娠

娠 U+5A20, 娠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A20 ← 娟 [U+5A1F] CJK Unified Ideographs 娡 → [U+5A21]

Translingual

Han character

娠 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 女一一女 (VMMV), four-corner 4143₂, composition ⿰女辰)

Derived characters

• 𦵢

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6322
• Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1050, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5A20

Chinese

trad.		娠
simp. #		娠
alternative forms		震

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 *tjɯns, *hljɯn): semantic 女 (“female”) + phonetic 辰 (OC *djɯn)

Etymology

The 章刃切 pronunciation is from 震 (OC *tjɯn, “to shake; to rouse”) (Schuessler, 2007). The 失人切 pronunciation is a xundu (訓讀) from 身 (MC syin) (Zhengzhang, 2003).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēn (shen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ / zan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zen / ¹sen / ²zen / ¹seen / ¹shin / ¹shyun / ²zyun / ¹shien

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shen
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹
    • Yale: shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
    • Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: san¹ / zan³
    • Yale: sān / jan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ / dzan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ / zen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵/, /t͡sɐn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin
    • Tâi-lô: sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: syn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zen
    • MiniDict: zen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou, Jiaxing, Tongxiang)
    • Wugniu: ¹sen
    • MiniDict: sen^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sən⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /sən⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /sən⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Changzhou, Haining, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²zen
    • MiniDict: zen^平
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /zəŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Haining): /zən¹¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /zen²³/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ¹seen
    • MiniDict: sen^平
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /sẽ⁵²/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ¹shin
    • MiniDict: shin^平
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɕiŋ⁵²/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ¹shyun
    • MiniDict: shoen^平
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɕɹ̩ʷøŋ⁵²/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ²zyun
    • MiniDict: zoen^平
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /zɹ̩ʷøŋ³¹³/
  • (Northern: Jingjiang)
    • Wugniu: ¹shien
    • Sinological IPA (Jingjiang): /ɕiəŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: syin, tsyinH

Rime
Character	娠	娠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	失人切	章刃切
Baxter	syin	tsyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪn/	/t͡ɕiɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕin/	/t͡ɕinH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjen/	/t͡ɕjenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕin/	/cinH/
Li Rong	/ɕiĕn/	/t͡ɕiĕnH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕn/	/t͡ɕĭĕnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ĕn/	/t͡ɕi̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	zhèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san1	zan3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tər/, /*tər-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯns/, /*hljɯn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	娠	娠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēn	shēn
Middle Chinese	‹ syin ›	‹ tsyinH ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tər/	/*tər-s/
English	pregnant	pregnant
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	娠	娠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1369	1385
Phonetic component	辰	辰
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	震	申
Old Chinese	/*tjɯns/	/*hljɯn/
Notes		本讀章母此或訓讀身

Definitions

娠

1. to be pregnant

Compounds

• 任娠
• 妊娠
• 妊娠紋 / 妊娠纹 (rènshēnwén)
• 娩娠
• 懷娠 / 怀娠
• 有娠

Japanese

Kanji

娠

(Jōyō kanji)

1. with child

Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kun: たさん (tasan)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 娠 (MC syin). Recorded as Middle Korean 신 (sin) (Yale: sin) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

娠 (eumhun 아이 밸 신 (ai bael sin))

1. hanja form^? of 신 (“with child”)

Compounds

• 임신 (妊娠, imsin)
• 임신부 (妊娠婦, imsinbu)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

娠: Hán Nôm readings: thần

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References

• Nom Foundation