珍

See also: 珎

珍 U+73CD, 珍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73CD ← 珌 [U+73CC] CJK Unified Ideographs 珎 → [U+73CE]

Translingual

Han character

珍 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土人竹竹 (MGOHH), four-corner 1812₂, composition ⿰𤣩㐱)

Derived characters

• 𠗰, 𣹗, 𫳚, 𮅢, 𮢝, 𦾂

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 730, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20920
• Dae Jaweon: page 1141, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1107, character 9
• Unihan data for U+73CD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		珍
alternative forms		珎 錱 鉁／𨱅 𧟪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
沴	*rɯːls
趁	*nlanʔ, *l̥ʰɯns, *l'ɯn
紾	*ʔl'anʔ, *kljɯnʔ
跈	*nlɯːnʔ, *l'ɯːnʔ
殄	*l'ɯːnʔ
抮	*hlɯːnʔ
駗	*rɯn, *kljɯnʔ
珍	*ʔl'ɯn
診	*l'ɯns, *kljɯnʔ
畛	*kljɯn, *kljɯnʔ
疹	*kljɯnʔ
軫	*kljɯnʔ
胗	*kljɯnʔ, *klɯnʔ
袗	*kljɯnʔ, *kljɯns
眕	*kljɯnʔ
飻	*l̥ʰɯːd
餮	*r̥ʰɯːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔl'ɯn): semantic 玉 + phonetic 㐱. Originally meant a rich, robust gemstone (玉), and then also developed the meaning of "rare".

Etymology 1

Compare Tibetan རིན (rin, “price; value”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn (zhen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zin¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n

  (Hailu, HRS): zhin^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zen¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): dĭng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ting¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tin / chin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diêng¹ / diang¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tsen / ¹tseen / ¹cin / ¹tson
  • (Jinhua): ¹cin

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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: zan¹
    • Yale: jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sin³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zhin^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃin⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sən⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ting¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ting
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ting¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tin
    • Tâi-lô: tin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dyn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin
    • Tâi-lô: tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyn
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴/

Note: chin - used in 珍珠, also written as 真珠 (chin-chu).

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diêng¹ / diang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tieng / tiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ³³/, /tiaŋ³³/

Note:

• diêng1 - Chaozhou;
• diang1 - Shantou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsen
    • MiniDict: tsen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡səŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡səŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡sən⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sən⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡səŋ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sən⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sen³³⁴/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ¹tseen
    • MiniDict: tsen^平
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡sẽ⁵²/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ¹cin
    • MiniDict: cin^平
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵²/
  • (Northern: Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ¹tson
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡soŋ⁵³/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ¹cin
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡ɕiŋ³³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: trin

Rime
Character	珍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟鄰切
Baxter	trin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈjin/
Li Rong	/ȶjĕn/
Wang Li	/ȶǐĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*trə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔl'ɯn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	珍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēn
Middle Chinese	‹ trin ›
Old Chinese	/*trə[n]/
English	precious thing
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	珍
Reading #	1/1
No.	17091
Phonetic component	疹
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	珍
Old Chinese	/*ʔl'ɯn/

Definitions

珍

1. treasure
2. precious; valuable; rare
3. to treasure; to value

Compounds

• 什襲珍藏 / 什袭珍藏
• 八珍 (bāzhēn)
• 八珍鹹粥 / 八珍咸粥
• 和隋之珍
• 奇珍 (qízhēn)
• 奇珍異寶 / 奇珍异宝 (qízhēnyìbǎo)
• 奇珍異物 / 奇珍异物
• 如數家珍 / 如数家珍
• 如獲珍寶 / 如获珍宝
• 家珍
• 山珍海味 (shānzhēnhǎiwèi)
• 山珍海錯 / 山珍海错 (shānzhēnhǎicuò)
• 希世之珍
• 席上之珍
• 席珍
• 席珍待聘
• 弊帚自珍
• 彌足珍貴 / 弥足珍贵 (mízúzhēnguì)
• 抱寶懷珍 / 抱宝怀珍
• 敝屣自珍
• 敝帚自珍 (bìzhǒuzìzhēn)
• 永珍 (Yǒngzhēn)
• 珍同拱璧
• 珍味 (zhēnwèi)
• 珍品 (zhēnpǐn)
• 珍奇 (zhēnqí)
• 珍寶 / 珍宝 (zhēnbǎo)
• 珍怪
• 珍惜 (zhēnxī)
• 珍愛 / 珍爱 (zhēn'ài)
• 珍攝 / 珍摄 (zhēnshè)
• 珍本 (zhēnběn)
• 珍物
• 珍獸 / 珍兽 (zhēnshòu)
• 珍玩 (zhēnwán)
• 珍珠 (zhēnzhū)
• 珍珠丸子
• 珍珠塔
• 珍珠婚
• 珍珠母 (zhēnzhūmǔ)
• 珍珠港 (Zhēnzhūgǎng)
• 珍珠米
• 珍珠貝 / 珍珠贝
• 珍珠雞 / 珍珠鸡 (zhēnzhūjī)
• 珍異 / 珍异
• 珍祕 / 珍秘
• 珍視 / 珍视 (zhēnshì)
• 珍禽
• 珍禽奇獸 / 珍禽奇兽
• 珍禽異獸 / 珍禽异兽 (zhēnqínyìshòu)
• 珍稀 (zhēnxī)
• 珍羞
• 珍羞異饌 / 珍羞异馔
• 珍羞美味
• 珍聞 / 珍闻
• 珍藏 (zhēncáng)
• 珍藏密斂 / 珍藏密敛
• 珍貴 / 珍贵 (zhēnguì)
• 珍賞 / 珍赏
• 珍道具
• 珍郵 / 珍邮
• 珍重 (zhēnzhòng)
• 珍錯 / 珍错
• 珍餚 / 珍肴
• 珍饈 / 珍馐 (zhēnxiū)
• 珍饈佳餚 / 珍馐佳肴
• 珍饈百味 / 珍馐百味
• 異寶奇珍 / 异宝奇珍
• 稀世珍寶 / 稀世珍宝 (xīshìzhēnbǎo)
• 聚珍版
• 自珍
• 若數家珍 / 若数家珍
• 袖珍 (xiùzhēn)
• 袖珍本 (xiùzhēnběn)
• 連城之珍 / 连城之珍
• 餘珍璧謝 / 余珍璧谢
• 黑珍珠

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvy
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tĩ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tĩ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tĩ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tĩ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tĩ⁴⁴/

Definitions

珍

1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 甜 (tiⁿ, “sweet”)

References

• “珍”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• (Min Nan) 厦门大学中国语言文学研究所汉语方言研究室, editor (1982), “珍”, in 《普通话闽南方言词典》 Putonghua Minnan Fangyan Cidian, Fuzhou: Fujian People's Publishing House, page 995.