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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 69 +4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹中竹一中 (HLHML), composition斤)

  1. two catty (about one kilogram)

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 479, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13538
  • Dae Jaweon: page 838, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2023, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+65A6

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn
*ɡɯl
*ɡɯl
*ɡɯl
*ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn
*ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls
*ɡɯl
*ɡɯl
*ŋɡɯl
*qʰan
*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn
*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn
*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ
*ŋrɯns, *qɯns
*kɯn, *kɯns
*kɯnʔ
*kɯns
*kɯns
*kɯns, *keŋs
*kʰɯnʔ
*ɡɯn
*ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns
*ŋɡɯn
*qʰɯn
*qʰɯn
*qʰɯn
*qʰɯn
*qʰɯn, *qʰɯns
*qʰɯn
*qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs
*qʰɯns

Ideogrammic compound (會意) :  + .

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (57)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋɨn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɨn/
Li
Rong
/ŋiən/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯ən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yín
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6662
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋɡɯn/

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings