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Translingual
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Han character
進 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵 +8, 12 strokes in Chinese , 11 strokes in Japanese , cangjie input 卜人土 (YOG ), four-corner 30301 , composition ⿺辶 隹 )
Derived characters
𬿫 , 𱗽 , 𱮣 , 𭗝 , 𭞷 , 𭢜 , 𣛎 , 璡 , 𬔀 , 𰰓 , 䗯 , 𧾄 , 𦻗 , 𥳟 , 𢶘 , 𣝤 , 𬣓
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1259 , character 30
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38943
Dae Jaweon: page 1749, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3851, character 5
Unihan data for U+9032
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
璡
*ʔslin, *ʔslins
進
*ʔslins
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 ) : 辵 ( “ walk ” ) + 隹 ( “ short-tail bird ” ) . A bird can only walk forward not backward, hence implying "forward". Shuowen Jiezi interprets it as
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *ʔslins ) : semantic 辵 + abbreviated phonetic 閵 ( OC *rins) .
Etymology
Unknown (Schuessler, 2007 ). Note similarities to Burmese ဆန်း ( hcan: , “ to be new; to begin a new year or season ” ) .
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : jìn (jin4 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄐㄧㄣˋ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : jin4
(Xi'an , Guanzhong Pinyin ) : jīn
(Nanjing , Nanjing Pinyin ) : jīn
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : җин (žin, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : zeon3
(Dongguan , Jyutping++ ) : zan3
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : din1
Gan (Wiktionary ) : zin4
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : chin
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : jin4
Jin (Wiktionary ) : jing3
Northern Min (KCR ) : ce̿ng
Eastern Min (BUC ) : céng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing ): zing4
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : chìn
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : zing3
(Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin ) : jieng3
Southern Pinghua (Nanning , Jyutping++ ) : zen3
Wu (Northern , Wugniu ) : 5 cin / 5 tsin
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : zin4
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
進
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
jìn
Middle Chinese
‹ tsinH ›
Old Chinese
/*-s/
English
advance (v.)
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
進
Reading #
1/1
No.
6775
Phonetic component
進
Rime group
眞
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
晉
Old Chinese
/*ʔslins/
Definitions
進
to advance ; to move forward
to enter ; to go into ; to come into
一 個 女孩 進 了 房間 。 [MSC , trad. ] 一 个 女孩 进 了 房间 。 [MSC , simp. ] Yī ge nǚhái jìn le fángjiān. A girl came into the room.
( used after a verb ) into ; in
她 把 買 來 的 東西 裝 進 了 轎車 。 [MSC , trad. ] 她 把 买 来 的 东西 装 进 了 轿车 。 [MSC , simp. ] Tā bǎ mǎi lái de dōngxī zhuāng jìn le jiàochē. She loaded her shopping into the car.
他 把 我 叫 進 他 的 辦公室 。 [MSC , trad. ] 他 把 我 叫 进 他 的 办公室 。 [MSC , simp. ] Tā bǎ wǒ jiào jìn tā de bàngōngshì. He called me into his office.
to receive ; to admit ; to recruit
to give ; to offer (advice)
我 給 你 進 一 句 忠告 吧 。 [MSC , trad. ] 我 给 你 进 一 句 忠告 吧 。 [MSC , simp. ] Wǒ gěi nǐ jìn yī jù zhōnggào ba. Let me give you a piece of advice.
to score (a goal )
進 球/ 进 球 ― jìn qiú ― to score a goal
他 踢 進 了 一 個 球 。 [MSC , trad. ] 他 踢 进 了 一 个 球 。 [MSC , simp. ] Tā tī jìn le yī ge qiú. He kicked a goal.
to eat ; to drink
進 食/ 进 食 ― jìn shí ― to take a meal
進 餐/ 进 餐 ― jìn cān ― to have a meal
Classifier for rows of houses within an old-style residential compound .
20th tetragram of the Taixuanjing ; "advance" (𝌙 )
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
進 (“to enter”)
Antonyms
( antonym(s) of “ to advance ” ) : 退 (tuì )
Compounds
Descendants
Japanese
Shinjitai
進
Kyūjitai [ 1]
進󠄁 進 +󠄁
? (Adobe-Japan1 )
進󠄃 進 +󠄃
? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
進
(Third grade kyōiku kanji )
advance , make progress , enter
Readings
Compounds
Proper noun
進( すすむ ) • (Susumu )
a male given name
References
Korean
Hanja
進 (eumhun 나아갈 진 ( naagal jin ) )
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Hanja
進 (eumhun 선사 신 ( seonsa sin ) )
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Vietnamese
Han character
進 : Hán Nôm readings: tiến , Tiến
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