賑

See also: 赈

賑 U+8CD1, 賑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CD1 ← 賐 [U+8CD0] CJK Unified Ideographs 賒 → [U+8CD2]

Translingual

Han character

賑 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+7, 14 strokes, Cangjie input 月金一一女 (BCMMV), four-corner 6183₂, composition ⿰貝辰)

1. relieve, aid the distressed
2. rich

Descendants

• 赈

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1208, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36785
• Dae Jaweon: page 1673, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3642, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8CD1

Chinese

trad.		賑
simp.		赈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 賑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
辴	*tʰɯl, *tʰɯnʔ, *tʰɯn
屒	*tɯnʔ, *djɯn
振	*tjɯn, *tjɯns
侲	*tjɯn, *tjɯn
桭	*tjɯn, *djɯn
唇	*tjɯn, *ɦljun
帪	*tjɯn
賑	*tjɯnʔ, *tjɯns
裖	*tjɯnʔ
敐	*tjɯnʔ, *djɯn
震	*tjɯn
娠	*tjɯns, *hljɯn
蜃	*djɯns, *djɯnʔ, *djins
辰	*djɯn
晨	*djɯn, *ɦljɯn
宸	*djɯn
鷐	*djɯn
麎	*djɯn
祳	*djɯnʔ
脤	*djɯnʔ
鋠	*djɯnʔ
磭	*ŋrɯnʔ, *ŋ̊ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ
陙	*djun
脣	*ɦljun
漘	*ɦljun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjɯnʔ, *tjɯns): semantic 貝 (“money”) + phonetic 辰 (OC *djɯn) – having money, giving money (support).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèn (zhen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chín

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèn
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴
    • Yale: jèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenn
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zan³
    • Yale: jan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chín
    • Tâi-lô: tsín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cien
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyinX, tsyinH

Rime
Character	賑	賑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	章忍切	章刃切
Baxter	tsyinX	tsyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪnX/	/t͡ɕiɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕinX/	/t͡ɕinH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjenX/	/t͡ɕjenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cinX/	/cinH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕnX/	/t͡ɕiĕnH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕnX/	/t͡ɕĭĕnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕnX/	/t͡ɕi̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhěn	zhèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan2	zan3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯnʔ/, /*tjɯns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	賑	賑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1363	1368
Phonetic component	辰	辰
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	軫	震
Old Chinese	/*tjɯnʔ/	/*tjɯns/

Definitions

賑

1. to give relief

Compounds

• 冬賑 / 冬赈
• 助賑 / 助赈
• 工賑 / 工赈
• 放賑 / 放赈
• 濟寒賑貧 / 济寒赈贫
• 賑恤 / 赈恤
• 賑捐 / 赈捐
• 賑款 / 赈款
• 賑濟 / 赈济 (zhènjì)
• 賑災 / 赈灾 (zhènzāi)
• 賑田 / 赈田
• 賑窮濟乏 / 赈穷济乏
• 賑給 / 赈给
• 賑贍 / 赈赡
• 隱賑 / 隐赈

Japanese

Kanji

賑

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. flourish
2. be bustling
3. prosperity

Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin)
• Kun: にぎわう (nigiwau, 賑わう)、にぎやか (nigiyaka, 賑やか)

Korean

Hanja

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

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