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尹
尹
Translingual
Han character
尹 (radical 44 尸+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 尸大 (SK) or X尸大 (XSK), four-corner 17507, composition ⿻彐丿)
References
- KangXi: page 299, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7631
- Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 964, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5C39
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
尹 | |
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Glyph origin
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (尹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 芛 | *ɢʷelʔ, *ɢʷid |
| 伊 | *qlil |
| 咿 | *qlil |
| 蛜 | *qlil |
| 笋 | *sɢʷinʔ |
| 尹 | *ɢʷlinʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
- Wade-Giles: yin3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiin
- IPA (key): /in²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wan5
- Yale: wáhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: wan5
- IPA (key): /wɐn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ún
- Tâi-lô: ún
- Phofsit Daibuun: uon
- IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /un⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /un⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín
- Tâi-lô: ín
- Phofsit Daibuun: ien
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 尹 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /in²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin | /in²¹³/ | |
| Tianjin | /in¹³/ | |
| Jinan | /iẽ⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao | /iə̃⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /in⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /iẽ⁵³/ | |
| Xining | /iə̃⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /iŋ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ĩn⁴⁴²/ | |
| Ürümqi | /iŋ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /yn⁴²/ | |
| Chengdu | /yn⁵³/ | |
| Guiyang | /in⁴²/ | |
| Kunming | /ĩ⁵³/ | |
| Nanjing | /in²¹²/ | |
| Hefei | /in²⁴/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /iəŋ⁵³/ |
| Pingyao | /iŋ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /ĩŋ⁵³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai |
/iŋ⁵³/ /ɦiŋ²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ɦin³¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ʔin³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /j̠oŋ³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /iʌ̃³⁵/ |
| Tunxi | ||
| Xiang | Changsha | /yn⁴¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /yn⁴²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /in²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /iun⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /ʒuŋ³¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wɐn²³/ |
| Nanning | /wɐn³⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /wɐn¹³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/in⁵³/ /un⁵³/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /yŋ³²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /œyŋ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /ɯŋ⁵³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /zin³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 尹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 諄 (47) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 余準切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/jiuɪnX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/jʷinX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/juenX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/jwinX/ |
| Li Rong |
/iuĕnX/ |
| Wang Li |
/jĭuĕnX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/i̯uĕnX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yǔn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 尹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yǐn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ywinX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*m-qurʔ/ |
| English | govern; governor |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 尹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15300 |
| Phonetic component |
尹 |
| Rime group |
眞 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
尹 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɢʷlinʔ/ |
Definitions
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Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
尹 • (yun)
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 윤 (revised: yun, McCune-Reischauer: yun, Yale: yun)
- Name (hangeul): 성 윤()
- A common family name.
Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: doãn, duẫn
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