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佳人

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Chinese

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excellent man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(佳人)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (38)
Final () (31) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter kea nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛ/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæ/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/kæi/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨj/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/kɛ/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/kai/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kai/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiā rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaai1 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jia rén
Middle
Chinese
‹  › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁre/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English good (other) person

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4531 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreː/ /*njin/

Noun

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佳人

  1. beautiful woman
  2. (literary) good person (of upright character)

Synonyms

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  • (beautiful woman):
  • (good person):

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (佳人):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

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()(じん) (kajin

  1. beautiful woman