禎

See also: 祯

禎 U+798E, 禎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-798E ← 禍 [U+798D] CJK Unified Ideographs 福 → [U+798F]

禎 U+FA53, 禎 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA53 ← 禍 [U+FA52] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 穀 → [U+FA54]

Translingual

Han character

禎 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈火卜月金 (IFYBC), four-corner 3128₆, composition ⿰礻貞 or ⿰示貞)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 845, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24767
• Dae Jaweon: page 1265, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2404, character 5
• Unihan data for U+798E

• Unihan data for U+FA53

Chinese

trad.		禎
simp.		祯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 禎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
偵	*rtaːŋs, *tʰeŋ, *tʰeŋs
幀	*rtɯːŋs
湞	*rdeːŋ, *teŋ
貞	*teŋ
楨	*teŋ
禎	*teŋ
赬	*tʰeŋ
遉	*tʰeŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn, zhēng (zhen¹, zheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ, ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n

  (Hailu, HRS): zhin^ˋ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹

• 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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, dated)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jheng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹
    • Yale: jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsen
    • MiniDict: tsen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: trjeng

Rime
Character	禎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟盈切
Baxter	trjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ȶiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ȶĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*teŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禎
Reading #	1/1
No.	17029
Phonetic component	貞
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	貞
Old Chinese	/*teŋ/

Definitions

禎

1. lucky; auspicious
2. good omen

Compounds

• 崇禎 / 崇祯 (Chóngzhēn)
• 徐禎卿 / 徐祯卿
• 禎祥 / 祯祥 (zhēnxiáng)
• 禎符 / 祯符