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趁

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

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • 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

Chinese edit

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

Glyph origin edit

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 ().

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • thàn - vernacular;
  • thìn - literary.
Note:
  • tang3 - vernacular;
  • ziang2/ziêng2 - literary (ziêng2 - Chaozhou).
Rime
Character 趁 趁 趁
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 澄 (11) 娘 (12) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 眞 (44) 仙 (79) 眞 (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 直珍切 尼展切 丑刃切
Baxter drin nrjenX trhinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖˠiɪn/ /ɳˠiᴇnX/ /ʈʰˠiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖᵚin/ /ɳᵚiɛnX/ /ʈʰᵚinH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡien/ /niænX/ /ȶʰienH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖjin/ /ɳianX/ /ʈʰjinH/
Li
Rong 		/ȡjĕn/ /njɛnX/ /ȶʰjĕnH/
Wang
Li 		/ȡǐĕn/ /nĭɛnX/ /ȶʰǐĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯ĕn/ /ni̯ɛnX/ /ȶʰi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chén niǎn chèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		can4 nin5 can3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 趁 趁 趁
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 17084 17092 17093
Phonetic
component 		疹 疹 疹
Rime
group 		元 文 文
Rime
subdivision 		1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		趁 疢 陳
Old
Chinese 		/*nlanʔ/ /*l̥ʰɯns/ /*l'ɯn/
Notes 莊子作跈 集韻義同說文

Definitions edit

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)

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

趁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

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

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

趁: Hán Việt readings: sấn[1][2][3][4]
趁: Nôm readings: sấn[1], sán[1], sắn[1], sớn[5], thấn[5], xớn[5]

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

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Trần (2004).
  2. ^ Trần (1999).
  3. ^ Nguyễn (1974).
  4. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Hồ (1976).
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