諄

諄

See also: 谆

諄 U+8AC4, 諄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AC4 ← 諃 [U+8AC3] CJK Unified Ideographs 諅 → [U+8AC5]

Translingual

Han character

諄 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜口木 (YRYRD), four-corner 0064₇, composition ⿰言享)

1. patient, earnest
2. earnestly

Derived characters

• 𫬛

References

• KangXi: page 1166, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35622
• Dae Jaweon: page 1632, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3991, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8AC4

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Chinese

trad.		諄
simp.		谆
alternative forms		𧩽 𧭺 𧭫

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
弴	*tjuː, *tuːn
敦	*tuːl, *doːn, *tuːn, *tuːns
錞	*duːlʔ, *duːls, *djun
憝	*duːls
憞	*duːls
譈	*duːls
鐓	*duːls
鷻	*doːn
鶉	*doːn, *djun
惇	*tuːn, *tjun
墩	*tuːn
驐	*tuːn
燉	*tuːns, *tʰuːn, *duːn
焞	*tʰuːn, *djun
啍	*tʰuːn, *duːn
暾	*tʰuːn
噋	*tʰuːn, *kʰʷaːɡ
諄	*tjun, *tjuns
埻	*tjunʔ, *kʷaːɡ, *kʷreːɡ
稕	*tjuns
醇	*djun
淳	*djun
犉	*njun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tjun, *tjuns) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 𦎧 ().

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūn (zhun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹, deon¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhun
    • Wade–Giles: chun¹
    • Yale: jwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juen
    • Palladius: чжунь (čžunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂwən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon¹, deon¹
    • Yale: jēun, dēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹, doen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên¹, dên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃɵn⁵⁵/, /tɵn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chun
    • Tâi-lô: tsun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sun⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiuɪn/, /t͡ɕiuɪn^H/

Rime
Character	諄	諄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	章倫切	之閏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuɪn/	/t͡ɕiuɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷin/	/t͡ɕʷinH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuen/	/t͡ɕjuenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwin/	/cwinH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuĕn/	/t͡ɕiuĕnH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuĕn/	/t͡ɕĭuĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯uĕn/	/t͡ɕi̯uĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhūn	zhùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeon1	zeon3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjun/, /*tjuns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	諄	諄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2611	2615
Phonetic component	敦	敦
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	諄	稕
Old Chinese	/*tjun/	/*tjuns/

Definitions

諄

1. earnest

Compounds

諄懇／谆恳 諄諄／谆谆 (zhūnzhūn) 諄諄不倦／谆谆不倦

諄諄告戒／谆谆告戒 諄諄善誘／谆谆善诱

諄諄教導／谆谆教导 諄諄教誨／谆谆教诲

References

• “諄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

諄

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. earnest

Readings

• Go-on: しゅん (shun)
• Kan-on: しゅん (shun)
• Kan’yō-on: じゅん (jun)
• Kun: くどい (kudoi, 諄い); ねんごろ (nengoro, 諄ろ)
• Nanori: あつ (atsu); いたる (itaru); さね (sane); しげ (shige); とも (tomo); のぶ (nobu); まこと (makoto)

Compounds

• 諄諄(じゅんじゅん) (junjun)
• 諄(くど)諄(くど) (kudokudo)

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Korean

Hanja

諄 (eum 순 (sun))

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Vietnamese

Han character

諄: Hán Nôm readings: truân

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References

• Nom Foundation