襟

Translingual

Han character

襟 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中木木火 (LDDF), four-corner 3429₁, composition ⿰衤禁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1125, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34647
• Dae Jaweon: page 1593, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3117, character 7
• Unihan data for U+895F

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Chinese

trad.		襟
simp. #		襟

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
婪	*ɡ·ruːm
惏	*ɡ·ruːm
啉	*ɡ·ruːm
漤	*ɡ·ruːmʔ
醂	*ɡ·ruːmʔ
林	*ɡ·rɯm
琳	*ɡ·rɯm
淋	*ɡ·rɯm, *ɡ·rɯms
痳	*ɡ·rɯm
箖	*ɡ·rɯm
霖	*ɡ·rɯm
菻	*ɡ·rɯmʔ, *ɡ·rɯms
罧	*slɯmʔ, *srɯms
棽	*r̥ʰɯm, *srɯm
綝	*r̥ʰɯm
郴	*r̥ʰɯm
禁	*krɯm, *krɯms
襟	*krɯm
僸	*krɯms, *ŋɡrɯmʔ
澿	*ɡrɯm
噤	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
凚	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
齽	*ɡrɯms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīn (jin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khim / kim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jin
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin
    • Palladius: цзинь (czinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kam¹
    • Yale: kām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khim
    • Tâi-lô: khim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qym
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰim³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim
    • Tâi-lô: kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kym
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kim

Rime
Character	襟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居吟切
Baxter	kim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim/
Li Rong	/kjəm/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kr[ə]m/

  (Zhengzhang): /*krɯm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	襟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīn
Middle Chinese	‹ kim ›
Old Chinese	/*kr[ə]m/
English	overlap of a robe
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	襟
Reading #	1/1
No.	8182
Phonetic component	林
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	金
Old Chinese	/*krɯm/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 襟

1. front of a garment
2. Short for 連襟／连襟 (liánjīn, “husbands of sisters”).
3. chest; bosom (mind; mental outlook)

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Japanese

Kanji

襟

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): きん (kin, Jōyō)
• Kun: えり (eri, 襟, Jōyō)

Noun

襟(えり) • (eri) 

1. a neckband; a collar; a lapel

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Korean

Hanja

襟 • (geum) (hangeul 금, revised geum, McCune–Reischauer kŭm, Yale kum)

1. lapel, collar

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 襟 (khâm, câm)

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