寅

Translingual

Han character

寅 (radical 40 宀+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十一中金 (JMLC), four-corner 3080₆, composition ⿱宀⿳一由八)

1. to respect, to revere
2. reverence
3. respectfully
4. third of twelve earthly branches (十二支): tiger (虎) of Chinese zodiac

References

• KangXi: page 288, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7204
• Dae Jaweon: page 570, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 936, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5BC5

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		寅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): în

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Wade-Giles: yin²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴
    • Yale: yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: în
    • Tâi-lô: în
    • IPA (Taipei): /in²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (寅, reconstructed)
Character (寅), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 以脂切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jiɪ/	/i/	/i/	/ji/	/ji/	/ji/	/jɪ/
Character (寅), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 眞 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 翼眞切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jiɪn/	/i̯ĕn/	/iĕn/	/jin/	/jin/	/jĭĕn/	/jen/

Old Chinese pronunciation (寅, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
寅								yín								‹ yij ›								/*[ɢ](r)ər/								3rd earthly branch
寅								yín								‹ yin ›								/*[ɢ](r)ər/								3rd 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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
寅					15273					寅					脂					1					姨					/*lil/
寅					15281					寅					眞					1					寅					/*lin/

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

寅

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: いん (in)
• Kun: とら (tora)

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Korean

Hanja

寅 (in, i) (hangeul 인, 이, revised in, i, McCune-Reischauer in, i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

寅 (dần)

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