甄

甄 U+7504, 甄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7504 ← 甃 [U+7503] CJK Unified Ideographs 甅 → [U+7505]

Translingual

Han character

甄 (Kangxi radical 98, 瓦+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土一女弓 (MGMVN) or 難一土一女 (XMGMV), four-corner 1111₇, composition ⿰垔瓦)

Derived characters

• 𭋡, 𮍃, 薽, 籈, 𧞙, 𩆛

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 750, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21557
• Dae Jaweon: page 1158, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1427, character 14
• Unihan data for U+7504

Chinese

trad.		甄
simp. #		甄
alternative forms		𤭾

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 甄 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 甄姓 (Written Standard Chinese^?)

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
黫	*qriːn
甄	*ken, *kin
薽	*ken, *kjin
籈	*ken, *kjin
煙	*qiːn
湮	*qiːn, *qin
堙	*qin
禋	*qin
闉	*qin
垔	*qin
陻	*qin
諲	*qin
歅	*qin
鄄	*kʷens

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ken, *kin): phonetic 垔 (OC *qin) + semantic 瓦.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn, jiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ , ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zin¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zen¹

• Northern Min (KCR): céng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ĭng / cĭng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zing¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ing¹ / êng¹ / zing¹ / zêng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn, jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ , ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhen, jian
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹, chien¹
    • Yale: jēn-, jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen, jian
    • Palladius: чжэнь, цзянь (čžɛnʹ, czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: jan¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵/
  • (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/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sən⁴⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: céng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seiŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭng / cĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zing¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• 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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ing¹ / êng¹ / zing¹ / zêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ing / eng / tsing / tseng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³³/, /eŋ³³/, /t͡siŋ³³/, /t͡seŋ³³/

Note: zêng1/êng1 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsen
    • MiniDict: tsen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyin, kjien

Rime
Character	甄	甄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	側鄰切	居延切
Baxter	tsyin	kjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪn/	/kiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕin/	/kiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjen/	/kjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cin/	/kian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕn/	/kiɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕn/	/kĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕn/	/ki̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan1	gin1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*t.qi[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ken/, /*kin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	甄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyin ›
Old Chinese	/*t.qi[n]/
English	potter"s wheel
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	甄	甄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15189	15194
Phonetic component	垔	垔
Rime group	元	眞
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	甄
Old Chinese	/*ken/	/*kin/
Notes		原誤側鄰，依韻目注改

The Middle Chinese pronunciation shifted from kjien to tsyin due to naming taboo of Sun Jian (孫堅), father of the founder of Wu Kingdom (222-280), These is followed by Fu Jian (苻堅) and Yang Jian (楊堅).

Definitions

甄

1. to make pottery
2. potter's wheel
3. to examine; to distinguish; to select the best
4. a surname

   甄子丹 [Cantonese]  ―  jan¹ zi² daan¹ [Jyutping]  ―  Donnie Yen (Hong Kong actor)

Compounds

• 二甄
• 兩甄 / 两甄
• 左甄
• 感甄
• 推薦甄選 / 推荐甄选
• 教師甄試 / 教师甄试
• 旌甄
• 甄事
• 甄井
• 甄免
• 甄冶
• 甄別 / 甄别 (zhēnbié)
• 甄后
• 甄品
• 甄土
• 甄奇錄異 / 甄奇录异
• 甄女
• 甄官井
• 甄察
• 甄審 / 甄审 (zhēnshěn)
• 甄工
• 甄序
• 甄引
• 甄復 / 甄复
• 甄心動懼 / 甄心动惧
• 甄才品能
• 甄拔
• 甄搜
• 甄擇 / 甄择
• 甄擢
• 甄擿
• 甄收
• 甄敘 / 甄叙
• 甄昇 / 甄升
• 甄明
• 甄晰
• 甄正
• 甄汰
• 甄沐
• 甄煩就簡 / 甄烦就简
• 甄物
• 甄甄
• 甄用
• 甄異 / 甄异
• 甄神
• 甄稱 / 甄称
• 甄紀 / 甄纪
• 甄綜 / 甄综
• 甄者
• 甄育
• 甄舉 / 甄举
• 甄藻
• 甄表
• 甄被
• 甄訓 / 甄训
• 甄訪 / 甄访
• 甄試 / 甄试 (zhēnshì)
• 甄論 / 甄论
• 甄識 / 甄识
• 甄賞 / 甄赏
• 甄載 / 甄载
• 甄辨
• 甄述
• 甄進 / 甄进
• 甄選 / 甄选 (zhēnxuǎn)
• 甄部
• 甄酬
• 甄采
• 甄錄 / 甄录
• 甄錄試 / 甄录试
• 甄陀羅 / 甄陀罗
• 甄陞 / 甄升
• 甄陶 (zhēntáo)
• 甄顯 / 甄显
• 甄飭 / 甄饬
• 追甄
• 采甄
• 鈞甄 / 钧甄
• 阿甄
• 陶甄
• 雙甄 / 双甄

References

• “甄”, 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–
• “Query for 甄”, in 臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• 《粵音韻彙》與《李氏中文字典》粵語注音考異
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “甄”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 306.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 甄

甄

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. ceramic, porcelain
2. distinction; to distinguish
3. clear, distinct

Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken)、しん (shin)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)、しん (shin)
• Kun: すえ (sue, 甄)^{←すゑ (swe, 甄, historical)}

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
甄
けん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 甄 (MC tsyin|kjien).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɴ]

Affix

甄(けん) • (ken) 

1. porcelain, ceramic

Usage notes

Only appears in compounds.

Compounds

• 甄陶(けんとう) (kentō): to mold as clay, to shape something; to educate
• 甄別(けんべつ) (kenbetsu): to examine something closely
• 甄揚(けんよう) (ken'yō): to make one's reputation clear to the world at large and thereby build up one's prestige
• 甄録(けんろく) (kenroku): to clearly write something down, to record with clarity

Proper noun

甄(けん) • (Ken) 

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
甄
すえ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Rare alternative spelling for 陶 (sue).

For pronunciation and definitions of 甄 – see the following entry.

【陶すえ】S [noun] (archaic, possibly obsolete) earthenware, pottery [proper noun] a surname

(This term, 甄, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

甄 • (gyeon, jin) (hangeul 견, 진, revised gyeon, jin, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, chin, Yale kyen, cin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

甄: Hán Nôm readings: chân, nhân

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