitimate child”)
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 胤 (MC yinH).
Pronunciation
Affix
胤 • (in)
- lineage; descendant
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
胤 (eum 윤 (yun))
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Vietnamese
Han character
胤: Hán Nôm readings: dận
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