榛

榛 U+699B, 榛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-699B ← 榚 [U+699A] CJK Unified Ideographs 榜 → [U+699C]

Translingual

Han character

榛 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木手大木 (DQKD), four-corner 4599₄, composition ⿰木秦)

Derived characters

• 𦿒

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 543, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15240
• Dae Jaweon: page 931, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1259, character 5
• Unihan data for U+699B

Chinese

trad.		榛
simp. #		榛
alternative forms		蓁 樼

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (秦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
轃	*ʔsiːn, *ʔsrin
秦	*zin
螓	*zin
臻	*ʔsrin
蓁	*ʔsrin
搸	*ʔsrin
溱	*ʔsrin
榛	*ʔsrin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsrin) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 秦 (OC *zin).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn (zhen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹
• Northern Min (KCR): cáing
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhen
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹
    • Yale: jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zeon¹
    • Yale: jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cáing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saiŋ⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin
    • Tâi-lô: tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsen
    • MiniDict: tsen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrin

Rime
Character	榛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	臻 (46)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	側詵切
Baxter	tsrin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂɪn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂin/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiĕn/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭen/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂi̯æn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsri[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsrin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	榛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrin ›
Old Chinese	/*tsri[n]/
English	hazel
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	榛
Reading #	1/1
No.	10503
Phonetic component	秦
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	臻
Old Chinese	/*ʔsrin/

Definitions

榛

1. hazel (Corylus heterophylla)
2. hazelnut
3. thicket; underbrush
4. (of vegetation) thick; dense

Compounds

• 披榛
• 披榛採蘭／披榛采兰
• 榛子 (zhēnzi)
• 榛林
• 榛榛
• 榛狉
• 榛莽
• 榛蕪／榛芜
• 榛雞／榛鸡
• 滿目荊榛／满目荆榛
• 荊榛滿目／荆榛满目
• 莽榛蔓草

 

Japanese

Kanji

榛

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin)
• Kan-on: しん (shin)
• Kun: はしばみ (hashibami, 榛); はり (hari, 榛); さいばり (saibari, 榛)
• Nanori: はい (hai); はる (haru)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
榛
はしばみ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はしばみ [hàshíbámí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɕiba̠mʲi]

Noun

榛(はしばみ) or 榛(ハシバミ) • (hashibami) 

1. Asian Hazel, Corylus heterophylla

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
榛
はり Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾʲi]

Noun

榛(はり) • (hari) 

1. (archaic) Old name for Japanese alder (Alnus japonica)

   Synonym: 榛の木 (“hannoki”)

Korean

Hanja

榛 (eum 진 (jin))

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Vietnamese

Han character

榛: Hán Nôm readings: trăn

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References

• Nom Foundation