晋

晋

See also: 晉, 㬜, and 普

晋 U+664B, 晋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-664B ← 晊 [U+664A] CJK Unified Ideographs 晌 → [U+664C]

Translingual

Japanese	晋
Simplified	晋
Traditional	晉

Han character

晋 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一金日 (MCA), four-corner 1060₁, composition ⿱亚日)

Derived characters

• 𭉟, 𡠂, 缙, 𮥔, 𪹓, 𤨁, 𬓎, 𧪽, 戬, 𭭒, 𭚣, 𫨤, 𢨙
• 𡦌, 𡺽, 搢, 溍, 㬐, 榗, 瑨, 縉, 𨫌, 鄑, 𥰸 (Exception: Only for mainland China. Other regions contain 晉 instead)

Related characters

• 晉 (Orthodox traditional form)

References

• KangXi: page 495, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13899
• Dae Jaweon: page 860, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1506, character 3
• Unihan data for U+664B

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 晋 – see 晉 (“to advance; to increase; to promote; etc.”). (This character, 晋, is the simplified and variant form of 晉.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Usage notes

According to the Kangxi Dictionary (which cites the Zhengzitong 《正字通》), this character is an unorthodox form (俗字) of 㬜, which is stated as the original form (本字) of 晉.

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• 晉 (historical)
• 㬜 (archaic)

Kanji

晋

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. to proceed
2. (of China) Jin

Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin)
• Kan-on: しん (shin)
• Kun: すすむ (susumu, 晋む); すすむしん (susumushin, 晋)
• Nanori: くに (kuni); すすみ (susumi); のぶ (nobu); ゆき (yuki)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
晋
しん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

*/t͡sin/ → /siɴ/ → /ɕiɴ/

From Middle Chinese 晉 (MC t͡siɪn^H).

Proper noun

晋(しん) • (Shin) 

1. (historical) the Chinese state of Jin (c. 11th century–376 BCE) during the Zhou dynasty
2. (historical) the Jin dynasty (266–420 CE)
   1. the 西晋 (Seishin, “Western Jin”, 266–316 CE)
   2. the 東晋 (Tōshin, “Eastern Jin”, 317–420 CE)

   Synonym: 晋朝 (Jin-chō)

3. (historical) the Later Jin (936-947 CE), one of the Five Dynasties

   Synonym: 後晉 (Kōshin, Goshin)

4. a surname
5. a unisex given name

Derived terms

• 三晋(さんしん) (Sanshin)
• 後晋(こうしん) (Kōshin), 後晋(ごしん) (Goshin)
• 晋子(しんし)忌(き) (Shinshiki)
• 晋山(しんざん) (shinzan)
• 晋書(しんじょ) (Shinjo)
• 晋朝(しんちょう) (shin-chō)
• 晋翁(しんおう)忌(き) (Shin'ōki)
• 東晋(とうしん) (Tōshin)
• 西晋(せいしん) (Seishin)

 

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
晋
すすむしん Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Compound of 進む (susumu, “to proceed”) + 晋 (Shin, “Jin”).

The 晋 kanji itself has a 訓読み (kun'yomi) reading of すすむ (susumu).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) すすむしん [sùsúmúshíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝsɨᵝmɯ̟ᵝɕĩɴ]

Usage notes

This reading is used to distinguish from the 漢音 (kan'on) reading of 秦 (Shin, “Qin dynasty”), itself called 秦 (Hata-shin). The senses are the same for Etymology 1 above.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
晋
すすみ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 進む (susumu, “to proceed”).

Proper noun

晋(すすみ) • (Susumi) 

1. a unisex given name

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
晋
すすむ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Nominalization of 進む (susumu, “to proceed”).

Proper noun

晋(すすむ) • (Susumu) 

1. a unisex given name

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

晋 (eum 진 (jin))

1. Alternative form of 晉 (晉)

Usage notes

This character is used as a standard form only for Jinju, a city in South Korea, and a few place names. Generally, 晉 (晉) is considered as the standard form.

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo).

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• 晉 (tấn)

Han character

晋: Hán Việt readings: tấn[1][2][3]
晋: Nôm readings: tấn[1][2][3][4], tắn[3], tớn[3]

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References

1. Nguyễn (2014).
2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
3. Trần (2004).
4. Génibrel (1898).