准

See also: 準

准 U+51C6, 准 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51C6 ← 凅 [U+51C5] CJK Unified Ideographs 凇 → [U+51C7]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

准 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈一人土 (IMOG), four-corner 3011₄, composition ⿰冫隹)

References

• KangXi: page 132, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1661
• Dae Jaweon: page 296, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 299, character 4
• Unihan data for U+51C6

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 准 – see 準 (“water-level; flat; level; water level; etc.”). (This character, 准, is the simplified and variant form of 準.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		准

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔn (zhun³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chún

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔn
    • Wade–Giles: chun³
    • Yale: jwǔn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joen
    • Palladius: чжунь (čžunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon²
    • Yale: jéun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃɵn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chún
    • Tâi-lô: tsún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zung²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsúng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiuɪnX/

Rime
Character	准
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之尹切
Baxter	tsywinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuɪnX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷinX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuenX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwinX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuĕnX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuĕnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯uĕnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeon2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷjinʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	准
Reading #	1/1
No.	12188
Phonetic component	隼
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	準
Old Chinese	/*qʷjinʔ/
Notes	俗準字見戰國策

Definitions

准

1. to allow; to grant; to permit

   • 只准攜帶30公斤行李。 [MSC, trad.]
     只准携带30公斤行李。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhǐ zhǔn xiédài 30 gōngjīn xínglǐ. [Pinyin]

     Only thirty kilos are allowed for personal luggage

   • 旅館准不准住小孩和養小動物？ [MSC, trad.]
     旅馆准不准住小孩和养小动物？ [MSC, simp.]

     Lǚguǎn zhǔn bù zhǔn zhù xiǎo hái hé yǎng xiǎo dòngwù? [Pinyin]

     Does the hotel allow children or pets?

Compounds

• 一准
• 不准 (bùzhǔn)
• 不准翻印
• 作准
• 保准
• 允准 (yǔnzhǔn)
• 准予 (zhǔnyǔ)
• 准伏
• 准信 (zhǔnxìn)
• 准假 (zhǔnjià)
• 准奏
• 准定

• 准尉 (zhǔnwèi)
• 准式
• 准折
• 准此
• 准算
• 包准
• 呈准
• 官准
• 定准
• 恩准 (ēnzhǔn)
• 批准 (pīzhǔn)

• 拿不准
• 核准 (hézhǔn)
• 案准
• 照准
• 特准 (tèzhǔn)
• 准將／准将 (zhǔnjiàng)
• 准擬／准拟
• 准考證／准考证 (zhǔnkǎozhèng)
• 准許／准许 (zhǔnxǔ)
• 憑准／凭准
• 獲准／获准 (huòzhǔn)

Japanese

Kanji

准

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しゅん (shun)
• Kan-on: しゅん (shun)
• Kan’yō-on: じゅん (jun, Jōyō)
• Kun: なぞらえる (nazoraeru, 准える)

Korean

Hanja

准 (eum 준 (jun))

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Vietnamese

Han character

准: Hán Nôm readings: chuẩn, chốn, chổn, chõn, chủn, trốn

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