姻

姻

See also: 婣

姻 U+59FB, 姻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59FB ← 姺 [U+59FA] CJK Unified Ideographs 姼 → [U+59FC]

Translingual

Han character

姻 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田大尸 (WKS), four-corner 4640₀, composition ⿱女因)

References

• KangXi: page 261, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6250
• Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1044, character 8
• Unihan data for U+59FB

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Chinese

trad.		姻
simp. #		姻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
欭	*qrils
烟	*qiːn, *qin
胭	*qiːn
咽	*qiːn, *qiːns, *qiːd
恩	*qɯːn
煾	*qɯːn
因	*qin
姻	*qin
茵	*qin
鞇	*qin
氤	*qin
洇	*qin
駰	*qin, *qrin
絪	*qin
裀	*qin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qin) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 因 (OC *qin) – marriage of/to a woman.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīn (yin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yîn
• Min Nan (POJ): in / ian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yin
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹
    • Yale: yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: in
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: in´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /in²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)in´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in
    • Tâi-lô: in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: yn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /in³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian
    • Tâi-lô: ian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iefn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴/

Note:

• in - literary;
• ian - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔiɪn/

Rime
Character	姻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於眞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔin/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕn/
Wang Li	/ĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姻
Reading #	1/1
No.	15177
Phonetic component	因
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	因
Old Chinese	/*qin/

Definitions

姻

1. marriage
2. relation by marriage; marital bond

Compounds

九姻 姻事 姻伯 姻兄 姻兄弟 姻契 姻媾 姻嫂 (yīnsǎo) 姻家 姻弟 姻故 姻末 姻母 姻眷 姻通

姻配 婚姻 (hūnyīn) 婚姻暴力 婚姻自由 成姻 眷姻 美眷姻 三笑姻緣／三笑姻缘 內外姻黨／内外姻党 兩世姻緣／两世姻缘 共敘舊姻／共叙旧姻 前世姻緣／前世姻缘 好姻緣／好姻缘 姻婭／姻娅 姻嬌／姻娇

姻族廣茂／姻族广茂 姻緣／姻缘 (yīnyuán) 姻緣簿／姻缘簿 姻舊／姻旧 姻親／姻亲 (yīnqīn) 姻黨／姻党 婚姻失調／婚姻失调 婚姻懇談／婚姻恳谈 婚姻狀況／婚姻状况 (hūnyīn zhuàngkuàng) 畢姻／毕姻 締姻／缔姻 聯姻／联姻 (liányīn) 連姻／连姻 閭黨姻婭／闾党姻娅 露水姻緣／露水姻缘

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Japanese

Kanji

姻

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
• Kun: とつぐ (totsugu, 姻ぐ)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
姻
いん Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 姻 (MC ʔiɪn).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ĩɴ]

Affix

姻(いん) • (in) 

1. marriage; matrimonial alliance​

Derived terms

• 婚(こん)姻(いん) (kon'in): marriage, matrimony

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Korean

Hanja

姻 • (in) (hangeul 인, revised in, McCune–Reischauer in)

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Vietnamese

Han character

姻: Hán Nôm readings: nhân

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