宸

宸

宸 U+5BB8, 宸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BB8 ← 宷 [U+5BB7] CJK Unified Ideographs 容 → [U+5BB9]

Translingual

Han character

宸 (radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十一一女 (JMMV), four-corner 3023₂, composition ⿱宀辰)

1. imperial
2. imperial palace

See also

• 宫
• 殿 (diàn)
• 闕／阙 (què)

References

• KangXi: page 287, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7171
• Dae Jaweon: page 567, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 930, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5BB8

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		宸

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (辰) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
辴	*tʰɯl, *tʰɯnʔ, *tʰɯn
屒	*tɯnʔ, *djɯn
振	*tjɯn, *tjɯns
侲	*tjɯn, *tjɯn
桭	*tjɯn, *djɯn
唇	*tjɯn, *ɦljun
帪	*tjɯn
賑	*tjɯnʔ, *tjɯns
裖	*tjɯnʔ
敐	*tjɯnʔ, *djɯn
震	*tjɯn
娠	*tjɯns, *hljɯn
蜃	*djɯns, *djɯnʔ, *djins
辰	*djɯn
晨	*djɯn, *ɦljɯn
宸	*djɯn
鷐	*djɯn
麎	*djɯn
祳	*djɯnʔ
脤	*djɯnʔ
鋠	*djɯnʔ
磭	*ŋrɯnʔ, *ŋ̊ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ
陙	*djun
脣	*ɦljun
漘	*ɦljun

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chén (chen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sing⁵ / sêng⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): zen (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ên²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chern
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chén
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴
    • Yale: sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn
    • Tâi-lô: sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕin²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing⁵ / sêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sîng / sêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵/, /seŋ⁵⁵/

Note: sêng5 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zen (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̻əɲ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑiɪn/▼

Rime
Character	宸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	植鄰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑin/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑin/
Li Rong	/ʑiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chén

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*djɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宸
Reading #	1/1
No.	1374
Phonetic component	辰
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	辰
Old Chinese	/*djɯn/

Definitions

宸

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Compounds

宸垣 宸妃 宸宇 宸居 宸斷／宸断 宸旒 宸極／宸极

宸眷 宸筆／宸笔 宸算 宸翰 宸聰／宸聪 宸衷

宸襟 宸謨／宸谟 宸遊／宸游 宸鑒／宸鉴 楓宸／枫宸 紫宸

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Japanese

Kanji

宸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin)
• Kun: のき (noki, 宸)

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Korean

Hanja

宸 • (sin) (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune–Reischauer sin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

宸 (thần)

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