茵

Translingual

Han character

茵 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿田大 (TWK) or 難廿田大 (XTWK), four-corner 4460₀, composition ⿱艹因)

1. a cushion, mattress
2. wormwood

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1029, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30914
• Dae Jaweon: page 1487, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3204, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8335

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Chinese

trad.		茵
simp. #		茵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
欭	*qrils
烟	*qiːn, *qin
胭	*qiːn
咽	*qiːn, *qiːns, *qiːd
恩	*qɯːn
煾	*qɯːn
因	*qin
姻	*qin
茵	*qin
鞇	*qin
氤	*qin
洇	*qin
駰	*qin, *qrin
絪	*qin
裀	*qin

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīn (yin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): in

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yin
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹
    • Yale: yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: in
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jan¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in
    • Tâi-lô: in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: yn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /in³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jin

Rime
Character	茵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於眞切
Baxter	'jin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔin/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕn/
Wang Li	/ĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茵
Reading #	1/1
No.	15178
Phonetic component	因
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	因
Old Chinese	/*qin/
Notes	因轉註字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 茵

1. cushion; mattress
2. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

茵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. A coin

Readings

• Go-on: いん (in)
• Kan-on: いん (in)
• Kun: しとね (shitone)

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Korean

Hanja

茵 • (in) (hangeul 인)

1. mat, cushion

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 茵 (nhân)

1. mattress