楨

See also: 桢

楨	U+6968, 楨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6968

← 楧
[U+6967]

CJK Unified Ideographs

楩 →
[U+6969]

Translingual

Han character

楨 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木卜月金 (DYBC), four-corner 4198₁, composition ⿰木貞)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 540, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15163
Dae Jaweon: page 928, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1247, character 3
Unihan data for U+6968

Chinese

trad.		楨
simp.		桢

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 楨
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
偵	rtaːŋs, tʰeŋ, *tʰeŋs
幀	*rtɯːŋs
湞	rdeːŋ, teŋ
貞	*teŋ
楨	*teŋ
禎	*teŋ
赬	*tʰeŋ
遉	*tʰeŋs

Etymology

Borrowed from Tocharian B trenk-, Tocharian A trank- (“to be fixed to”).^[1]

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēn (zhen¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhen
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹
  - Yale: jēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
  - Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zing¹
  - Yale: jīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: trjeng

Rime
Character	楨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟盈切
Baxter	trjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ȶiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ȶĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*teŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楨
Reading #	1/1
No.	17028
Phonetic component	貞
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	貞
Old Chinese	/*teŋ/

Definitions

楨

hardwood
supports, posts

References

^ Alexander Lubotsky (1998) “Tocharian Loan Words in Old Chinese: Chariots, Chariot Gear, and Town Building”, in The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age peoples of Eastern Central Asia, pages 379-390

Japanese

Kanji

楨

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

On (unclassified): てい (tei)、ちょう (chō)
Kun: ねずみもち (nezumimochi)
Nanori: こずえ (kozue)、みき (miki)

Korean

Hanja

楨 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

Vietnamese

Han character

楨: Hán Nôm readings: trính, trinh

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