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貞
貞
See also: 贞
Translingual
Han character
貞 (radical 154 貝+2, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜月山金 (YBUC), four-corner 21806, composition ⿱⺊貝)
References
- KangXi: page 1204, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36658
- Dae Jaweon: page 1665, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3622, character 3
- Unihan data for U+8C9E
Chinese
| trad. | 貞 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 贞 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 貞
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (貞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 偵 | *rtaːŋs, *tʰeŋ, *tʰeŋs |
| 幀 | *rtɯːŋs |
| 湞 | *rdeːŋ, *teŋ |
| 貞 | *teŋ |
| 楨 | *teŋ |
| 禎 | *teŋ |
| 赬 | *tʰeŋ |
| 遉 | *tʰeŋs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
- Wade-Giles: chên1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zing1
- Yale: jīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzing1
- IPA (key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: tsen (T1)
- IPA (key): /t͡səɲ⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 貞 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂən⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin |
/ʈ͡ʂən²¹/ /t͡sən²¹/ |
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| Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /tʃəŋ²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /ʈ͡ʂẽ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /ʈ͡ʂə̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂə̃n³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡sən⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡sən⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡sen⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂə̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂən³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂən²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡səŋ¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /ʈ͡ʂəŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡sə̃ŋ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡səŋ⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡sən⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡sen³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡seŋ³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕiʌ̃³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡ɕiɛ¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʈ͡ʂən³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /ʈ͡ʂən³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sɨn⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sən⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /tʃen²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡seŋ⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /t͡seŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/tiŋ⁵⁵/ /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /tiŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /teiŋ⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /t͡seŋ³³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /t͡seŋ²³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 貞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 陟盈切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʈiᴇŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʈiɛŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȶiæŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʈiajŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȶiɛŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȶĭɛŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȶi̯ɛŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhēng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 貞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17027 |
| Phonetic component |
貞 |
| Rime group |
耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
貞 |
| Old Chinese |
/*teŋ/ |
| Notes | 說文鼎省聲，甲文原假借鼎字 |
Definitions
貞
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
貞
Readings
Korean
Hanja
貞 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune-Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)
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Vietnamese
Han character
貞 (trinh, riêng, tranh)
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