津

津 U+6D25, 津 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D25 ← 洤 [U+6D24] CJK Unified Ideographs 洦 → [U+6D26]

Translingual

Han character

津 (radical 85 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水中手 (ELQ), four-corner 3510₇, composition ⿰氵聿)

See also

• 港

References

• KangXi: page 621, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17396
• Dae Jaweon: page 1017, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1616, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6D25

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		津
alt. forms		𣸁 𦪉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (津) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
葏	*ʔslen
津	*ʔslin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔslin): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 𦘔 – a ferry crossing. 𦘔 has been simplified into the unrelated 聿 (OC *b·lud) in the clerical script.

Etymology

From 濟 (OC *ʔsliːls, “to ferry”) + nominal suffix *-n (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīn (jin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹
• Min Dong (BUC): cĭng
• Min Nan (POJ): tin / chin
• Wu (Wiktionary): jin (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Wade-Giles: chin¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon¹
    • Yale: jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɵn⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cĭng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tin
    • Tâi-lô: tin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tin³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin
    • Tâi-lô: tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/

Note:

• (excluding Zhangzhou) tin - vernacular;
• chin - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jin (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɪɲ⁵³/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 津
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕyn⁴⁴/ /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕiŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕiẽ²¹³/ /t͡ɕyẽ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/t͡siə̃⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡sin²⁴/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕiẽ²¹/ ～～有味 /t͡ɕiŋ²¹/ 天～
	Xining	/t͡ɕiə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕiñ³¹/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕĩ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/t͡sin³¹/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕin²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕiəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕiŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕiŋ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡ɕiŋ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/t͡sin⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕin³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡saŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡siʌ̃³¹/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕiɛ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sin³³/
	Xiangtan	/t͡sin³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕin⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sin⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/t͡sin²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡søn⁵³/
	Nanning	/t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡søn⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡sin⁵⁵/ /tin⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡siŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡seiŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡siŋ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/t͡sin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡siɪn/▼

Rime
Character	津
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	將鄰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sin/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sin/
Li Rong	/t͡siĕn/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[ts]i[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslin/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	津
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsin ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]i[n]/
English	ford (n.)
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	津
Reading #	1/1
No.	6725
Phonetic component	津
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	津
Old Chinese	/*ʔslin/

Definitions

津

1. ferry crossing; ford
   1. (figuratively) key post
   2. Short for 天津 (Tiānjīn, “Tianjin”).
   3. (～市) Tsu, Japan
2. bodily fluid
   1. saliva
   2. sweat
   3. to moisten

Compounds

• 乏人問津／乏人问津 (fárénwènjīn)
• 京津大鼓
• 位居要津
• 唾津兒／唾津儿
• 問津／问津 (wènjīn)
• 天津 (Tiānjīn)
• 平津
• 打鼓津頭／打鼓津头
• 指點迷津／指点迷津
• 文津閣／文津阁
• 橋津／桥津
• 汗津津
• 河津
• 波津
• 津史
• 津吏
• 津巴布韋／津巴布韦 (Jīnbābùwéi)
• 津梁 (jīnliáng)
• 津津 (jīnjīn)

• 津津有味 (jīnjīnyǒuwèi)
• 津津樂道／津津乐道 (jīnjīnlèdào)
• 津浦鐵路／津浦铁路
• 津涯
• 津液
• 津渡
• 津潤／津润
• 津濟／津济
• 津發／津发
• 津筏
• 津要
• 津貼／津贴 (jīntiē)
• 津貼制度／津贴制度
• 津送
• 津遣
• 津關／津关
• 津鼓
• 清津 (Qīngjīn)
• 濕津津／湿津津

• 無人問津／无人问津 (wúrénwènjīn)
• 牛津 (Niújīn)
• 玄津
• 生津
• 生津止渴
• 白馬津／白马津
• 益氣生津／益气生津
• 盟津
• 知津
• 蒲津
• 薪津
• 要津
• 要路津
• 覺返迷津／觉返迷津
• 赤津津
• 迷津
• 遍體生津／遍体生津
• 關津／关津

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Japanese

Kanji

津

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. haven, port, harbor, ferry

Readings

• Goon: しん (shin)
• Kan’on: しん (shin)
• Kun: つ (tsu)
• Nanori: す (su), ず (zu), つ (tsu), づ (zu)

Compounds

• 津液 (しんえき) (shin'eki)
• 津々浦々 (つつうらうら), 津津浦浦 (つつうらうら) (tsutsuuraura)
• 津波 (つなみ) (tsunami)
• 津軽 (つがる) (tsugaru)

Proper noun

津 (hiragana つ, rōmaji Tsu)

Kanji in this term
津
つ Grade: S
kun'yomi

1. a place name, such as Tsu city in Mie prefecture

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Korean

Hanja

津 • (jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune-Reischauer chin, Yale cin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

津 (lọt, lụt, tân)

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