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偵
偵
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See also: 侦
Translingual
Han character
偵 (radical 9 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人卜月金 (OYBC), four-corner 21286, composition ⿰亻貞)
References
- KangXi: page 111, character 35
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 898
- Dae Jaweon: page 238, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 189, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5075
Chinese
| trad. | 偵 | |
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| simp. | 侦 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 偵
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| Small seal script | |
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (貞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 偵 | *rtaːŋs, *tʰeŋ, *tʰeŋs |
| 幀 | *rtɯːŋs |
| 湞 | *rdeːŋ, *teŋ |
| 貞 | *teŋ |
| 楨 | *teŋ |
| 禎 | *teŋ |
| 赬 | *tʰeŋ |
| 遉 | *tʰeŋs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
- Wade-Giles: chên1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
- Wade-Giles: chêng1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zing1
- Yale: jīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzing1
- IPA (key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 偵 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂən⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin |
/ʈ͡ʂən²¹/ /t͡sən²¹/ |
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| Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /tʃəŋ²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /ʈ͡ʂẽ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /ʈ͡ʂə̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂə̃n³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡sən⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡sən⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡sen⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂə̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂən³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂən²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡səŋ¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /ʈ͡ʂəŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡səŋ̃³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡səŋ⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡sən⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡sen³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡seŋ³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕiʌ̃³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡ɕiɛ¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʈ͡ʂən³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /ʈ͡ʂən³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sɨn⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sən⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /tʃen²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡seŋ⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /t͡seŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /t͡siŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /teiŋ⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /t͡seŋ³³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /t͡seŋ²³/ |
| Rime | |||
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| Character | 偵 | 偵 | 偵 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 徹 (10) | 知 (9) | 徹 (10) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) | 庚 (109) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | II | III |
| Fanqie | 丑貞切 | 猪孟切 | 丑鄭切 |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʈʰiᴇŋ/ | /ʈˠæŋH/ | /ʈʰiᴇŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʈʰiɛŋ/ | /ʈᵚaŋH/ | /ʈʰiɛŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȶʰiæŋ/ | /ȶaŋH/ | /ȶʰiæŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʈʰiajŋ/ | /ʈaɨjŋH/ | /ʈʰiajŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȶʰiɛŋ/ | /ȶɐŋH/ | /ȶʰiɛŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȶʰĭɛŋ/ | /ȶɐŋH/ | /ȶʰĭɛŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȶʰi̯ɛŋ/ | /ȶɐŋH/ | /ȶʰi̯ɛŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
chēng | zhèng | chèng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
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| Character | 偵 | 偵 | 偵 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 17024 | 17031 | 17034 |
| Phonetic component |
貞 | 貞 | 貞 |
| Rime group |
陽 | 耕 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
倀 | 檉 | 遉 |
| Old Chinese |
/*rtaːŋs/ | /*tʰeŋ/ | /*tʰeŋs/ |
Definitions
偵
- to spy, reconnoiter
- detective
Japanese
Kanji
偵
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
偵 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune-Reischauer chŏng)
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Vietnamese
Han character
偵 (trinh, rình, triệng)
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