檭

檭 U+6AAD, 檭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6AAD ← 檬 [U+6AAC] CJK Unified Ideographs 檮 → [U+6AAE]

Translingual

Han character

檭 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 木金日女 (DCAV), four-corner 5793₂, composition ⿰木銀)

1. ginkgo

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 558, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15711
• Dae Jaweon: page 947, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1309, character 12
• Unihan data for U+6AAD

Chinese

trad.		檭
simp.		𣘴

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (艮) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
艱	*krɯːn
齦	*kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
眼	*ŋrɯːnʔ
蛝	*ɡrɯːn
限	*ɡrɯːnʔ
硍	*ɡrɯːnʔ
豤	*kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
詪	*ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
根	*kɯːn
跟	*kɯːn
珢	*kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
艮	*kɯːns
茛	*kɯːns
墾	*kʰɯːnʔ
懇	*kʰɯːnʔ
垠	*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿	*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
痕	*ɡɯːn
拫	*ɡɯːn
鞎	*ɡɯːn
很	*ɡɯːnʔ
恨	*ɡɯːns
銀	*ŋrɯn
檭	*ŋrɯn

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴, an⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yín
    • Wade–Giles: yin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngan⁴, an⁴
    • Yale: ngàhn, àhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴, an⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴, en⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹/, /ɐn²¹/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: ngin

Rime
Character	檭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	語巾切
Baxter	ngin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjin/
Li Rong	/ŋjĕn/
Wang Li	/ŋǐĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋrɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	檭
Reading #	1/1
No.	3943
Phonetic component	艮
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	銀
Old Chinese	/*ŋrɯn/
Notes	銀杏字類化

Definitions

檭

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References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 133