同人

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (同人)		同	人
alternative forms		同仁 colleague

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ jan⁴
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): tông-jîn / tông-lîn
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁶don-zen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngrén
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-jên²
    • Yale: túng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngren
    • Palladius: тунжэнь (tunžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 同人 同仁 瞳人 瞳仁 銅仁／铜仁

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: tùhng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 同人 同仁 瞳人 瞳仁 銅仁／铜仁

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: tông-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ ʑin²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: tông-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wugniu: ⁶don-zen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation: ³don-zen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /doŋ²² zən⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: duwng nyin

Rime
Character	同	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒紅切	如鄰切
Baxter	duwng	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duŋ/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/duŋ/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/duŋ/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwŋ/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/duŋ/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/duŋ/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuŋ/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóng	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tung4	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤoŋ  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*doːŋ  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	同	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tóng	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ duwng ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁoŋ/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	together, join	(other) person
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	同	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12446	10800
Phonetic component	同	人
Rime group	東	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	同	仁
Old Chinese	/*doːŋ/	/*njin/
Notes	甲金文象有節筒管與口協合， 如此方能音律諧和， 爲筒（簫）初文

Noun

同人

1. the thirteenth hexagram of the I Ching, known as "Concording People": ☰☲
2. colleague; fellow worker, person of the same belief or conviction; coterie
3. fan-made creations; doujin (articles, pictures, music, or games recreated by fans of a particular work)
4. (neologism, slang) homosexual person
5. (literally) same person

Derived terms

• 同人小說／同人小说 (tóngrén xiǎoshuō)
• 同人誌／同人志 (tóngrénzhì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (同人):

• → Japanese: 同人(どうじん) (dōjin)
• → Korean: 동인(同人) (dong'in)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
同	人
どう Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 同人 (duŋ ȵiɪn). Compare modern Mandarin 同人 (tóngrén).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どーじん [dòójíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

同(どう)人(じん) • (dōjin) 

1. the same person
2. that person, the same person as previously mentioned
3. a person or persons of the same interests or passions: a coterie or a member of a coterie, a fan
4. a scholar or scholars belonging to the same school of thought
5. the thirteenth hexagram of the I Ching, known as "Concording People": ☰☲
6. (attributive) indie; self-published; doujin

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 同人雑誌(どうじんざっし) (dōjin zasshi): a fan magazine
• 同人誌(どうじんし) (dōjinshi): short for dōjin zasshi: a fan magazine

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
同	人
どう Grade: 2	にん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Same as above, only using the older goon reading of nin for 人 (rén).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どーにん [dòóníń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ど​ーにん [dóꜜònìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

同(どう)人(にん) • (dōnin) 

1. the same person
2. that person, the same person as previously mentioned
3. (rare) a person or persons of the same interests or passions: a coterie or a member of a coterie, a fan

Usage notes

Generally speaking, the dōnin reading appears to be used less often than dōjin. Note also that dōnin has fewer senses.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 同人雑誌 (どうにんざっし, ​dōnin zasshi): a fan magazine
• 同人誌 (どうにんし, ​dōninshi): short for dōnin zasshi: a fan magazine

Korean

Hanja in this term
同	人

Noun

同人 • (dong'in) (hangeul 동인)

1. Hanja form^? of 동인 (“club, circle, coterie”).