犍稚

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (犍稚)		犍	稚

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit घण्टा (ghaṇṭā).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄓˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-chih⁴
    • Yale: jyān-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianjyh
    • Palladius: цзяньчжи (czjanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kjon|gjen drijH

Rime
Character	犍	犍	稚
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	群 (30)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	仙 (79)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	居言切	渠焉切	直利切
Baxter	kjon	gjen	drijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐn/	/ɡˠiᴇn/	/ɖˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐn/	/ɡᵚiɛn/	/ɖᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɐn/	/ɡiæn/	/ȡiɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨan/	/gian/	/ɖjiH/
Li Rong	/kiɐn/	/ɡjɛn/	/ȡjiH/
Wang Li	/kĭɐn/	/ɡĭɛn/	/ȡiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɨ̯ɐn/	/gi̯ɛn/	/ȡʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān	qián	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin1	kin4	zi6

Noun

犍稚

1. (Buddhism) a gong, bell, or chime used to mark activities of the day at a temple