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See also: , , , and 𢑚

Translingual

Han character

(radical 102 田+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中田中 (LWL), four-corner 50006, composition)

  1. to state to a superior, report
  2. to extend
  3. ninth of twelve earthly branches (十二支): monkey () of Chinese zodiac

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 758, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21726
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1168, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2526, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7533

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alt. forms 𢑚

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (26)
Final () (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕin/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕin/
Li
Rong
/ɕiĕn/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shēn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shēn
Middle
Chinese
‹ syin ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥i[n]/
English 9th earthly branch

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 11235
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hlin/
Notes

Definitions

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References


Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. (humble) to speak
  2. the monkey, one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
さる
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

The meaning and spelling are a borrowing from Middle Chinese (monkey, specific to the Chinese zodiac).

The sense of monkey as the animal is spelled instead.

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana さる, romaji saru)

  1. (astrology, astrology) the monkey, one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac

References

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

Korean

Hanja

(sin) (hangeul , revised shin, McCune-Reischauer shin, Yale shin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(thân)

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