雂

雂 U+96C2, 雂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96C2 ← 雁 [U+96C1] CJK Unified Ideographs 雃 → [U+96C3]

Translingual

Han character

雂 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人弓人土 (ONOG), four-corner 8021₄, composition ⿰今隹)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1365, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41963
• Dae Jaweon: page 1868, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4095, character 6
• Unihan data for U+96C2

Chinese

trad.		雂
simp. #		雂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 雂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
貪	*kʰl'uːm
嗿	*l̥ʰuːmʔ
僋	*l̥ʰuːms, *luːms
酓	*qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms
馠	*qʰɯːm
谽	*qʰɯːm
唅	*qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms
含	*ɡɯːm
肣	*ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
頷	*ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
筨	*ɡɯːm
梒	*ɡɯːm
鋡	*ɡɯːm
莟	*ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms
琀	*ɡɯːms
浛	*ɡɯːms
盦	*qɯːm, *qaːb
韽	*qɯːm, *qrɯːms
玪	*krɯːm
妗	*qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms
欦	*qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm
黔	*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
鈐	*ɡram
鳹	*ɡram
雂	*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
念	*nɯːms
梣	*sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm
枔	*sɢrɯm
岑	*sɡrɯm
笒	*sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms
涔	*sɡrɯm
侺	*ɡjɯms
今	*krɯm
黅	*krɯm
衿	*krɯm
衾	*kʰrɯm
坅	*kʰrɯmʔ
搇	*kʰrɯms
琴	*ɡrɯm
禽	*ɡrɯm
芩	*ɡrɯm
庈	*ɡrɯm
耹	*ɡrɯm
靲	*ɡrɯm
擒	*ɡrɯm
檎	*ɡrɯm
紟	*ɡrɯms
吟	*ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms
訡	*ŋɡrɯm
廞	*qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ
陰	*qrɯm
霠
飲	*qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms
蔭	*qrɯms
廕	*qrɯms
矜	*ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qín (qin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qín
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cín
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin²
    • Yale: chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyn
    • Palladius: цинь (cinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gim, gjem

Rime
Character	雂	雂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨金切	巨淹切
Baxter	gim	gjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiɪm/	/ɡˠiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚim/	/ɡᵚiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiem/	/ɡiæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjim/	/gjiam/
Li Rong	/ɡjəm/	/ɡjɛm/
Wang Li	/ɡĭĕm/	/ɡĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯əm/	/gi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qín	qián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kam4	kim4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡram/, /*ɡrɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	雂	雂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6583	6610
Phonetic component	今	今
Rime group	談	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	箝	琴
Old Chinese	/*ɡram/	/*ɡrɯm/
Notes	同鳹

Definitions

雂

1. ^† Alternative form of 鳹 (qín)