衽

See also: 祍

衽 U+887D, 衽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-887D ← 衼 [U+887C] CJK Unified Ideographs 衾 → [U+887E]

Translingual

Han character

衽 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中竹土 (LHG), four-corner 3221₄, composition ⿰衤壬)

1. lapel
2. hidden lapel of a coat

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1113, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34146
• Dae Jaweon: page 1578, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3078, character 12
• Unihan data for U+887D

Chinese

trad.		衽
simp. #		衽
alternative forms		袵／衽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
紝	*nɯm, *njɯm, *njɯms
鵀	*nɯm, *njɯm, *njɯms
拰	*nɯmʔ
賃	*nɯms
任	*njɯm, *njɯms
壬	*l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *njɯm
恁	*njɯm, *njɯmʔ
銋	*njɯm, *njɯmʔ
荏	*njɯmʔ
餁	*njɯmʔ
栠	*njɯmʔ
袵	*njɯmʔ
飪	*njɯmʔ
妊	*njɯms
衽	*njɯms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rèn (ren⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁶ / jam⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rèn
    • Wade–Giles: jên⁴
    • Yale: rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn
    • Palladius: жэнь (žɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jam⁶ / jam⁵
    • Yale: yahm / yáhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁶ / jam⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem⁶ / yem⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²²/, /jɐm¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nyimH

Rime
Character	衽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	汝鴆切
Baxter	nyimH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵimH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjemH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵimH/
Li Rong	/ȵiəmH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯əmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*n[ə]mʔ/, /*n[ə]mʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯms/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	衽	衽
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rèn	rèn
Middle Chinese	‹ nyimX ›	‹ nyimH ›
Old Chinese	/*n[ə]mʔ/	/*n[ə]mʔ-s/
English	skirts of robe, flaps; lapel	skirts of robe, flaps; lapel
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	衽
Reading #	1/1
No.	10824
Phonetic component	壬
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	妊
Old Chinese	/*njɯms/

Definitions

衽

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Compounds

• 交衽
• 左衽 (zuǒrèn)
• 披髮左衽／披发左衽 (pīfàzuǒrèn)
• 斂衽／敛衽
• 斂衽正容／敛衽正容
• 續衽／续衽
• 衽席
• 衾衽
• 被髮左衽／被发左衽 (pīfàzuǒrèn)
• 襝衽／裣衽
• 連衽成帷／连衽成帷

 

References

• “衽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

衽

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じん (jin)、にん (nin)
• Kun: えり (eri)、おくみ (okumi)、も (mo)

Korean

Hanja

衽 • (im) (hangeul 임, revised im, McCune–Reischauer im, Yale im)

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Vietnamese

Han character

衽: Hán Nôm readings: nhẫm, khâm

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