胤

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胤 U+80E4, 胤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80E4
← 胣
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 胥 →

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

trad. 胤
simp. # 胤
alternative forms 𦙍
𠉥
㣧
𦞩
𤗅

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (胤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
胤 *lins
酳 *lins

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 八 + 幺 + 肉. Explanation uncertain.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 胤
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 羊晉切
Baxter yinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jinH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/jenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jinH/
Li
Rong 		/iĕnH/
Wang
Li 		/jĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yìn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jan6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 胤
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yìn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yinH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ə-s/
English descendants

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 胤
Reading # 1/1
No. 15324
Phonetic
component 		胤
Rime
group 		眞
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		𦙍
Old
Chinese 		/*lins/
Notes 疑與洕同聲符

Definitions

胤

  1. (literary) progeny; posterity; descendants
  2. (literary) heir; successor

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

胤

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
胤
たね
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

胤(たね) • (tane) 

  1. paternal blood, offspring
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
胤
いん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 胤 (MC yinH).

Pronunciation

Affix

胤(いん) • (in) 

  1. lineage; descendant
Derived terms
Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

胤 (eum 윤 (yun))

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Vietnamese

Han character

胤: Hán Nôm readings: dận

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