樼

樼 U+6A3C, 樼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A3C ← 樻 [U+6A3B] CJK Unified Ideographs 樽 → [U+6A3D]

Translingual

Han character

樼 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木尸弓木 (DSND), four-corner 4794₇, composition ⿰木孱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 552, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15499
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1296, character 18
• Unihan data for U+6A3C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		樼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
孱	*sɡreːn, *sɡreːnʔ, *sɡren
潺	*sɡreːn, *sɡren
僝	*sɡreːn, *sɡʷrens
轏	*sɡreːnʔ
樼	*skrinʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn (zhen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhen
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹
    • Yale: jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zeon¹
    • Yale: jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrin

Rime
Character	樼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	臻 (46)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	側詵切
Baxter	tsrin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂɪn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂin/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiĕn/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭen/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂi̯æn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*skrinʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樼
Reading #	1/1
No.	1210
Phonetic component	孱
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	臻
Old Chinese	/*skrinʔ/
Notes	同榛

Definitions

樼

1. Alternative form of 榛 (zhēn, “hazelnut”)