泿

泿 U+6CFF, 泿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CFF ← 泾 [U+6CFE] CJK Unified Ideographs 洀 → [U+6D00]

Translingual

Han character

泿 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水日女 (EAV) or 難水日女 (XEAV), composition ⿰氵艮)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 619, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17348
• Dae Jaweon: page 1014, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1617, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6CFF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		泿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
艱	*krɯːn
齦	*kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
眼	*ŋrɯːnʔ
蛝	*ɡrɯːn
限	*ɡrɯːnʔ
硍	*ɡrɯːnʔ
豤	*kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
詪	*ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
根	*kɯːn
跟	*kɯːn
珢	*kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
艮	*kɯːns
茛	*kɯːns
墾	*kʰɯːnʔ
懇	*kʰɯːnʔ
垠	*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿	*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
痕	*ɡɯːn
拫	*ɡɯːn
鞎	*ɡɯːn
很	*ɡɯːnʔ
恨	*ɡɯːns
銀	*ŋrɯn
檭	*ŋrɯn

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): an⁴ / ngan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yín
    • Wade–Giles: yin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: an⁴ / ngan⁴
    • Yale: àhn / ngàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: an⁴ / ngan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: en⁴ / ngen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐn²¹/, /ŋɐn²¹/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: ngin, ngon

Rime
Character	泿	泿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	語巾切	五根切
Baxter	ngin	ngon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiɪn/	/ŋən/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚin/	/ŋən/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋien/	/ŋən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjin/	/ŋən/
Li Rong	/ŋjĕn/	/ŋən/
Wang Li	/ŋǐĕn/	/ŋən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ĕn/	/ŋən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín	én
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngan4	ngan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɯːn/, /*ŋrɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泿	泿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3933	3942
Phonetic component	艮	艮
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	垠	銀
Old Chinese	/*ŋɯːn/	/*ŋrɯn/
Notes	見山海經	見山海經

Definitions

泿

1. (～水) an ancient river in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
2. (obsolete) boundary; bank of stream or river