在

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Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
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Stroke order
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Etymology[edit]

在 在 在 在
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 才 + semantic 土 (“earth”)

Han character[edit]

在 (radical 32 土+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大中土 (KLG), four-corner 40214, composition ⿸𠂇⿰丨土)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 224, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4881
  • Dae Jaweon: page 455, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 418, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5728

Chinese[edit]

-
simp. and trad.
 在

Pronunciation[edit]

Middle Chinese pronunciation (在, reconstructed)
Character (在), Pronunciation 1/2

Initial: 從 (15)
Final: 咍
Division: I

Openness: Open
Tone: Rising (X)

 Fanqie: 昨宰切
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Bernard
Karlgren		 Li
Rong		 Pan
Wuyun		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Wang
Li		 Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zʌiX/ /d͡zʱɑ̆iX/ /d͡zᴀiX/ /d͡zəiX/ /d͡zəjX/ /d͡zɒiX/ /d͡zɒiX/
Character (在), Pronunciation 2/2

Initial: 從 (15)
Final: 咍
Division: I

Openness: Open
Tone: Departing (H)

 Fanqie: 昨代切
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Bernard
Karlgren		 Li
Rong		 Pan
Wuyun		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Wang
Li		 Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zʌiH/ /d͡zʱɑ̆iH/ /d͡zᴀiH/ /d͡zəiH/ /d͡zəjH/ /d͡zɒiH/ /d͡zɒiH/
Old Chinese pronunciation (在, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character Modern Beijing
(Pinyin)		 Middle Chinese Old Chinese English
在 zài ‹ dzojX › /*[dz]ˤəʔ/ be at, be present

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 No. Phonetic
component		 Rime
group		 Rime
subdivision		 Corresponding
MC rime		 Old Chinese Notes
在 1064 才 之 0 在 /*zlɯːʔ/
在 1065 才 之 0 載 /*zlɯːs/

Definitions[edit]

在

  1. be ...-ing, in the middle of doing something (indicating an action in progress)
    我在看電視。 [MSC, trad.]
    我在看电视。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ zài kàn diànshì. [Pinyin]
    I'm watching TV.
  2. (located) in, at
    我住在中國。 [MSC, trad.]
    我住在中国。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ zhù zài Zhōngguó. [Pinyin]
    I live in China.
    我們在當地報紙上登了一則廣告。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们在当地报纸上登了一则广告。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen zài dāngdì bàozhǐ shàng dēng le yī zé guǎnggào. [Pinyin]
    We put an ad in the local paper.
    每天下午他在家裡工作。 [MSC, trad.]
    每天下午他在家里工作。 [MSC, simp.]
    Měi tiān xiàwǔ tā zài jiālǐ gōngzuò. [Pinyin]
    Every afternoons he works at home.
  3. during; in
    你打算在假期裡做什麼？ [MSC, trad.]
    你打算在假期里做什么？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ dǎsuàn zài jiǎqī lǐ zuò shénme? [Pinyin]
    What do you plan to do during the holidays?
    他的日記在他生前未曾發表過。 [MSC, trad.]
    他的日记在他生前未曾发表过。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de rìjì zài tā shēngqián wèicéng fābiǎo guò. [Pinyin]
    His diary was not published during his lifetime.
  4. to exist, to be (located)
    他在那里？ [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Tā zài nàlǐ? [Pinyin]
    Where is he?
    旅馆在新购物中心附近。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Lǚguǎn zài xīn gòuwùzhōngxīn fùjìn. [Pinyin]
    The hotel is located near the new shopping center.

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
在

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Noun[edit]

在 (hiragana ざい, romaji zai)

  1. as an abbreviation of 在郷 (ざいごう, zaigō), countryside or outskirts

Prefix[edit]

在 (hiragana ざい, romaji zai-)

  1. residing in

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

在 (jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune-Reischauer chae)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

在 (tại)

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Preposition[edit]

在

  1. in
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