尹

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尹 U+5C39, 尹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C39
← 尸
[U+5C38] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 尺 →
[U+5C3A]

Translingual

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Han character

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尹 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 尸大 (SK) or 難尸大 (XSK), four-corner 17507, composition ⿻コ𠂇)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 299, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7631
  • Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 964, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5C39

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 尹
alternative forms 𢁨
𪱛

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 尹
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
j05759
j05760
j05761
j05762
j05763
j05764
j05765
j05766
j05767
j05768
j05769
j05770
j05771
j05772
j05773
j05774
j05775
j05776
j05777
j05778
j05779
j05780
j05781
j05782
j05783
j05784
j05785
j05786
j05787
j05788
j05789
j05790
j05791
j05792
j05793
j05794
j05795
j05796
j05797
j05798
j05799
j05800
j05801
j05802
j05803
j05804
j05805
j05806
j05807
j05808
j05809
j05810
j05811
b03931
b03932
b03933
b03934
b03935
b03936
b03937
b03938
b03939
b03940
b03941
b03942
b03943
b03944
b03945
b03946
b03947
b03948
b03949
b03950
b03951
b03952
b03953
b03954
b03955
b03956
b03957
b03958
b03959
b03960
b03961
b03962
b03963
b03964
b03965
b03966
b03967
b03968
b03969
b03970
b03971
b03972
b03973
s02172
Transcribed ancient scripts
L34631
L34632
L34633
L34634
L34635
L34636
L34637
L34638
L34639
L34640
L34641
L34642
L15606
L15607
L15608
L15609
L15610
L15611
L15612
L15613
L15614
L15615
L15616
L15617
L15618
L15619
L15620
L15621
L15622
L15623
L15624
L15625
L15626
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (尹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
芛 *ɢʷelʔ, *ɢʷid
伊 *qlil
咿 *qlil
蛜 *qlil
笋 *sɢʷinʔ
尹 *ɢʷlinʔ

A hand holding a rod, similar to 事 and 支.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • ng2 - Chaozhou;
  • eng2 - Shantou, Raoping;
  • êng2 - Jieyang;
  • ing2 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 尹
    Mandarin Beijing /in²¹⁴/
    Harbin /in²¹³/
    Tianjin /in¹³/
    Jinan /iẽ⁵⁵/
    Qingdao /iə̃⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /in⁵³/
    Xi'an /iẽ⁵³/
    Xining /iə̃⁵³/
    Yinchuan /iŋ⁵³/
    Lanzhou /ĩn⁴⁴²/
    Ürümqi /iŋ⁵¹/
    Wuhan /yn⁴²/
    Chengdu /yn⁵³/
    Guiyang /in⁴²/
    Kunming /ĩ⁵³/
    Nanjing /in²¹²/
    Hefei /in²⁴/
    Jin Taiyuan /iəŋ⁵³/
    Pingyao /iŋ⁵³/
    Hohhot /ĩŋ⁵³/
    Wu Shanghai /iŋ⁵³/
    /ɦiŋ²³/
    Suzhou /ɦin³¹/
    Hangzhou /ʔin³³/
    Wenzhou /j̠oŋ³⁵/
    Hui Shexian /iʌ̃³⁵/
    Tunxi
    Xiang Changsha /yn⁴¹/
    Xiangtan /yn⁴²/
    Gan Nanchang /in²¹³/
    Hakka Meixian /iun⁴⁴/
    Taoyuan /ʒuŋ³¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /wɐn²³/
    Nanning /wɐn³⁵/
    Hong Kong /wɐn¹³/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /in⁵³/
    /un⁵³/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /yŋ³²/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /œyŋ²¹/
    Shantou (Teochew) /ɯŋ⁵³/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /zin³¹/
    Rime
    Character 尹
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 以 (36)
    Final (韻) 諄 (47)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 余準切
    Baxter ywinX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/jiuɪnX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/jʷinX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/juenX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/jwinX/
    Li
    Rong         		/iuĕnX/
    Wang
    Li         		/jĭuĕnX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/i̯uĕnX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		yǔn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		wan5
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 尹
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		yǐn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ ywinX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*m-qurʔ/
    English govern; governor

    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 尹
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 15300
    Phonetic
    component         		尹
    Rime
    group         		眞
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		尹
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɢʷlinʔ/

    Definitions

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    尹

    1. † to govern; oversee
    2. † director
    3. a surname
      尹志平  ―  Yǐn Zhìpíng  ―  Yin Zhiping (famous Jin and Yuan Dynasty Taoist philosopher)

    Compounds

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    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    尹

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. director (of the ritsuryō-period Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office)

    Readings

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    Korean

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    Hanja

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    尹 (eumhun 성 윤 (seong yun))

    1. a surname

    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    尹: Hán Nôm readings: doãn, duẫn

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    References

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