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珍

珍

See also: 珎

Translingual

Han character

珍 (radical 96 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土人竹竹 (MGOHH), four-corner 18122, composition ⿰王㐱)

References

  • KangXi: page 730, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20920
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1141, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1107, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+73CD

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 珍

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (疹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
沴 *rɯːls
趁 *nlanʔ, *l̥ʰɯns, *l'ɯn
紾 *ʔl'anʔ, *kljɯnʔ
跈 *nlɯːnʔ, *l'ɯːnʔ
殄 *l'ɯːnʔ
抮 *hlɯːnʔ
駗 *rɯn, *kljɯnʔ
珍 *ʔl'ɯn
診 *l'ɯns, *kljɯnʔ
畛 *kljɯn, *kljɯnʔ
疹 *kljɯnʔ
軫 *kljɯnʔ
胗 *kljɯnʔ, *klɯnʔ
袗 *kljɯnʔ, *kljɯns
眕 *kljɯnʔ
飻 *l̥ʰɯːd
餮 *r̥ʰɯːd

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 珍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9)
Final (韻) 眞 (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 陟鄰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʈˠiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈᵚin/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȶien/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈjin/
Li
Rong		 /ȶjĕn/
Wang
Li		 /ȶǐĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȶi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhēn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 珍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhēn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ trin ›
Old
Chinese		 /*trə[n]/
English precious thing

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 珍
Reading # 1/1
No. 17091
Phonetic
component		 疹
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 珍
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔl'ɯn/

Definitions

珍

  1. treasure
  2. precious; valuable; rare
  3. to treasure; to value

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

珍

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
珍
ちん
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 珍 ‎(trin, “treasure, precious thing”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

珍 ‎(-na inflection, hiragana ちん, romaji chin)

  1. rare, strange

Inflection

Noun

珍 ‎(hiragana ちん, romaji chin)

  1. rarity

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

珍 • ‎(jin)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 진 (revised: jin, McCune-Reischauer: chin, Yale: cin)
  • Name (hangeul): 보배()
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Vietnamese

Han character

珍 (trân, trằn)

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