軫

See also: 轸

Translingual

Han character

軫 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十十人竹竹 (JJOHH), four-corner 5802₂, composition ⿰車㐱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1241, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38243
• Dae Jaweon: page 1717, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3523, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8EEB

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Chinese

trad.		軫
simp.		轸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
沴	*rɯːls
趁	*nlanʔ, *l̥ʰɯns, *l'ɯn
紾	*ʔl'anʔ, *kljɯnʔ
跈	*nlɯːnʔ, *l'ɯːnʔ
殄	*l'ɯːnʔ
抮	*hlɯːnʔ
駗	*rɯn, *kljɯnʔ
珍	*ʔl'ɯn
診	*l'ɯns, *kljɯnʔ
畛	*kljɯn, *kljɯnʔ
疹	*kljɯnʔ
軫	*kljɯnʔ
胗	*kljɯnʔ, *klɯnʔ
袗	*kljɯnʔ, *kljɯns
眕	*kljɯnʔ
飻	*l̥ʰɯːd
餮	*r̥ʰɯːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěn (zhen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): 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: zan²
    • Yale: ján
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyinX

Rime
Character	軫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	章忍切
Baxter	tsyinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪnX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕinX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjenX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cinX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕnX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhěn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tə[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kljɯnʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	軫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhěn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyinX ›
Old Chinese	/*tə[n]ʔ/
English	crossboard at back of carriage
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	軫
Reading #	1/1
No.	17099
Phonetic component	疹
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	軫
Old Chinese	/*kljɯnʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 軫

1. cross board at rear of a carriage
2. tuning peg of a string instrument

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Japanese

Kanji

軫

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin)
• Kun: よこぎ (yokogi)、ことじ (kotoji)

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Korean

Hanja

軫 (eum 진 (jin))

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Vietnamese

Han character

軫: Hán Nôm readings: chẵn, chẩn

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