斦

Translingual

Han character

斦 (Kangxi radical 69, 斤+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹中竹一中 (HLHML), composition ⿰斤斤)

Derived characters

• 啠, 質(质), 𣃒, 𭋖, 𩙗, 𣃊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 479, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13538
• Dae Jaweon: page 838, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2023, character 9
• Unihan data for U+65A6

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		斦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 斦
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
蘄	*ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn
祈	*ɡɯl
頎	*ɡɯl
旂	*ɡɯl
圻	*ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn
蚚	*ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls
岓	*ɡɯl
玂	*ɡɯl
沂	*ŋɡɯl
掀	*qʰan
釿	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn
齗	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn
听	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ
垽	*ŋrɯns, *qɯns
斤	*kɯn, *kɯns
菦	*kɯnʔ
靳	*kɯns
劤	*kɯns
勁	*kɯns, *keŋs
赾	*kʰɯnʔ
芹	*ɡɯn
近	*ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns
斦	*ŋɡɯn
欣	*qʰɯn
忻	*qʰɯn
昕	*qʰɯn
訢	*qʰɯn
炘	*qʰɯn, *qʰɯns
邤	*qʰɯn
庍	*qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs
焮	*qʰɯns

Duplication of 斤.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴ / an⁴

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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: ngan⁴ / an⁴
    • Yale: ngàhn / àhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ / an⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ / en⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹/, /ɐn²¹/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: ngj+n

Rime
Character	斦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	語斤切
Baxter	ngj+n
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɨn/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨn/
Li Rong	/ŋiən/
Wang Li	/ŋĭən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	斦
Reading #	1/1
No.	6662
Phonetic component	斤
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	䖐
Old Chinese	/*ŋɡɯn/

Definitions

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Kanji

斦

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぎん (gin), ごん (gon), しつ (shitsu), しち (shichi)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka)