琛

琛 U+741B, 琛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-741B ← 琚 [U+741A] CJK Unified Ideographs 琜 → [U+741C]

Translingual

Han character

琛 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土月金木 (MGBCD), four-corner 1719₄, composition ⿰𤣩罙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 734, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21049
• Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1124, character 4
• Unihan data for U+741B

Chinese

trad.		琛
simp. #		琛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
探	*l̥ʰuːm, *l̥ʰuːms
棎	*ɦljom
賝	*l̥ʰum
琛	*l̥ʰum
穼	*srum
深	*hljum, *hljums

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēn (chen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chen
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên¹
    • Yale: chēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chen
    • Palladius: чэнь (čɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹
    • Yale: sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thim
    • Tâi-lô: thim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tym
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰim³³/

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• Middle Chinese: trhim

Rime
Character	琛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑林切
Baxter	trhim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰjim/
Li Rong	/ȶʰjəm/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰum/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琛
Reading #	1/1
No.	11253
Phonetic component	罙
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	琛
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰum/

Definitions

琛

1. (literary) treasure; gem; precious stone

Japanese

Kanji

琛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. treasure, valuables

Readings

• On (unclassified): ちん (chin); しん (shin)
• Kun: たから (takara)

Korean

Hanja

琛 • (chim) (hangeul 침, revised chim, McCune–Reischauer ch'im, Yale chim)

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