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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 142 +4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈弓中 (LINL), four-corner 52100, composition)

  1. earthworm

References

  • KangXi: page 1077, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32866
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2841, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8693

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*l'inʔ
*hlinʔ
*hlinʔ
*hlinʔ, *linʔ
*linʔ, *lins
*linʔ
*linʔ, *lins
*linʔ, *lins

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (36)
Final () (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jiɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/jinX/
Shao
Rongfen
/jenX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jinX/
Li
Rong
/iĕnX/
Wang
Li
/jĭĕnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǐn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǐn
Middle
Chinese
‹ yinX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ](r)ə[r]ʔ/
English earth-worm (khjuw.yinX)

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. 15307
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*linʔ/
Notes

Definitions

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Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. earthworm

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(in) (hangeul , revised in, McCune-Reischauer in, Yale in)

  1. (지렁이) earthworm, rainworm

Synonyms

  • 地龍 (지룡, jiryong)
  • 地龍子 (지룡자, jiryongja)

Compounds