楨

See also: 桢

楨 U+6968, 楨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6968 ← 楧 [U+6967] CJK Unified Ideographs 楩 → [U+6969]

Translingual

Han character

楨 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木卜月金 (DYBC), four-corner 4198₁, composition ⿰木貞)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 540, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15163
• Dae Jaweon: page 928, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1247, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6968

Chinese

trad.		楨
simp.		桢

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 楨
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
偵	*rtaːŋs, *tʰeŋ, *tʰeŋs
幀	*rtɯːŋs
湞	*rdeːŋ, *teŋ
貞	*teŋ
楨	*teŋ
禎	*teŋ
赬	*tʰeŋ
遉	*tʰeŋs

Etymology

Borrowed from Tocharian B trenk-, Tocharian A trank- (“to be fixed to”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn (zhen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhen
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹
    • Yale: jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trjeng

Rime
Character	楨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟盈切
Baxter	trjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ȶiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ȶĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*teŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楨
Reading #	1/1
No.	17028
Phonetic component	貞
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	貞
Old Chinese	/*teŋ/

Definitions

楨

1. hardwood
2. supports, posts

Japanese

Kanji

楨

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. hardwood
2. supports
3. posts

Readings

• On (unclassified): てい (tei)、ちょう (chō)
• Kun: ねずみもち (nezumimochi)
• Nanori: こずえ (kozue)、みき (miki)

Korean

Hanja

楨 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

1. hardwood
2. privet
3. supports
4. posts

Vietnamese

Han character

楨: Hán Nôm readings: trính, trinh

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