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同人

Chinese

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like; same; similar
like; same; similar; together; alike; with
 
 man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(同人) 		同 人
alternative forms 同仁 colleague
仝人 colleague

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 同 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 徒紅切 如鄰切
Baxter duwng nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/duŋ/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/duŋ/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/duŋ/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dəwŋ/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong 		/duŋ/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li 		/duŋ/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱuŋ/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tóng rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tung4 jan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 同 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tóng rén
Middle
Chinese 		‹ duwng › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese 		/*lˁoŋ/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English together, join (other) person

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 同 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12446 10800
Phonetic
component 		同 人
Rime
group 		東 眞
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		同 仁
Old
Chinese 		/*doːŋ/ /*njin/
Notes 甲金文象有節筒管與口協合，
如此方能音律諧和，
爲筒（簫）初文

Noun

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同人

  1. the thirteenth hexagram of the I Ching, known as "Concording People": ☰☲
  2. colleague; fellow worker, person of the same belief or conviction; coterie
  3. fan-made creations; doujin (articles, pictures, music, or games recreated by fans of a particular work)
  4. (neologism, slang) homosexual person
  5. (literally) same person

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (同人):
  • → Japanese: 同人(どうじん) (dōjin)
  • → Korean: 동인(同人) (dong'in)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
同 人
どう
Grade: 2 		じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 同人 (duŋ ȵiɪn). Compare modern Mandarin 同人 (tóngrén).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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同(どう)人(じん) • (dōjin) 

  1. the same person
  2. that person, the same person as previously mentioned
  3. a person or persons of the same interests or passions: a coterie or a member of a coterie, a fan
  4. a scholar or scholars belonging to the same school of thought
  5. the thirteenth hexagram of the I Ching, known as "Concording People": ☰☲
  6. (attributive) indie; self-published; doujin
Derived terms
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
同 人
どう
Grade: 2 		にん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Same as above, only using the older goon reading of nin for 人 (rén).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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同(どう)人(にん) • (dōnin) 

  1. the same person
  2. that person, the same person as previously mentioned
  3. (rare) a person or persons of the same interests or passions: a coterie or a member of a coterie, a fan
Usage notes
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Generally speaking, the dōnin reading appears to be used less often than dōjin. Note also that dōnin has fewer senses.[1][2]

Derived terms
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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term
同人

Noun

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同人 • (dong'in) (hangeul 동인)

  1. Hanja form? of 동인 (“club, circle, coterie”).
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