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尹

尹 U+5C39, 尹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C39
← 尸
[U+5C38] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 尺 →
[U+5C3A]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

尹 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 尸大 (SK) or 難尸大 (XSK), four-corner 17507, composition ⿻コ𠂇)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 299, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7631
  • Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 964, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5C39

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
 尹
alternative forms 𢁨
𪱛

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 尹
Oracle bone script
 

j05759

 

j05760

 

j05761

 

j05762

 

j05763

 

j05764

 

j05765

 

j05766

 

j05767

 

j05768

 

j05769

 

j05770

 

j05771

 

j05772

 

j05773

 

j05774

 

j05775

 

j05776

 

j05777

 

j05778

 

j05779

 

j05780

 

j05781

 

j05782

 

j05783

 

j05784

 

j05785

 

j05786

 

j05787

 

j05788

 

j05789

 

j05790

 

j05791

 

j05792

 

j05793

 

j05794

 

j05795

 

j05796

 

j05797

 

j05798

 

j05799

 

j05800

 

j05801

 

j05802

 

j05803

 

j05804

 

j05805

 

j05806

 

j05807

 

j05808

 

j05809

 

j05810

 

j05811

Bronze inscriptions
 

b03931

 

b03932

 

b03933

 

b03934

 

b03935

 

b03936

 

b03937

 

b03938

 

b03939

 

b03940

 

b03941

 

b03942

 

b03943

 

b03944

 

b03945

 

b03946

 

b03947

 

b03948

 

b03949

 

b03950

 

b03951

 

b03952

 

b03953

 

b03954

 

b03955

 

b03956

 

b03957

 

b03958

 

b03959

 

b03960

 

b03961

 

b03962

 

b03963

 

b03964

 

b03965

 

b03966

 

b03967

 

b03968

 

b03969

 

b03970

 

b03971

 

b03972

 

b03973

Small seal script
 

s02172

Transcribed ancient scripts
 

L34631

 

L34632

 

L34633

 

L34634

 

L34635

 

L34636

 

L34637

 

L34638

 

L34639

 

L34640

 

L34641

 

L34642

 

L15606

 

L15607

 

L15608

 

L15609

 

L15610

 

L15611

 

L15612

 

L15613

 

L15614

 

L15615

 

L15616

 

L15617

 

L15618

 

L15619

 

L15620

 

L15621

 

L15622

 

L15623

 

L15624

 

L15625

 

L15626

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 (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (尹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
芛 *ɢʷelʔ, *ɢʷid
伊 *qlil
咿 *qlil
蛜 *qlil
笋 *sɢʷinʔ
尹 *ɢʷlinʔ

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • ng2 - Chaozhou;
  • eng2 - Shantou, Raoping;
  • êng2 - Jieyang;
  • ing2 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 尹
    Mandarin Beijing /in²¹⁴/
    Harbin /in²¹³/
    Tianjin /in¹³/
    Jinan /iẽ⁵⁵/
    Qingdao /iə̃⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /in⁵³/
    Xi'an /iẽ⁵³/
    Xining /iə̃⁵³/
    Yinchuan /iŋ⁵³/
    Lanzhou /ĩn⁴⁴²/
    Ürümqi /iŋ⁵¹/
    Wuhan /yn⁴²/
    Chengdu /yn⁵³/
    Guiyang /in⁴²/
    Kunming /ĩ⁵³/
    Nanjing /in²¹²/
    Hefei /in²⁴/
    Jin Taiyuan /iəŋ⁵³/
    Pingyao /iŋ⁵³/
    Hohhot /ĩŋ⁵³/
    Wu Shanghai /iŋ⁵³/
    /ɦiŋ²³/
    Suzhou /ɦin³¹/
    Hangzhou /ʔin³³/
    Wenzhou /j̠oŋ³⁵/
    Hui Shexian /iʌ̃³⁵/
    Tunxi
    Xiang Changsha /yn⁴¹/
    Xiangtan /yn⁴²/
    Gan Nanchang /in²¹³/
    Hakka Meixian /iun⁴⁴/
    Taoyuan /ʒuŋ³¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /wɐn²³/
    Nanning /wɐn³⁵/
    Hong Kong /wɐn¹³/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /in⁵³/
    /un⁵³/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /yŋ³²/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /œyŋ²¹/
    Shantou (Teochew) /ɯŋ⁵³/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /zin³¹/
    Rime
    Character 尹
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 以 (36)
    Final (韻) 諄 (47)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 余準切
    Baxter ywinX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/jiuɪnX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/jʷinX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/juenX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/jwinX/
    Li
    Rong         		/iuĕnX/
    Wang
    Li         		/jĭuĕnX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/i̯uĕnX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		yǔn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		wan5
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 尹
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		yǐn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ ywinX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*m-qurʔ/
    English govern; governor

    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 尹
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 15300
    Phonetic
    component         		尹
    Rime
    group         		眞
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		尹
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɢʷlinʔ/

    Definitions edit

    尹

    1. † to govern; oversee
    2. † director
    3. a surname
      尹志平  ―  Yǐn Zhìpíng  ―  Yin Zhiping (famous Jin and Yuan Dynasty Taoist philosopher)

    Compounds edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    尹

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. director (of the ritsuryō-period Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office)

    Readings edit

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    尹 (eumhun 성 윤 (seong yun))

    1. a surname

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    尹: Hán Nôm readings: doãn, duẫn

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    References edit

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