Translingual

Han character

準 (radical 85 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水土十 (EGJ), four-corner 3040₁, composition ⿱淮十)

1. rule, guideline, standard
2. rank next to, follow
3. (prefix) quasi-, pene-, para-, sub-, semi-, demi-

References

• KangXi: page 639, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17934
• Dae Jaweon: page 1046, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1700, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6E96

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʷjinʔ, *qʷjed) : semantic 水 ‎(“water”) + phonetic 隼 ‎(OC *sqʰʷinʔ).

Original meaning was "water level."

Pronunciation

Definitions

準

1. standard; criterion; norm
   • 標準／标准 (biāozhǔn, “standard, norm”)
   • 準則／准则 (zhǔnzé, “standard, norm”)
   • 基準／基准 (jīzhǔn, “norm, reference frame”)

Adjective

準

1. accurate; exact
   • 這塊手錶很準。 / 这块手表很准。  ―  Zhè kuài shǒubiǎo hěn zhǔn.  ―  This watch keeps correct time.
   • 他的槍法真準，一個移動靶都沒有漏射。 [MSC, trad.]
     他的枪法真准，一个移动靶都没有漏射。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā de qiāngfǎ zhēn zhǔn, yī ge yídòng bǎ dōu méi yǒu lòu shè. [Pinyin]

     He is good with a gun, he doesn't miss any moving target.

2. quasi-; pene-; para-

Adverb

準

1. certainly; surely
   • 那準不對。 / 那准不对。  ―  Nà zhǔn bù duì.  ―  That is definitely wrong.
   • 他準是開玩笑,要不就是瘋了。 [MSC, trad.]
     他准是开玩笑,要不就是疯了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā zhǔn shì kāiwánxiào, yàobù jiù shì fēng le. [Pinyin]

     He must be joking or else he's mad.

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: しゅん (shun), せち (sechi)
• Kan’on: しゅん (shun), せつ (setsu)
• Kan’yōon: じゅん (jun)
• Kun: ひとしい (hitoshii), みずもり (mizumori), のり (nori)

Compounds

Proper noun

準 ‎(hiragana ひとし, romaji Hitoshi)

1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

準 • ‎(jun, jeol) (hangeul 준, 절, revised jun, jeol, McCune-Reischauer chun, chŏl, Yale cwun, cel)

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Vietnamese

Han character

準 (chuẩn, choán, chốn, chủn, trúng, trốn)

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