同人

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (同人)		同	人
alternative forms		同仁 colleague 仝人 colleague

Etymology

The sense "fan-made creations; doujin" is a reborrowing from Japanese 同人 (dōjin).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ jan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-jîn / tông-lîn
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶don-zen

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóngrén
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²-jên²
  - Yale: túng-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngren
  - Palladius: тунжэнь (tunžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    同人
    同仁
    瞳人
    瞳仁
    銅仁 / 铜仁
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: tùhng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    同人
    同仁
    瞳人
    瞳仁
    銅仁 / 铜仁
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: tông-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ zin²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: tông-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongliin
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶don-zen
  - MiniDict: don^去 zen
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³don-zen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /doŋ²² zən⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: duwng nyin

Rime
Character	同	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒紅切	如鄰切
Baxter	duwng	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duŋ/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/duŋ/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/duŋ/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwŋ/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/duŋ/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/duŋ/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuŋ/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóng	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tung⁴	jan⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤoŋ ni[ŋ]/

(Zhengzhang): /*doːŋ njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	同	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tóng	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ duwng ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁoŋ/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	together, join	(other) person
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	同	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12446	10800
Phonetic component	同	人
Rime group	東	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	同	仁
Old Chinese	/*doːŋ/	/*njin/
Notes	甲金文象有節筒管與口協合，如此方能音律諧和，爲筒（簫）初文

Noun

同人

the thirteenth hexagram of the I Ching, known as "Concording People": ☰☲
colleague; fellow worker, person of the same belief or conviction; coterie
fan-made creations; doujin (articles, pictures, music, or games recreated by fans of a particular work)
(neologism, slang) gay person
(literally) same person

Derived terms

同人女
同人小說 / 同人小说 (tóngrén xiǎoshuō)
同人誌 / 同人志 (tóngrénzhì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (同人):

→ Japanese: 同人(どうじん) (dōjin)
→ Korean: 동인(同人) (dong'in)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
同	人
どう Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 同人 (duwng nyin). Compare modern Mandarin 同人 (tóngrén).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーじん [dòójíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

同(どう)人(じん) • (dōjin)

the same person
that person, the same person as previously mentioned
a person or persons of the same interests or passions: a coterie or a member of a coterie, a fan
a scholar or scholars belonging to the same school of thought
the thirteenth hexagram of the I Ching, known as "Concording People": ☰☲
(attributive) indie; self-published; doujin

Derived terms

同人雑誌(どうじんざっし) (dōjin zasshi): a fan magazine
同人誌(どうじんし) (dōjinshi): short for dōjin zasshi: a fan magazine

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
同	人
どう Grade: 2	にん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Same as above, only using the older goon reading of nin for 人 (rén).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーにん [dòóníń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) どーにん [dóꜜònìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

同(どう)人(にん) • (dōnin)

the same person
that person, the same person as previously mentioned
(rare) a person or persons of the same interests or passions: a coterie or a member of a coterie, a fan

Usage notes

Generally speaking, the dōnin reading appears to be used less often than dōjin. Note also that dōnin has fewer senses.^[1]^[2]

Derived terms

同人雑誌(どうにんざっし) (dōnin zasshi): a fan magazine
同人誌(どうにんし) (dōninshi): short for dōnin zasshi: a fan magazine

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
同	人

Noun

同人 • (dong'in) (hangeul 동인)

hanja form^? of 동인 (“club, circle, coterie”)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-2] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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