陣

See also: 阵

陣 U+9663, 陣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9663 ← 院 [U+9662] CJK Unified Ideographs 除 → [U+9664]

Translingual

Han character

陣 (radical 170, 阜+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓中十田十 (NLJWJ), four-corner 7520₆, composition ⿰阝車)

References

• KangXi: page 1352, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41667
• Dae Jaweon: page 1854, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4129, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9663

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Chinese

trad.		陣
simp.		阵
variant forms		陳／陈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (陳) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
陳	*l'iŋ, *l'iŋs
敶	*l'iŋ, *l'iŋs
陣	*l'iŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèn (zhen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tīn / chūn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ding⁷ / dêng⁷ / zung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenn
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhènr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋㄦ
    • Wade–Giles: chênrh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jell
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂəɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan⁶
    • Yale: jahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tīn / chūn
    • Tâi-lô: tīn / tsūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: din, zun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tin²²/, /t͡sun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tin⁴¹/, /t͡sun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tin²²/, /t͡sun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tin³³/, /t͡sun³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin³³/, /t͡sun³³/

Note: tīn - vernacular, chūn - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ding⁷ / dêng⁷ / zung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tīng / tēng / tsûng
    • IPA ^(key): /tiŋ¹¹/, /teŋ¹¹/, /t͡suŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• ding7/dêng7 - literary (dêng7 - Jieyang);
• zung5 - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖˠiɪn^H/▼

Rime
Character	陣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	直刃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚinH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡienH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖjinH/
Li Rong	/ȡjĕnH/
Wang Li	/ȡǐĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhèn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lri[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'iŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	陣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhèn
Middle Chinese	‹ drinH ›
Old Chinese	/*lri[n]-s/
English	battle array
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	陣
Reading #	1/1
No.	1396
Phonetic component	陳
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	敶
Old Chinese	/*l'iŋs/
Notes	同敶：俗今通用

Definitions

陣

1. short moment of time
2. Classifier for short periods of an event.

   一陣雨 / 一阵雨  ―  yī zhèn yǔ  ―  a brief spell of rain

3. column, row or file of troops

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #6816”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Compounds

Derived terms from 陣

• 一陣／一阵 (yīzhèn)
• 一陣子／一阵子
• 一陣風／一阵风 (yīzhènfēng)
• 上陣／上阵 (shàngzhèn)
• 佈陣安營／布阵安营
• 八卦陣／八卦阵
• 八陣／八阵
• 八陣圖／八阵图
• 出陣／出阵 (chūzhèn)
• 列陣／列阵 (lièzhèn)
• 助陣／助阵 (zhùzhèn)
• 叫陣／叫阵
• 吳宮教陣／吴宫教阵
• 呼名叫陣／呼名叫阵
• 嚴陣以待／严阵以待
• 圈子陣／圈子阵
• 壓陣／压阵
• 大陣仗／大阵仗
• 大鼓陣／大鼓阵
• 好一陣／好一阵 (hǎoyīzhèn)
• 宋江陣／宋江阵
• 對陣／对阵
• 布陣／布阵 (bùzhèn)
• 怯陣／怯阵
• 打頭陣／打头阵
• 披掛上陣／披挂上阵
• 排兵布陣／排兵布阵
• 排蟻陣／排蚁阵
• 排陣／排阵
• 摧堅陷陣／摧坚陷阵
• 摧鋒陷陣／摧锋陷阵
• 撞陣衝軍／撞阵冲军
• 擋頭陣／挡头阵
• 擺行陣／摆行阵
• 擺開陣勢／摆开阵势
• 擺陣／摆阵
• 擺龍門陣／摆龙门阵 (bǎi lóngménzhèn)
• 敗陣／败阵 (bàizhèn)
• 敵陣／敌阵

• 方陣／方阵 (fāngzhèn)
• 民陣／民阵
• 火牛陣／火牛阵
• 牽亡陣／牵亡阵
• 當頭陣／当头阵
• 疑陣／疑阵
• 矩陣／矩阵 (jǔzhèn)
• 破陣樂／破阵乐
• 破靴陣／破靴阵
• 筆陣／笔阵
• 筆陣圖／笔阵图
• 簸箕陣／簸箕阵
• 背水陣／背水阵
• 臨敵賣陣／临敌卖阵
• 臨軍對陣／临军对阵
• 臨陣／临阵 (línzhèn)
• 臨陣磨槍／临阵磨枪 (línzhènmóqiāng)
• 臨陣脫逃／临阵脱逃 (línzhèntuōtáo)
• 花營錦陣／花营锦阵
• 蜈蚣陣／蜈蚣阵
• 行兵列陣／行兵列阵
• 行兵布陣／行兵布阵
• 行陣／行阵
• 衝堅陷陣／冲坚陷阵
• 衝鋒陷陣／冲锋陷阵
• 衝頭陣／冲头阵
• 見陣／见阵
• 調陣／调阵
• 調陣子／调阵子
• 賣陣／卖阵
• 賣陣之計／卖阵之计
• 跳鼓陣／跳鼓阵
• 車陣／车阵
• 車鼓陣／车鼓阵
• 輪番上陣／轮番上阵
• 迷魂陣／迷魂阵
• 逗陣／逗阵
• 這陣兒／这阵儿 (zhèzhènr)
• 達陣／达阵

• 部陣／部阵 (bùzhèn)
• 錦營花陣／锦营花阵
• 錦陣花營／锦阵花营
• 陣亡／阵亡 (zhènwáng)
• 陣仗／阵仗
• 陣勢／阵势 (zhènshì)
• 陣圓／阵圆 (zhènyuán)
• 陣圖／阵图
• 陣地／阵地 (zhèndì)
• 陣子／阵子 (zhènzi)
• 陣容／阵容 (zhènróng)
• 陣式／阵式
• 陣法／阵法
• 陣營／阵营 (zhènyíng)
• 陣痛／阵痛 (zhèntòng)
• 陣發性／阵发性
• 陣線／阵线 (zhènxiàn)
• 陣腳／阵脚 (zhènjiǎo)
• 陣腳大亂／阵脚大乱
• 陣角／阵角 (zhènjiǎo)
• 陣門／阵门 (zhènmén)
• 陣陣／阵阵 (zhènzhèn)
• 陣雨／阵雨 (zhènyǔ)
• 陣雲／阵云
• 陣面上／阵面上
• 陣頭／阵头
• 陣風／阵风
• 陣馬／阵马
• 陷堅破陣／陷坚破阵
• 陷陣／陷阵
• 雁陣／雁阵 (yànzhèn)
• 雷陣雨／雷阵雨 (léizhènyǔ)
• 頭陣／头阵
• 風檣陣馬／风樯阵马
• 風流陣／风流阵
• 飛沙陣／飞沙阵
• 鬥牛陣／斗牛阵
• 麒麟陣／麒麟阵
• 龍蛇陣／龙蛇阵

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Japanese

Kanji

陣

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: じん (jin, Jōyō)^{←ぢん (din, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちん (chin)

Noun

陣 (hiragana じん, rōmaji jin, historical hiragana ぢん)

1. battle formation
2. camp

Suffix

陣 (hiragana じん, rōmaji -jin, historical hiragana ぢん)

1. group

   1万人以上 (1まんにんいじょう)の講 (こう)師 (し)陣 (じん)

   1 man nin ijō no kōshi-jin

   a group of over 10,000 teachers

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

陣 (trận, giận, trặn, chận, chặn, chiến)

1. battle, fight

Usage notes

• Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese word for battle is trận.
• This character only means silver in Vietnamese chữ Nôm. In Chinese, this character has a different meaning.

References

• www.chunom.org