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侵

侵

侵 U+4FB5, 侵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FB5
← 侴
[U+4FB4] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 侶 →
[U+4FB6]

Translingual

Han character

侵 (radical 9 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人尸一水 (OSME), four-corner 27247, composition ⿰亻𠬶)

  1. invade, encroach upon, raid

References

  • KangXi: page 103, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 646
  • Dae Jaweon: page 218, character 30
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 166, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+4FB5

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 侵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 侵
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Oracle bone script

j19020

j19021

j19022

j19023

j19024

j19025

j19026

j19027

j19028

j19029

j19030

j19031

j19032

j19033

j19034

j19035

j19036
Bronze inscriptions

b12332
Large seal script

L33710

L33711

L33712

L33713

L12221

L12222

L12223

L12224

L12225
Small seal script

s05791
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 (侵) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鋟 *ʔsem, *sʰem, *sʰimʔ
綅 *sem, *ʔsim, *sʰim
祲 *ʔsim, *ʔsims
埐 *ʔsim, *zim
梫 *ʔsim, *sʰimʔ, *sʰrim
濅 *ʔsimʔ, *ʔsims
浸 *ʔsims, *sʰim
侵 *sʰim
駸 *sʰim, *sʰrim
寢 *sʰimʔ
寑 *sʰimʔ
薓 *srim

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 侵
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕʰin²¹⁴/
Harbin /t͡ɕʰin²¹³/
Tianjin /t͡ɕʰin¹³/
Jinan /t͡ɕiẽ²¹³/
/t͡ɕʰiẽ²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡sʰiə̃²¹³/
Zhengzhou /t͡sʰin⁵³/
Xi'an /t͡ɕʰiẽ²¹/
Xining /t͡ɕʰiə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕʰiñ³¹/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡ɕʰin¹³/
Guiyang /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
Kunming /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /t͡ɕʰin³¹/
Hefei /t͡ɕʰin²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕʰiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕʰiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕʰĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡sʰin⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡ɕʰin³³/
Wenzhou /t͡sʰaŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰiʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /t͡sʰin¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sʰin³³/
Xiangtan /t͡sʰin³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰin⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰim⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /t͡sim²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰɐm⁵³/
Nanning /t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /t͡sʰim⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /t͡sʰiŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /t͡seiŋ³³/
Shantou (Min Nan) /t͡sʰim⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /t͡sim²³/
Rime
Character 侵
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 侵 (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 七林切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʰiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʰim/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sʰjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sʰim/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sʰiəm/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sʰĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sʰi̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qīn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 侵
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qīn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tshim ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[tsʰ][i]m/
English invade

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 侵
Reading # 1/1
No. 10484
Phonetic
component		 侵
Rime
group		 侵
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 侵
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰim/
Notes 甲金文象持帚驅策牛豕以至人，穀樑傳隱五年：苞人民毆牛馬曰侵

Definitions

侵

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Japanese

Kanji

侵

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. to invade, encroach
  2. to violate, raid
  3. to trespass

Readings

Korean

Hanja

侵 • ‎(chim) (hangeul 침, revised chim, McCune-Reischauer ch'im)

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Vietnamese

Han character

侵 (xâm, xăm, xơm)

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References

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