荵

荵 U+8375, 荵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8375 ← 荴 [U+8374] CJK Unified Ideographs 荶 → [U+8376]

Translingual

Han character

荵 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿尸戈心 (TSIP), four-corner 4433₂, composition ⿱艹忍)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1032, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30994
• Dae Jaweon: page 1491, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3226, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8375

Chinese

trad.		荵
simp. #		荵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
涊	*nɯːnʔ, *njɯnʔ
紉	*nɯn
忍	*njɯnʔ
荵	*njɯnʔ
刃	*njɯns
認	*njɯns, *njɯŋs
仞	*njɯns
軔	*njɯns
韌	*njɯns
肕	*njɯns
牣	*njɯns
杒	*njɯns
訒	*njɯns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rěn (ren³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rěn
    • Wade–Giles: jên³
    • Yale: rěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reen
    • Palladius: жэнь (žɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jan²
    • Yale: yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nyinX

Rime
Character	荵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而軫切
Baxter	nyinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵinX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjenX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵinX/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕnX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rěn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	荵
Reading #	1/1
No.	10829
Phonetic component	刃
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	忍
Old Chinese	/*njɯnʔ/

Definitions

荵

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Japanese

Kanji

荵

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にん (nin)
• Kan-on: じん (jin)
• Kun: しのぶ (shinobu)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
荵
しのぶ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
忍

Noun

荵(しのぶ) • (shinobu) 

1. squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii)
2. clothing patterned with shinobu ferns
3. a species of fern, Lepisorus thunbergianus; clothing layers of onion-green on the front, blue on the back

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シノブ.