郴

郴 U+90F4, 郴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90F4 ← 郳 [U+90F3] CJK Unified Ideographs 郵 → [U+90F5]

Translingual

Han character

郴 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木木弓中 (DDNL), four-corner 4792₇, composition ⿰林阝)

1. county in Hunan province
2. used as a surname

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1273, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39484
• Dae Jaweon: page 1772, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3778, character 1
• Unihan data for U+90F4

Chinese

simp. and trad.		郴

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): chēn (chen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chen
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên¹
    • Yale: chēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chen
    • Palladius: чэнь (čɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹
    • Yale: sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trhim

Rime
Character	郴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑林切
Baxter	trhim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰjim/
Li Rong	/ȶʰjəm/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*r̥ʰɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	郴
Reading #	1/1
No.	8177
Phonetic component	林
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	琛
Old Chinese	/*r̥ʰɯm/

Definitions

郴

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Compounds

• 郴州 (Chēnzhōu)
• 郴江

 

Japanese

Kanji

郴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ちん (chin)

Korean

Hanja

郴 • (chim) (hangeul 침, revised chim, McCune–Reischauer ch'im, Yale chim)

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