仞

仞

See also: 仭

仞 U+4EDE, 仞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EDE ← 仝 [U+4EDD] CJK Unified Ideographs 仟 → [U+4EDF]

Translingual

Han character

仞 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人尸竹戈 (OSHI), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿰亻刃)

Derived characters

• 𮅄, 𪫫

References

• KangXi: page 93, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 379
• Dae Jaweon: page 197, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 115, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4EDE

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Chinese

trad.		仞
simp. #		仞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仞
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05661
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
涊	*nɯːnʔ, *njɯnʔ
紉	*nɯn
忍	*njɯnʔ
荵	*njɯnʔ
刃	*njɯns
認	*njɯns, *njɯŋs
仞	*njɯns
軔	*njɯns
韌	*njɯns
肕	*njɯns
牣	*njɯns
杒	*njɯns
訒	*njɯns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rèn (ren⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rèn
    • Wade–Giles: jên⁴
    • Yale: rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn
    • Palladius: жэнь (žɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁶
    • Yale: yahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵiɪn^H/

Rime
Character	仞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而振切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵinH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵinH/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕnH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仞
Reading #	1/1
No.	10833
Phonetic component	刃
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	刃
Old Chinese	/*njɯns/

Definitions

仞

1. (historical) a unit of measure, which had been defined to be 8 chi, 7 chi, 5 chi 6 cun, and 4 chi
2. ^† to fathom; to measure depth or height
3. ^† Alternative form of 刃 (rèn, “blade; sword; knife”).
4. ^† Alternative form of 牣 (rèn, “to fill; full”).
5. ^† Alternative form of 認／认 (rèn, “to recognize”).
6. ^† Alternative form of 忍 (rěn, “to endure”).
7. ^† Alternative form of 韌／韧 (rèn, “strong, tough”).
8. (historical) a place in Chu during the Spring and Autumn period

Compounds

千仞 壁立千仞 (bìlìqiānrèn)

振衣千仞岡／振衣千仞冈 為山九仞，功虧一簣／为山九仞，功亏一篑

萬仞／万仞

References

• 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

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Japanese

Kanji

仞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: にん (nin)
• Kan-on: じん (jin)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru, 仞る)

Noun

仞(じん) • (jin) 

1. ren, ancient Chinese unit of measure

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Korean

Hanja

仞 (eum 인 (in))

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Vietnamese

Han character

仞: Hán Nôm readings: nhẩn, nhận

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References

• Nom Foundation