仞

See also: 仭

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

仞 (radical 9 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人尸竹戈 (OSHI), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿰亻刃)

1. ancient unit of measure (8 feet)
2. 'fathom' (unit of depth measure)

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 93, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 379
• Dae Jaweon: page 197, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 115, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4EDE

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		仞

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 仞
Small seal script
Small seal script s05661
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (large seal) and Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rèn (ren⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: rèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ
    • Wade-Giles: jên⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁶
    • Yale: yahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵiɪn^H/▼

Rime
Character	仞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而振切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵinH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵinH/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕnH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rèn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仞
Reading #	1/1
No.	10833
Phonetic component	刃
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	刃
Old Chinese	/*njɯns/

DefinitionsEdit

仞

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

仞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

• On: じん (jin)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru)

NounEdit

仞 ‎(hiragana じん, romaji jin)

1. ren, ancient Chinese unit of measure

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

仞 • ‎(in) (hangeul 인, revised in, McCune-Reischauer in)

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