趁

趁 U+8D81, 趁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D81 ← 趀 [U+8D80] CJK Unified Ideographs 趂 → [U+8D82]

Translingual

Han character

趁 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土人人竹竹 (GOOHH), four-corner 4880₂, composition ⿺走㐱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1216, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37083
• Dae Jaweon: page 1685, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3482, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8D81

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		趁
alternative forms		趂 𧼇 賺／赚 Min “to earn”

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *nlanʔ, *l̥ʰɯns, *l'ɯn) : semantic 走 (“to run”) + phonetic 㐱 ().

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 趁

1. (literary or Min) to chase; to pursue
2. (literary or Min) to follow; to accompany
3. to take advantage of (time, opportunity, etc); to avail oneself of

   趁機會偷嘢食 [Cantonese, trad.]
   趁机会偷嘢食 [Cantonese, simp.]

   can³ gei¹ wui⁶ tau¹ je⁵ sik⁶ [Jyutping]

   filch food while the opportunity is there

4. (Min) to earn (money)

   趁大錢／趁大钱 [Hokkien]  ―  thàn tōa-chîⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to earn a lot of money

5. (Mandarin, colloquial) to have a lot of

   趁錢／趁钱  ―  chènqián  ―  wealthy

6. used to indicate a present situation: while circumstances are optimal

   趁熱打鐵／趁热打铁  ―  chèn rè dǎ tiě  ―  to strike while the iron is hot

   趁天氣好，快出去玩兒吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   趁天气好，快出去玩儿吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Chèn tiānqì hǎo, kuài chūqù wánr ba. [Pinyin]

   While the weather's good, go outside and play.

7. (Eastern Min) from; since
8. (Mainland China Hokkien) to imitate (someone)
9. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to shoo away; to drive away (poultry or livestock)

References

• “趁”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

趁

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ちん (chin)
• Kan-on: ちん (chin)
• Kun: おう (ou, 趁う)

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Korean

Hanja

趁 • (jin, jeon) (hangeul 진, 전, revised jin, jeon, McCune–Reischauer chin, chŏn, Yale cin, cen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

趁: Hán Việt readings: sấn
趁: Nôm readings: sấn, sán, sắn, sớn, thấn, xớn

1. chữ Hán form of sấn (“chase, "while it is still/right..."”).