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伸

伸

伸 U+4F38, 伸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F38
← 伷
[U+4F37] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 伹 →
[U+4F39]

Translingual

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 伸
Large seal script

L31183

L31184
Small seal script

s05824
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (申) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
電 *l'iːns
胂 *l̥ʰin, *hlin
申 *hlin
伸 *hlin
呻 *hlin
紳 *hlin
眒 *hlin, *hlins
柛 *hlin
訷 *hlin
抻 *hlins
神 *hlin
朄 *lins

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hlin) : semantic 亻 ‎(“man”) + phonetic 申 ‎(OC *hlin).

Han character

伸 (radical 9 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人中田中 (OLWL), four-corner 25206, composition ⿰亻申)

  1. to extend, stretch out, open up
  2. trust
  3. a surname

References

  • KangXi: page 97, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 481
  • Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 133, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4F38

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 伸

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 伸
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 失人切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕin/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕin/
Li
Rong		 /ɕiĕn/
Wang
Li		 /ɕĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shēn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 伸
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shēn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ syin ›
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥i[n]/
English stretch, extend

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 伸
Reading # 1/1
No. 11236
Phonetic
component		 申
Rime
group		 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 申
Old
Chinese		 /*hlin/

Definitions

伸

  1. to extend
    伸長兩隻手 / 伸长两只手  ―  shēncháng liǎng zhī shǒu  ― 

Japanese

Kanji

伸

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. lengthen

Readings

Compounds

Idioms

Related terms

  • 伸す
  • 伸べ広げる

Proper noun

伸 ‎(hiragana しん, romaji Shin)

  1. A male given name

伸 ‎(hiragana のぶる, romaji Noburu)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

伸 • ‎(sin) (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune-Reischauer sin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

伸 (thân)

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References

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