研

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See also: 硎 and 硏
研 U+7814, 研
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7814
← 砓
[U+7813] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 砕 →
[U+7815]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
研-order.gif

Han character[edit]

研 (radical 112, 石+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一口一廿 (MRMT), four-corner 11640, composition ⿰石开)

Derived characters[edit]

See also[edit]

  • 硏 (Original form of 研)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 828, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24080
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1243, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2418, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+7814

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 研
variant forms 硏
揅

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 研
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
研-seal.svg 研-bigseal.svg
Characters in the same phonetic series (幵) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
笄 *kŋeː
枅 *kŋeː
蚈 *kŋeː, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
羿 *ŋeːs
栞 *ŋ̊ʰaːn
雃 *ŋaːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
詽 *ŋreːn, *tŋ̊ʰeːn
揅 *ŋeːn
幵 *kŋeːn
鳽 *kŋeːn, *ŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰreːŋ, *ŋreːɡ
豣 *kŋeːn, *ŋeːns
麉 *kŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
趼 *kŋeːnʔ, *ŋeːn, *ŋeːns
汧 *ŋ̊ʰeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːns
岍 *ŋ̊ʰeːn
研 *ŋɡeːn, *ŋeːns
妍 *ŋeːn
訮 *hŋeːn
鈃 *ɡeːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋɡeːn, *ŋeːns): semantic 石 + phonetic 幵 (OC *kŋeːn).

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • jin4 - literary;
  • ngaan4 - vernacular (“to grind”).
  • Hakka
  • Min Dong
    • Note:
    • ngiēng - vernacular;
    • ngiĕng - literary (used in 研究).
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • gián - literary;
    • géng/nguí/gán/ngái - vernacular.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: ngiêng2 / ngiang2 / ngiêng5 / ngiang5 / ngoin2
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiéng / ngiáng / ngiêng / ngiâng / ngóiⁿ
      • IPA (key): /ŋieŋ⁵²/, /ŋiaŋ⁵²/, /ŋieŋ⁵⁵/, /ŋiaŋ⁵⁵/, /ŋõĩ⁵²/
    Note:
    • ngiêng2/ngiang2/ngiêng5/ngiang5 - literary (ngiêng2/ngiêng5 - Chaozhou);
    • ngoin2 - vernacular.
  • Wu
    • Dialectal data▼
    Variety Location 研
    Mandarin Beijing /ian³⁵/
    Harbin /ian²⁴/
    Tianjin /ian⁴⁵/
    Jinan /iã⁴²/
    Qingdao /iã⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /ian⁴²/
    Xi'an /iã²⁴/
    Xining /iã²⁴/
    Yinchuan /ian⁵³/
    Lanzhou /iɛ̃n⁵³/
    Ürümqi /ian⁵¹/
    Wuhan /niɛn⁵⁵/
    Chengdu /ȵian⁵⁵/
    Guiyang /nian⁵⁵/
    Kunming /iɛ̃³¹/
    Nanjing /ien²⁴/
    Hefei /iĩ⁵⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /ie¹¹/
    Pingyao /ȵie̞¹³/
    Hohhot /ie³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /ȵi⁵³/
    Suzhou /ȵiɪ¹³/
    Hangzhou /ȵiẽ̞³³/
    Wenzhou /ȵi³¹/
    Hui Shexian /ne³⁵/
    Tunxi /ȵiɛ⁴⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /ȵiẽ³³/
    Xiangtan /ȵiẽ³³/
    Gan Nanchang /ȵiɛn²¹³/
    Hakka Meixian /ŋan⁴⁴/
    Taoyuan /ŋien²⁴/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /jin²¹/
    Nanning /in²¹/
    Hong Kong /jin²¹/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /gian³⁵/
    /giŋ⁵³/ 俗
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ŋieŋ³²/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ŋaiŋ²¹/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /ŋiaŋ⁵³/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /ŋin²³/ ～究
    /ŋai²¹³/ ～碎
    Rime
    Character 研
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
    Final (韻) 先 (85)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 吾甸切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ŋenH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ŋenH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ŋɛnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ŋɛnH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ŋenH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ŋienH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ŋienH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		yàn
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 研
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		yán
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ ngen ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[ŋ]ˁe[r]/
    English grind; examine

    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 研
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 6171
    Phonetic
    component         		幵
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		姸
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ŋɡeːn/

    Definitions[edit]

    研

    1. to grind; to rub; to sharpen
    2. to investigate; to study; to research
    3. Short for 研究生 (yánjiūshēng, “postgraduate studies or student”).

    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology 2[edit]

    For pronunciation and definitions of 研 – see 硯 (“inkstone”).
    (This character, 研, is a variant form of 硯.)

    Japanese[edit]

    Shinjitai

    		研

    Kyūjitai

    		硏

    Kanji[edit]

    研

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 硏)

    1. to polish
    2. study of ...
    3. to sharpen

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    研 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    研 (nghiên, tên, nghiền, nghiện)

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    References[edit]

    • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
    • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
    • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
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