寅

Han character edit

寅 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十一中金 (JMLC), four-corner 3080₆, composition ⿱宀⿳一由八)

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 288, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7204
• Dae Jaweon: page 570, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 936, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5BC5

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 寅
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology edit

3rd earthly branch

Smith (2011) suggests that this branch denoted the "bending, stretching, drawn out" moon phase, i.e. the waning half-moon with a concave flat edge. Smith points to

• the possible relation between 寅 (OC *lin) and 引 (OC *linʔ, “to stretch, to draw (a bow)”) (noted earlier by James Mellon Menzies); and
• that both graphs 寅 and 引 were used interchangeably as phonophorics for 螾 (OC *lin, *linʔ) and 蚓 (OC *linʔ), meaning "worm".

Association with the tiger was possibly arbitrary, just like 辰 (chén) with the dragon (see Ferlus, 2013)

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

寅

1. (Classical) to revere, respect

   • 同寅協恭和衷哉！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     同寅协恭和衷哉！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Tóng yín xié gōng hé zhōng zāi! [Pinyin]

     When (sovereign and ministers show) a common reverence and united respect for these, lo! the moral nature (of the people) is made harmonious.

2. third of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
3. tiger (虎) of Chinese zodiac

Coordinate terms edit

• (Chinese earthly branches) 地支 (dìzhī); 子, 丑 (chǒu), 寅 (yín), 卯 (mǎo), 辰 (chén), 巳 (sì), 午 (wǔ), 未 (wèi), 申 (shēn), 酉 (yǒu), 戌, 亥 (hài) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese earthly branches)}

Compounds edit

References edit

• “寅”, 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–
• “Entry #7161”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Kanji edit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings edit

• Go-on: いん (in)
• Kan-on: いん (in)
• Kun: とら (tora, 寅)
• Nanori: とも (tomo); のぶ (nobu)

Etymology 1 edit

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寅

Wikipedia ^ja

From 虎 (tora, “tiger”).

Pronunciation edit

• (Tokyo) とら [tòrá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɾa̠]

• Homophone: 虎

Proper noun edit

寅(とら) • (Tora) 

1. the Tiger, the third of the twelve Earthly Branches

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Chinese 寅 (yin).

Proper noun edit

寅(いん) • (In) 

1. the Tiger, the third of the twelve Earthly Branches

Hanja edit

寅 • (in, i) (hangeul 인, 이, revised in, i, McCune–Reischauer in, i)

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Han character edit

寅: Hán Nôm readings: dần

1. chữ Hán form of Dần (“third of the twelve earthly branches”).

   Hypernyms: 地支, 十二支

   Coordinate terms: 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥

Compounds edit