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井
井
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Translingual
Han character
井 (radical 7 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿 (TT), four-corner 55000)
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 86, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 258
- Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 10, character 4
- Unihan data for U+4E95
Chinese
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井 | |
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| alt. forms | 丼 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 井
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (井) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 硎 | *kʰreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ |
| 耕 | *kreːŋ |
| 荊 | *keŋ |
| 井 | *skeŋʔ |
| 丼 | *kloːmʔ, *skeŋʔ |
| 妌 | *sɡeŋʔ |
| 穽 | *sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs |
| 阱 | *sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs |
| 汫 | *sɡeːŋʔ |
| 刑 | *ɡeːŋ |
| 形 | *ɡeːŋ |
| 邢 | *ɡeːŋ |
| 鉶 | *ɡeːŋ |
| 型 | *ɡeːŋ |
| 侀 | *ɡeːŋ |
Pictogram (象形) – a square well, with supports on four sides. Compare 丼.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zeng2, zing2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiáng
- Min Nan (POJ): chéⁿ / chíⁿ / chéng
- Wu (Wiktionary): jin (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
- Wade-Giles: ching3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zeng2, zing2
- Yale: jéng, jíng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzeng2, dzing2
- IPA (key): /t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/, /t͡sɪŋ³⁵/
- Note: zeng2 - vernacular; zing2 - literary.
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiáng
- Hakka Romanization System: jiang`
- Hagfa Pinyim: jiang3
- IPA: /t͡ɕi̯aŋ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéⁿ / chíⁿ / chéng
- Tâi-lô: tsénn / tsínn / tsíng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zvea, cvie, zeang
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sẽ⁵³/, /t͡ɕĩ⁵³/, /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sẽ⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡ɕĩ⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ̃⁵³/, /t͡ɕĩ⁵³/, /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sẽ⁵³/, /t͡ɕĩ⁵³/, /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sẽ⁴¹/, /t͡ɕĩ⁴¹/, /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
- Note: chéⁿ, chíⁿ - vernacular; chéng - literary.
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: jin (T2)
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕɪɲ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 井 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 子郢切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡siᴇŋX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡siɛŋX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡siæŋX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡siajŋX/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡siɛŋX/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡sĭɛŋX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡si̯ɛŋX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jǐng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 井 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
jǐng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tsjengX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*C.tseŋʔ/ |
| English | well (n.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 井 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6852 |
| Phonetic component |
井 |
| Rime group |
耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
井 |
| Old Chinese |
/*skeŋʔ/ |
| Notes | 丼注今體甲金文爲型初文 |
Definitions
井
Compounds
Derived terms from 井
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Japanese
A well (井, 丼)
Kanji
井
Readings
- Goon: しょう (shō), (historical) しやう (shau)
- Kan’on: せい (sei)
- Kun: い (i) ((historical) ゐ (wi) ), いど (ido)
Compounds
Compounds
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 井 |
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い Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
wi > i.
Pronunciation
Noun
井 (hiragana い, romaji i, historical hiragana ゐ)
Derived terms
- 井の中の蛙大海を知らず (i no naka no kawazu taikai o shirazu): metaphor of a narrow world view based on limited experience (literally, "a frog in a well does not know the great ocean")
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 井 |
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せい Grade: S |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 井 (tsjengX).
Pronunciation
Noun
References
- 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
Vietnamese
Han character
井 (tỉnh)
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