Chinese

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qin; general name for certain instruments (mus. instr.)
trad. (琴瑟)
simp. #(琴瑟)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (30) (21)
Final () (140) (51)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter gim srit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiɪm/ /ʃɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡᵚim/ /ʃɪt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiem/ /ʃiet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gjim/ /ʂit̚/
Li
Rong
/ɡjəm/ /ʃiĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭĕm/ /ʃĭet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯əm/ /ʂi̯æt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qín she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kam4 sat1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qín
Middle
Chinese
‹ gim › ‹ srit ›
Old
Chinese
/*[C.ɢ](r)[ə]m/ /*[s.m]ri[t]/
English lute lute

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
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 6605 599 602
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡrɯm/ /*smriɡ/ /*smriɡ/

Noun

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琴瑟

  1. (music) the qin and the se (traditional Chinese zither-like instruments)
  2. (figurative) marital harmony

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (琴瑟):
  • Japanese: 琴瑟(きんしつ) (kinshitsu)
  • Korean: 금슬(琴瑟) (geumseul)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: S
しつ
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 琴瑟 (MC gim srit).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(きん)(しつ) (kinshitsuきんしつ (kinsitu)?

  1. (literary, music) the qin and the se (traditional Chinese zither-like instruments)
  2. (literary, figurative) marital harmony

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN