津

Translingual

Etymology

氵 (“water”) + 聿 – a kind of liquid, saliva.

Han character

津 (radical 85 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水中手 (ELQ), four-corner 3510₇, composition ⿰氵聿)

1. saliva
2. ferry
3. ford
4. moisten

See also

• 港

References

• KangXi: page 621, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17396
• Dae Jaweon: page 1017, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1616, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6D25

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		津

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīn (jin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Wade-Giles: chin¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon¹
    • Yale: jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɵn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin
    • Tâi-lô: tsin
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin³⁴/

Noun

津

1. saliva, sweat
2. a ferry crossing, a ford (river crossing)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jīn (Jin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹
• Min Nan (POJ): Chin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: Jīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Wade-Giles: chin¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jin
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon¹
    • Yale: jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɵn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chin
    • Tâi-lô: Chin
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin³⁴/

Proper noun

津

1. abbr. for Tianjin (天津)
2. Tsu, Japan

Compounds

• 津巴布韦
• 津渡
• 津筏
• 津津
• 津津乐道
• 津津有味
• 津贴 / 津貼
• 津液

References

Middle Chinese (use 输入所查询的汉字 field and press "查询" button)

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Japanese

Kanji

津

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: しん (shin)
• Kun: つ (tsu)

Compounds

• 津液
• 津関
• 津頭
• 津要
• 津々浦々, 津津浦浦
• 津波, 津浪 (つなみ, tsunami)
• 口津
• 津軽 (つがる, Tsugaru)

Proper noun

津 (hiragana つ, romaji Tsu)

1. a place name, such as Tsu city in Mie prefecture

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Korean

Hanja

津 (jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune-Reischauer chin, Yale cin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

津 (tân, lọt, lụt, thành)

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