靳

靳

靳 U+9773, 靳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9773 ← 靲 [U+9772] CJK Unified Ideographs 靴 → [U+9774]

Translingual

Han character

靳 (radical 177, 革+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿十竹一中 (TJHML), four-corner 4252₁, composition ⿰革斤)

References

• KangXi: page 1385, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42728
• Dae Jaweon: page 1900, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4327, character 22
• Unihan data for U+9773

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		靳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (斤) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
蘄	*ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn
祈	*ɡɯl
頎	*ɡɯl
旂	*ɡɯl
圻	*ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn
蚚	*ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls
岓	*ɡɯl
玂	*ɡɯl
沂	*ŋɡɯl
掀	*qʰan
釿	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn
齗	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn
听	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ
垽	*ŋrɯns, *qɯns
斤	*kɯn, *kɯns
菦	*kɯnʔ
靳	*kɯns
劤	*kɯns
勁	*kɯns, *keŋs
赾	*kʰɯnʔ
芹	*ɡɯn
近	*ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns
斦	*ŋɡɯn
欣	*qʰɯn
忻	*qʰɯn
昕	*qʰɯn
訢	*qʰɯn
炘	*qʰɯn, *qʰɯns
邤	*qʰɯn
庍	*qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs
焮	*qʰɯns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìn (jin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan³
    • Yale: gan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen³
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kɨn^H/▼

Rime
Character	靳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居焮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨnH/
Li Rong	/kiənH/
Wang Li	/kĭənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靳
Reading #	1/1
No.	6652
Phonetic component	斤
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	靳
Old Chinese	/*kɯns/

Definitions

靳

1. A surname​.
2. (literary) stingy
3. (archaic) strap on a horse's breast

Compounds

有靳道

靳固

驂靳／骖靳

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Japanese

Kanji

靳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. ornamental trappings under collar

Readings

• On (unclassified): きん (kin); こん (kon)
• Kun: むながい (munagai)

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Korean

Hanja

靳 (eum 근 (geun))

1. martingale

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Vietnamese

Han character

靳: Hán Nôm readings: ngẩn, cận

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References

• Nom Foundation