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印
印
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Han character
印 (radical 26 卩+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹心尸中 (HPSL), four-corner 77720)
References
- KangXi: page 159, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2848
- Dae Jaweon: page 363, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 312, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5370
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
印 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 印
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (印) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 印 | *qiŋs |
| 鮣 | *qiŋs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jan3, ngan3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yin / yang
- Min Dong (BUC): éng
- Min Nan (POJ): ìn
- Wu (Wiktionary): in (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˋ
- Wade-Giles: yin4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinn
- IPA (key): /in⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˋㄦ
- Wade-Giles: yinrh4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yell
- IPA (key): /jəɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jan3, ngan3
- Yale: yan, ngan
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan3, ngan3
- IPA (key): /jɐn³³/, /ŋɐn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin / yang
- Hakka Romanization System: in / iang
- Hagfa Pinyim: yin4 / yang4
- IPA: /in⁵⁵/, /i̯aŋ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin / yang
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)in / (r)iang
- Hagfa Pinyim: yin4 / yang4
- IPA: /(j)in⁵⁵/, /(j)i̯aŋ⁵⁵/
- Note: yin - literary; yang - vernacular.
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: éng
- IPA (key): /ɛiŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ìn
- Tâi-lô: ìn
- Phofsit Daibuun: ixn
- IPA (Xiamen): /in²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /in²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /in¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /in²¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: in (T2)
- IPA (key): /ɪɲ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 印 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於刃切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔiɪnH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔinH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔjenH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔinH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔiĕnH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭĕnH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔi̯ĕnH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yìn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 印 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yìn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ "jinH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ʔ]iŋ-s/ |
| English | seal |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 印 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15322 |
| Phonetic component |
印 |
| Rime group |
眞 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
印 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qiŋs/ |
Definitions
印
- stamp; seal
- trace; mark; sign
- imprint
- to tally
- to engrave
- (computing) to print
- Short for 印度 (Yìndù, “India”).
- Short for 印度尼西亞/印度尼西亚 (Yìndùníxīyà, “Indonesia”).
See also
- 痕 (hén)
Compounds
Derived terms from 印
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Japanese
Noun
印 (hiragana しるし, romaji shirushi)
- mark, sign, indication, symbol
Proper noun
Kanji
印
Readings
Compounds
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Korean
Hanja
印 • (in) (hangeul 인, McCune-Reischauer in)
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