姻

See also: 婣

Translingual

Han character

姻 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田大尸 (WKS), four-corner 4640₀, composition ⿱女因)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6250
• Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1044, character 8
• Unihan data for U+59FB

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Chinese

trad.		姻
simp. #		姻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
欭	*qrils
烟	*qiːn, *qin
胭	*qiːn
咽	*qiːn, *qiːns, *qiːd
恩	*qɯːn
煾	*qɯːn
因	*qin
姻	*qin
茵	*qin
鞇	*qin
氤	*qin
洇	*qin
駰	*qin, *qrin
絪	*qin
裀	*qin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qin) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 因 (OC *qin) – marriage of/to a woman.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīn (yin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yîn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): in / ian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yin
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹
    • Yale: yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: in
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jan¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: in´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /in²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)in´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in
    • Tâi-lô: in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: yn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /in³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian
    • Tâi-lô: ian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iefn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴/

Note:

• in - literary;
• ian - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: 'jin

Rime
Character	姻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於眞切
Baxter	'jin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔin/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕn/
Wang Li	/ĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姻
Reading #	1/1
No.	15177
Phonetic component	因
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	因
Old Chinese	/*qin/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 姻

1. marriage
2. relation by marriage; marital bond

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Japanese

Kanji

姻

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
• Kun: とつぐ (totsugu, 姻ぐ)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
姻
いん Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 姻 (MC 'jin).

Affix

姻(いん) • (in) 

1. marriage; matrimonial alliance​

Derived terms

• 婚(こん)姻(いん) (kon'in): marriage, matrimony

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Korean

Hanja

姻 • (in) (hangeul 인, revised in, McCune–Reischauer in)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 姻 (nhân)

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