乑

See also: 㐺, 众, and 𠂢

乑	U+4E51, 乑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E51

← 乐
[U+4E50]

CJK Unified Ideographs

乒 →
[U+4E52]

Translingual

Han character

乑 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人竹竹人 (OHHO), four-corner 2090₂, composition ⿸⿹亻𰀪⿺㇏丿)

Derived characters

𡘎, 𭽖, 衆, 𤲄, 𠹩, 𭮚, 𩂢, 聚, 𢍒, 𨴖, 𣽍

Related characters

㐺 (Variant form of 乑)
众 (Variant form of 乑 and 眾)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 82, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 139
Dae Jaweon: page 166, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 38, character 5
Unihan data for U+4E51

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		乑
alternative forms		㐺众

Glyph origin

Pictogram (象形): 人 (“human”) + 人 + 人 – many humans are standing.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yín (yin²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yín
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yín
  - Wade–Giles: yin²
  - Yale: yín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
  - Palladius: инь (inʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jam⁴
  - Yale: yàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²¹/

Middle Chinese: ngim

Rime
Character	乑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚金切
Baxter	ngim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjim/
Li Rong	/ŋjəm/
Wang Li	/ŋĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngam⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋrɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	乑
Reading #	1/1
No.	15272
Phonetic component
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	吟
Old Chinese	/*ŋrɯm/

Definitions

乑

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) appearance of crowd standing

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), N00150

Etymology 2

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 乑 – see 攀 (“to climb upwards; to clamber; to pull; to cling to; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 攀).

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01703-036

Etymology 3

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 乑 – see 眾 (“masses; people; multitude; crowd; everyone; everything; all matters; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 眾).

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02772-007

Japanese

Kanji

乑

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ごん (gon)
Kan-on: ぎん (gin)
Kun: ならびたつ (narabitatsu, 乑つ)

As a variant of 攀:

Go-on: はん (han)
Kan-on: はん (han)
Kun: よじる (yojiru, 乑じる)^{←よぢる (yodiru, 乑ぢる, historical)}

As a variant of 衆/眾:

Go-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しゆう (syuu, historical)}

References

諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

Korean

Hanja

乑 • (im) (hangeul 임, revised im, McCune–Reischauer im)

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