珍

See also: 珎

Translingual

Han character

珍 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土人竹竹 (MGOHH), four-corner 1812₂, composition ⿰𤣩㐱)

Derived characters

• 𠗰, 𣹗, 𫳚, 𮅢, 𮢝, 𦾂

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 730, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20920
• Dae Jaweon: page 1141, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1107, character 9
• Unihan data for U+73CD

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		珍
alternative forms		錱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
沴	*rɯːls
趁	*nlanʔ, *l̥ʰɯns, *l'ɯn
紾	*ʔl'anʔ, *kljɯnʔ
跈	*nlɯːnʔ, *l'ɯːnʔ
殄	*l'ɯːnʔ
抮	*hlɯːnʔ
駗	*rɯn, *kljɯnʔ
珍	*ʔl'ɯn
診	*l'ɯns, *kljɯnʔ
畛	*kljɯn, *kljɯnʔ
疹	*kljɯnʔ
軫	*kljɯnʔ
胗	*kljɯnʔ, *klɯnʔ
袗	*kljɯnʔ, *kljɯns
眕	*kljɯnʔ
飻	*l̥ʰɯːd
餮	*r̥ʰɯːd

Etymology

Compare Tibetan རིན (rin, “price; value”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn (zhen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tin / chin / tiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diêng¹ / diang¹

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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: zan¹
    • Yale: jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tin
    • Tâi-lô: tin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dyn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin
    • Tâi-lô: tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvy
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tĩ⁴⁴/

Note:

• tin/chin - literary;
• tiⁿ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: diêng¹ / diang¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tieng / tiang
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ³³/, /tiaŋ³³/

Note:

• diêng1 - Chaozhou;
• diang1 - Shantou.

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• Middle Chinese: trin

Rime
Character	珍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟鄰切
Baxter	trin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈjin/
Li Rong	/ȶjĕn/
Wang Li	/ȶǐĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*trə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔl'ɯn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	珍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēn
Middle Chinese	‹ trin ›
Old Chinese	/*trə[n]/
English	precious thing
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	珍
Reading #	1/1
No.	17091
Phonetic component	疹
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	珍
Old Chinese	/*ʔl'ɯn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 珍

1. treasure
2. precious; valuable; rare
3. to treasure; to value
4. Jane (English name)

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Japanese

Kanji

珍

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ちん (chin, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ちん (chin, Jōyō)
• Kun: めずらしい (mezurashii, 珍しい, Jōyō); うず (uzu, 珍)
• Nanori: たから (takara); じん (jin)

Compounds

Compounds

• 珍語(ちんご) (chingo, “rare word, unusual word”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
珍
ちん Grade: S
on’yomi

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 珍 (trin, “treasure, precious thing”).

Adjective

珍(ちん) • (chin) -na (adnominal 珍(ちん)な (chin na), adverbial 珍(ちん)に (chin ni))

1. rare, strange

Inflection

Inflection of 珍

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	珍だろ	ちんだろ	chin daro
Continuative (連用形)	珍で	ちんで	chin de
Terminal (終止形)	珍だ	ちんだ	chin da
Attributive (連体形)	珍な	ちんな	chin na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	珍なら	ちんなら	chin nara
Imperative (命令形)	珍であれ	ちんであれ	chin de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	珍ではない 珍じゃない	ちんではない ちんじゃない	chin de wa nai chin ja nai
Informal past	珍だった	ちんだった	chin datta
Informal negative past	珍ではなかった 珍じゃなかった	ちんではなかった ちんじゃなかった	chin de wa nakatta chin ja nakatta
Formal	珍です	ちんです	chin desu
Formal negative	珍ではありません 珍じゃありません	ちんではありません ちんじゃありません	chin de wa arimasen chin ja arimasen
Formal past	珍でした	ちんでした	chin deshita
Formal negative past	珍ではありませんでした 珍じゃありませんでした	ちんではありませんでした ちんじゃありませんでした	chin de wa arimasen deshita chin ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	珍で	ちんで	chin de
Conditional	珍なら（ば）	ちんなら（ば）	chin nara (ba)
Provisional	珍だったら	ちんだったら	chin dattara
Volitional	珍だろう	ちんだろう	chin darō
Adverbial	珍に	ちんに	chin ni
Degree	珍さ	ちんさ	chinsa

Noun

珍(ちん) • (chin) 

1. rarity

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Korean

Hanja

珍 • (jin)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 진 (revised: jin, McCune–Reischauer: chin, Yale: cin)
  • Name (hangeul): 보배
    

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Compounds

• 減價 (감가, )
• 珍景 (진경, )
• 珍貴 (진귀, )
• 珍器 (진기, )
• 珍奇 (진기, )

• 珍技 (진기, )
• 珍味 (진미, )
• 珍羞盛饌 (진수성찬, )
• 珍珠 (진주, jinju)
• 珍風景 (진풍경, )
• 袖珍本 (수진본, )

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 珍 (trân, trằn)

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