琛

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)

1. treasure, valuables

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

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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/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 琛

1. treasure; gem; precious stone

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Japanese

Kanji

琛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. treasure, valuables

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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