唇

See also: 脣

Translingual

Han character

唇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一女口 (MVR), four-corner 7160₃, composition ⿱辰口)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 191, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3697
• Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 627, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5507

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
辴	*tʰɯl, *tʰɯnʔ, *tʰɯn
屒	*tɯnʔ, *djɯn
振	*tjɯn, *tjɯns
侲	*tjɯn, *tjɯn
桭	*tjɯn, *djɯn
唇	*tjɯn, *ɦljun
帪	*tjɯn
賑	*tjɯnʔ, *tjɯns
裖	*tjɯnʔ
敐	*tjɯnʔ, *djɯn
震	*tjɯn
娠	*tjɯns, *hljɯn
蜃	*djɯns, *djɯnʔ, *djins
辰	*djɯn
晨	*djɯn, *ɦljɯn
宸	*djɯn
鷐	*djɯn
麎	*djɯn
祳	*djɯnʔ
脤	*djɯnʔ
鋠	*djɯnʔ
磭	*ŋrɯnʔ, *ŋ̊ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ
陙	*djun
脣	*ɦljun
漘	*ɦljun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjɯn, *ɦljun) : phonetic 辰 (OC *djɯn) + semantic 口 (“mouth”).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 唇 – see 脣 (“lip; lip-shaped thing; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 脣).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

trad.		唇
simp. #		唇
alternative forms		㖘

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn (zhen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhen
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹
    • Yale: jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyin

Rime
Character	唇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	側鄰切
Baxter	tsyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕin/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cin/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	唇
Reading #	1/2
No.	1361
Phonetic component	辰
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	眞
Old Chinese	/*tjɯn/
Notes	原作側鄰切驚也

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 唇

1. ^† terrified

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèn (zhen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèn
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴
    • Yale: jèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenn
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 唇

1. ^† sound of fear; trembling

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Japanese

Kanji

唇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. lip

Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō); じゅん (jun)
• Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō); しゅん (shun)
• Kan’yō-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kun: くちびる (kuchibiru, 唇, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 陰唇(いんしん) (inshin, “labia”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
唇
くちびる Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

1. lips
   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki:

     唇口 上音眞, 訓久知比流

Derived terms

• 上(うわ)唇(くちびる) (uwakuchibiru), 上(じょう)唇(しん) (jōshin)
• 下(した)唇(くちびる) (shitakuchibiru), 下(か)唇(しん) (kashin)
• 紅(こう)唇(しん) (kōshin)

References

• Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja

唇 • (jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune–Reischauer chin, Yale cin)

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Kunigami

Kanji

唇

Readings

• Kun: すばー (subā), しばー (shibā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subaː/, /ɕibaː/

Noun

唇 (hiragana すばー, rōmaji subā, alternative reading しばー, rōmaji shibā)

1. lip
2. tongue

References

• “しばー” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

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Miyako

Kanji

唇

Readings

• Kun: すば (suba)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ss̩ba/

Noun

唇 (hiragana すば, rōmaji suba)

1. lip

References

• “すば【唇】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

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Okinawan

Kanji

唇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: しば (shiba, 唇)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
唇
しば Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕiba/

Suffix

1. lip; pertaining to the lips

   下(しちゃ)唇(しば)

   shichashiba

   lower lip

References

• “しば” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “シバ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

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Toku-No-Shima

Kanji

唇

Readings

• Kun: すぃびゃ (sïbya)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɨbja/

Noun

唇 (hiragana すぃびゃ, rōmaji sïbya)

1. lip
2. tongue

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 唇 (thần)

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Yaeyama

Kanji

唇

Readings

• Kun: しぃば (sïba)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɨba/

Noun

唇 (hiragana しぃば, rōmaji sïba)

1. lip
2. tongue