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壬
壬
See also: 千
Translingual
Han character
壬 (radical 33 士+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹土 (HG), four-corner 20104, composition ⿱丿士)
- the ninth of the ten heavenly stems
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 243, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5639
- Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 417, character 1
- Unihan data for U+58EC
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
壬 | |
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 壬
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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 (壬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 紝 | *nɯm, *njɯm, *njɯms |
| 鵀 | *nɯm, *njɯm, *njɯms |
| 拰 | *nɯmʔ |
| 賃 | *nɯms |
| 任 | *njɯm, *njɯms |
| 壬 | *l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *njɯm |
| 恁 | *njɯm, *njɯmʔ |
| 銋 | *njɯm, *njɯmʔ |
| 荏 | *njɯmʔ |
| 餁 | *njɯmʔ |
| 栠 | *njɯmʔ |
| 袵 | *njɯmʔ |
| 飪 | *njɯmʔ |
| 妊 | *njɯms |
| 衽 | *njɯms |
Pictogram (象形) : Possibly a carrying pole, a meaning that was later transferred to 任 (rèn).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ
- Wade-Giles: jên2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren
- IPA (key): /ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jam4
- Yale: yàhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: jam4
- IPA (key): /jɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîm / lîm
- Tâi-lô: jîm / lîm
- Phofsit Daibuun: jiim, liim
- IPA (Xiamen): /d͡ʑim²⁴/, /lim²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡ʑim²⁴/, /lim²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑim¹³/, /lim¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /d͡ʑim²⁴/, /lim²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /d͡ʑim²³/, /lim²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 壬 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʐən³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ʐən²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /ʐən⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /ʐẽ⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /iə̃⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʐən⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /ʐẽ²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /ʐə̃⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʐəŋ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ʐə̃n⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ʐɤŋ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /nən²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /zən³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /zen²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /ʐə̃³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /ʐən⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /ʐən⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /zəŋ¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /ʐəŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /ʐə̃ŋ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai |
/ȵiŋ²³/ /zəŋ²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ȵin¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /zen²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ȵaŋ³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /iʌ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /ian⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʐən¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /in¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /lɨn⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ŋim¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /ŋim¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jɐm²¹/ |
| Nanning | /jɐm²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /jɐm²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /lim³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /iŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /iŋ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /zim³⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /zim³¹/ |
| Rime | |
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| Character | 壬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 侵 (139) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 如林切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ȵiɪm/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ȵim/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȵʑjem/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ȵim/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȵiəm/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȵʑĭĕm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȵʑi̯əm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
rén |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 壬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
rén |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ nyim › |
| Old Chinese |
/*n[ə]m/ |
| English | 9th heavenly stem |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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| Character | 壬 | 壬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 1446 | 10809 |
| Phonetic component |
呈 | 壬 |
| Rime group |
耕 | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
珽 | 任 |
| Old Chinese |
/*l̥ʰeːŋʔ/ | /*njɯm/ |
| Notes | 下爲土 | 甲文作工，象機縷，爲紝初文，坙（經）字從之 |
Definitions
壬
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Compounds
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References
- “Entry #791”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
壬
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
壬 • (im) (hangeul 임, revised im, McCune-Reischauer im)
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