晉

See also: 晋

晉 U+6649, 晉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6649 ← 晈 [U+6648] CJK Unified Ideographs 晊 → [U+664A]

Translingual

Japanese	晋
Simplified	晋
Traditional	晉

Han character

晉 (radical 72, 日+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一戈戈日 (MIIA), four-corner 1060₁, composition ⿱⿳一⿰厶厶一日)

References

• KangXi: page 494, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13898
• Dae Jaweon: page 860, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1507, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6649

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Chinese

trad.		晉
simp.		晋
variant forms		㬜 𫞄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (晉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
鄑	*ʔsel
戩	*ʔsenʔ
榗	*ʔsens
晉	*ʔsins
縉	*ʔsins
搢	*ʔsins
瑨	*ʔsins

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìn (jin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chìn
• Jin (Wiktionary): jing³
• Min Bei (KCR): ce̿ng
• Min Dong (BUC): céng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chìn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zing³

• Wu (Wiktionary): jin (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon³
    • Yale: jeun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɵn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: jinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jin²
    • IPA: /t͡ɕin¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jing³
    • IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕĩŋ⁴⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ce̿ng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡seiŋ³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: céng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn
    • Tâi-lô: tsìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cixn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕin²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕin¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕin²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zing³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsìng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jin (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɪɲ³⁴/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 晉
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕin⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕin⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕin⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕiẽ²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡siə̃⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡sin³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕiẽ⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕiə̃²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕiŋ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕiñ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕin³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕin¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕin²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕĩ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/t͡sin⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕin⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕiəŋ⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕiŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕĩŋ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡ɕiŋ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡sin⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕin⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡saŋ⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡siʌ̃³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/t͡sin⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sin⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/t͡sin⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕin⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sin³¹/
	Taoyuan	/t͡sin³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡søn³³/
	Nanning	/t͡sɐn³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡søn³³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡sin²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡sɛiŋ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡seiŋ³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡siŋ²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/t͡sin³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡siɪn^H/▼

Rime
Character	晉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即刃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sinH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sinH/
Li Rong	/t͡siĕnH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsi[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsins/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	晉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jìn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsinH ›
Old Chinese	/*tsi[n]-s/
English	Jìn (place name)
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	晉
Reading #	1/1
No.	6770
Phonetic component	晉
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	晉
Old Chinese	/*ʔsins/

Definitions

晉

1. to advance; to increase
2. to promote
3. (～國) Chinese feudal state of Jin (11th century BCE–376 BCE), a state of the Zhou Dynasty in northern China
4. (～朝) Chinese Jin dynasty (265-420)
5. 35th hexagram of the I Ching
6. Alternative name for 山西 (Shānxī, “Shanxi”).

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 CE	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 CE	Wei 魏
		Shu 蜀
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 CE	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 CE	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 CE
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 CE
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 CE
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 CE
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 CE	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 CE
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 CE
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 CE
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 CE
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 CE
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 CE

Compounds

• 三晉／三晋 (Sānjìn)
• 以諧秦晉／以谐秦晋
• 兩晉／两晋 (Liǎng-Jìn)
• 加官晉爵／加官晋爵
• 古晉／古晋 (Gǔjìn)
• 唐臨晉帖／唐临晋帖
• 後晉／后晋 (Hòujìn)
• 得成秦晉／得成秦晋
• 晉乘楚杌／晋乘楚杌
• 晉元帝／晋元帝
• 晉劇／晋剧 (jìnjù)
• 晉升／晋升 (jìnshēng)
• 晉封／晋封
• 晉惠帝／晋惠帝
• 晉愍帝／晋愍帝
• 晉懷帝／晋怀帝

• 晉授／晋授
• 晉文公／晋文公 (Jìn Wén Gōng)
• 晉昌／晋昌 (Jìnchāng)
• 晉書／晋书
• 晉朝／晋朝 (Jìncháo)
• 晉武帝／晋武帝
• 晉江／晋江 (Jìnjiāng)
• 晉獻公／晋献公
• 晉用／晋用
• 晉級／晋级 (jìnjí)
• 晉見／晋见 (jìnjiàn)
• 晉語／晋语 (Jìnyǔ)
• 晉謁／晋谒
• 晉鐸／晋铎 (jìnduó)
• 晉鑄刑鼎／晋铸刑鼎
• 晉陽秋／晋阳秋

• 晉階／晋阶
• 朝梁暮晉／朝梁暮晋
• 東晉／东晋 (Dōngjìn)
• 楚材晉用／楚材晋用
• 樓蘭晉簡／楼兰晋简
• 王子晉／王子晋
• 皮裡晉書／皮里晋书
• 石晉／石晋
• 福晉／福晋
• 秦晉／秦晋 (qínjìn)
• 秦晉之好／秦晋之好
• 秦晉之緣／秦晋之缘
• 秦歡晉愛／秦欢晋爱
• 西晉／西晋 (Xījìn)
• 追晉／追晋

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Japanese

Kanji

晉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to proceed
2. Jin dynasty

Readings

• Goon: しん (shin)
• Kan’on: しん (shin)
• Kun: すすむ (susumu, 晉む); すすむしん (susumushin, 晉)
• Nanori: あき (aki); くに (kuni); ゆき (yuki)

Usage notes

Alternative form of 晋 (Jinmeiyō kanji used for names).

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

晉 (tấn, tắn, tớn)

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