襟

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襟 U+895F, 襟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-895F
← 襞
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 襠 →

Translingual

Han character

襟 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中木木火 (LDDF), four-corner 34291, composition ⿰衤禁)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1125, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34647
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1593, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3117, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+895F

Chinese

trad. 襟
simp. # 襟
2nd round simp. 衿
alternative forms 衿
𥘞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 襟
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (林) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
婪 *ɡ·ruːm
惏 *ɡ·ruːm
啉 *ɡ·ruːm
漤 *ɡ·ruːmʔ
醂 *ɡ·ruːmʔ
林 *ɡ·rɯm
琳 *ɡ·rɯm
淋 *ɡ·rɯm, *ɡ·rɯms
痳 *ɡ·rɯm
箖 *ɡ·rɯm
霖 *ɡ·rɯm
菻 *ɡ·rɯmʔ, *ɡ·rɯms
罧 *slɯmʔ, *srɯms
棽 *r̥ʰɯm, *srɯm
綝 *r̥ʰɯm
郴 *r̥ʰɯm
禁 *krɯm, *krɯms
襟 *krɯm
僸 *krɯms, *ŋɡrɯmʔ
澿 *ɡrɯm
噤 *ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
凚 *ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
齽 *ɡrɯms

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 襟
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 侵 (140)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居吟切
Baxter kim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚim/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kjim/
Li
Rong 		/kjəm/
Wang
Li 		/kĭĕm/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gam1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 襟
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jīn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kim ›
Old
Chinese 		/*krm/
English overlap of a robe

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 襟
Reading # 1/1
No. 8182
Phonetic
component 		林
Rime
group 		侵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		金
Old
Chinese 		/*krɯm/

Definitions

襟

  1. front of a garment
  2. Short for 連襟／连襟 (liánjīn, “husbands of sisters”).
  3. chest; bosom (mind; mental outlook)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

襟

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: こん (kon)←こん (kon, historical)←こむ (komu, ancient)
  • Kan-on: きん (kin, Jōyō)←きん (kin, historical)←きむ (kimu, ancient)
  • Kun: えり (eri, 襟, Jōyō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
襟
えり
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
衿
領

Pronunciation

Noun

襟(えり) • (eri) 

  1. a neckband; a collar; a lapel
  2. nape (back part of the neck)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
襟
きん
Grade: S
kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

襟(きん) • (kin) 

  1. a neckband; a collar; a lapel

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

襟 • (geum) (hangeul 금, revised geum, McCune–Reischauer kŭm, Yale kum)

  1. lapel, collar

Vietnamese

Han character

襟: Hán Nôm readings: khâm, câm

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