縝

See also: 缜

Translingual

Han character

縝 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女火十月金 (VFJBC), four-corner 2498₁, composition ⿰糹真(GT) or ⿰糸眞(JK))

1. detailed, fine
2. closely woven

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 934, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27775
• Dae Jaweon: page 1372, character 38
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3435, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7E1D

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Chinese

trad.		縝
simp.		缜

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寘	*tjels
䡩	*kʰriːn
黰	*ʔriːn, *ʔljinʔ
顛	*tiːn, *tʰiːns
滇	*tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn
齻	*tiːn
槙	*tiːn, *tjinʔ
瘨	*tiːn
傎	*tiːn
蹎	*tiːn
厧	*tiːn
巔	*tiːn
癲	*tiːn
瑱	*tʰiːns, *tins
填	*diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins
窴	*diːn, *diːns
闐	*diːn, *diːns
磌	*diːn, *tjin
鷏	*diːn
嗔	*diːn, *tʰjin
搷	*diːn
鎮	*tin, *tins
縝	*tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin
真	*ʔljin
禛	*tjin
稹	*ʔljin, *ʔljinʔ
蒖	*tjin
鬒	*ʔljinʔ
瞋	*tʰjin
謓	*tʰjin
慎	*djins

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěn (zhen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can² / zan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěn
    • Wade–Giles: chên³
    • Yale: jěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeen
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: can² / zan²
    • Yale: chán / ján
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan² / dzan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen² / zen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn³⁵/, /t͡sɐn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trhin, tsyhin, tsyinX, tsyinX

Rime
Character	縝	縝	縝	縝
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)	昌 (24)	章 (23)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)	眞 (43)	眞 (43)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	丑人切	昌眞切	章忍切	章忍切
Baxter	trhin	tsyhin	tsyinX	tsyinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiɪn/	/t͡ɕʰiɪn/	/t͡ɕiɪnX/	/t͡ɕiɪnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚin/	/t͡ɕʰin/	/t͡ɕinX/	/t͡ɕinX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰien/	/t͡ɕʰjen/	/t͡ɕjenX/	/t͡ɕjenX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰjin/	/cʰin/	/cinX/	/cinX/
Li Rong	/ȶʰjĕn/	/t͡ɕʰiĕn/	/t͡ɕiĕnX/	/t͡ɕiĕnX/
Wang Li	/ȶʰǐĕn/	/t͡ɕʰĭĕn/	/t͡ɕĭĕnX/	/t͡ɕĭĕnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ĕn/	/t͡ɕʰi̯ĕn/	/t͡ɕi̯ĕnX/	/t͡ɕi̯ĕnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēn	chēn	zhěn	zhěn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	can1	can1	zan2	zan2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ti[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰin/, /*ʔljinʔ/, /*tʰjin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	縝
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyin ›
Old Chinese	/*ti[n]/
English	dense, fine-textured
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	縝	縝	縝
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	17067	17073	17081
Phonetic component	眞	眞	眞
Rime group	眞	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	𤣆	軫	瞋
Old Chinese	/*tʰin/	/*ʔljinʔ/	/*tʰjin/

Definitions

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References

• “縝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

縝

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin), ちん (chin)
• Kun: あさいと (asaito)

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Korean

Hanja

縝 • (jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune–Reischauer chin, Yale cin)

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