寅

Translingual

Han character

寅 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十一中金 (JMLC), four-corner 3080₆, composition ⿱宀⿳一由八)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 288, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7204
• Dae Jaweon: page 570, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 936, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5BC5

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		寅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 寅
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
寅	*lil, *lin
蔩	*lil, *lenʔ, *lin
鏔	*lil, *li
演	*lenʔ
縯	*lenʔ, *linʔ
戭	*lenʔ, *linʔ
夤	*lin
螾	*lin, *linʔ
濥	*linʔ, *lins
瞚	*hljuns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): în

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ing⁵

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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: jan⁴
    • Yale: yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: în
    • Tâi-lô: în
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /in²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /in²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /in²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ing⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: îng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yij, yin

Rime
Character	寅	寅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	以脂切	翼眞切
Baxter	yij	yin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiɪ/	/jiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ji/	/jin/
Shao Rongfen	/jɪ/	/jen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ji/	/jin/
Li Rong	/i/	/iĕn/
Wang Li	/ji/	/jĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/i/	/i̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)ər/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lil/, /*lin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	寅	寅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yín	yín
Middle Chinese	‹ yij ›	‹ yin ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)ər/	/*[ɢ](r)ər/
English	3rd earthly branch	3rd earthly branch
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	寅	寅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15273	15281
Phonetic component	寅	寅
Rime group	脂	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	姨	寅
Old Chinese	/*lil/	/*lin/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 寅

1. (Classical) to revere, respect
2. third of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
3. tiger (虎) of Chinese zodiac

Coordinate terms

• Template:list:earthly branches/zh

References

• “Entry #7161”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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Japanese

Kanji

寅

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: いん (in)
• Kan-on: いん (in)
• Kun: とら (tora, 寅)
• Nanori: とも (tomo)、のぶ (nobu)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
寅
とら Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From 虎 (tora, “tiger”)

Pronunciation

• Homophone: 虎

Proper noun

寅(とら) • (Tora) 

1. the Tiger, the third of the twelve Earthly Branches

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
寅
いん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 寅 (yin)

Proper noun

寅(いん) • (In) 

1. the Tiger, the third of the twelve Earthly Branches

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Korean

Hanja

寅 • (in, i) (hangeul 인, 이, revised in, i, McCune–Reischauer in, i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 寅 (dần)

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