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Translingual
Han character
茵 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿田大 (TWK) or 難廿田大 (XTWK), four-corner 44600, composition ⿱艹因)
- a cushion, mattress
- wormwood
- Skimmia japonica
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1029, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30914
- Dae Jaweon: page 1487, character 27
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3204, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8335
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 欭
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*qrils
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| 烟
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*qiːn, *qin
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| 胭
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*qiːn
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| 咽
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*qiːn, *qiːns, *qiːd
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| 恩
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*qɯːn
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| 煾
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*qɯːn
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| 因
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*qin
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| 姻
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*qin
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| 茵
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*qin
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| 鞇
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*qin
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| 氤
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*qin
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| 洇
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*qin
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| 駰
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*qin, *qrin
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| 絪
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*qin
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| 裀
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*qin
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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茵
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15178
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Phonetic
component
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因
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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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因
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Old
Chinese
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/*qin/
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| Notes
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因轉註字
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Definitions
茵
- cushion; mattress
- Used in 茵蒀 and 茵陳／茵陈 (yīnchén).
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
茵
(Hyōgai kanji)
- A coin
Readings
Korean
Hanja
茵 • (in) (hangeul 인)
- mat, cushion
Vietnamese
Han character
茵: Hán Nôm readings: nhân
- mattress