殉

殉

殉 U+6B89, 殉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B89 ← 殈 [U+6B88] CJK Unified Ideographs 殊 → [U+6B8A]

Translingual

Han character

殉 (radical 78, 歹+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一弓心日 (MNPA), four-corner 1722₀, composition ⿰歹旬)

1. die for a cause, be a martyr for

References

• KangXi: page 580, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16448
• Dae Jaweon: page 972, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1386, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6B89

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		殉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (匀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
枃	*skins
笉	*skʰinʔ
郇	*ɡʷreːn, *sqʰʷin
絢	*qʰʷiːns
眴	*qʰʷiːns, *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin, *qʰʷjins, *ŋʷjin
盷	*ɡʷiːn
訇	*ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ
迿	*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷins
姰	*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin
畇	*l'iːŋ, *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin, *ɢʷin
荀	*sqʰʷin
詢	*sqʰʷin
洵	*sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin
恂	*sqʰʷin
峋	*sqʰʷin
珣	*sqʰʷin
槆	*sqʰʷin
筍	*sqʰʷinʔ
箰	*sqʰʷinʔ
旬	*sɢʷin
殉	*sɢʷins
徇	*sɢʷins
侚	*sɢʷins
均	*kʷin
鈞	*kʷin
袀	*kʷin
汮	*kʷin, *kʷrin
呁	*kʷins
筠	*ɡʷin
荺	*ɢʷin, *ɡʷinʔ
匀
韵	*ɢʷins
輷	*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʰʷreːŋs
揈	*qʰʷreːŋ
鍧	*qʰʷreːŋ
渹	*qʰʷreːŋ
赹	*ɡʷeŋ
憌	*ɡʷeŋ
惸	*ɡʷeŋ
咰	*sqʰʷrid

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùn (xun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon¹, seon⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): sūn / sûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: hsün⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunn
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon¹, seon⁶
    • Yale: sēun, seuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹, soen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên¹, sên⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵/, /sɵn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn
    • Tâi-lô: sūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sun
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sun³³/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn
    • Tâi-lô: sûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suun
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ziuɪn^H/▼

Rime
Character	殉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	辭閏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷinH/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwinH/
Li Rong	/ziuĕnH/
Wang Li	/zĭuĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯uĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xùn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[ɢ]ʷi[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷins/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	殉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xùn
Middle Chinese	‹ zwinH ›
Old Chinese	/*s.[ɢ]ʷi[n]-s/
English	accompany in death
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	殉
Reading #	1/1
No.	16398
Phonetic component	匀
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	殉
Old Chinese	/*sɢʷins/

Definitions

殉

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Compounds

以身殉國／以身殉国 以身殉職／以身殉职 以身殉道 因公殉職／因公殉职 小人殉財／小人殉财 捐生殉國／捐生殉国 殉利 殉名

殉國／殉国 殉情 (xùnqíng) 殉情記／殉情记 殉教 (xùnjiào) 殉節／殉节 (xùnjié) 殉義／殉义 殉義忘生／殉义忘生 殉義忘身／殉义忘身

殉職／殉职 (xùnzhí) 殉葬 (xùnzàng) 殉葬品 殉財／殉财 殉身 殉道 (xùndào) 殉道者 (xùndàozhě) 殉難／殉难 (xùnnàn)

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Japanese

Kanji

殉

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じゅん (jun, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しゅん (shun)
• Kun: したがう (shitagau, 殉う)

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Korean

Hanja

殉 (eum 순 (sun))

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Vietnamese

Han character

殉: Hán Nôm readings: tuẫn

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