珉

See also: 玟

珉	U+73C9, 珉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73C9

← 珈
[U+73C8]

CJK Unified Ideographs

珊 →
[U+73CA]

Translingual

Han character

珉 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土口女心 (MGRVP), composition ⿰𤣩民)

jadelike stone

Derived characters

𬁂

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 729, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20916
Dae Jaweon: page 1141, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1108, character 12
Unihan data for U+73C9

Chinese

simp. and trad.		珉
alternative forms		瑉玟琝䂥砇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
眠	*miːn
民	*min
泯	min, minʔ
怋	min, mɯːn
岷	*mrin
珉	*mrin
罠	*mrin
笢	mrin, minʔ
鈱	*mrin
抿	mrɯn, mrɯn, *mrɯnʔ
刡	*minʔ
敃	*mrinʔ
愍	*mrinʔ
暋	*mrinʔ
蟁	*mɯn

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mín (min²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mín
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mín
  - Wade–Giles: min²
  - Yale: mín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: min
  - Palladius: минь (minʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵/

Middle Chinese: min

Rime
Character	珉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武巾切
Baxter	min
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/mien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjin/
Li Rong	/mjĕn/
Wang Li	/mǐĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mr[ə][n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*mrin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	珉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mín
Middle Chinese	‹ min ›
Old Chinese	/*mr[ə][n]/
English	a kind of precious stone
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	珉
Reading #	1/1
No.	9134
Phonetic component	民
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*mrin/

Definitions

珉

(literary) jade -like stone; beautiful stone resembling jade

Japanese

Kanji

珉

(Hyōgai kanji)

jade-like stone

Readings

Go-on: みん (min)
Kan-on: びん (bin)

Korean

Hanja

珉 • (min) (hangeul 민, revised min, McCune–Reischauer min, Yale min)

stone resembling jade

Vietnamese

Han character

珉: Hán Việt readings: mân^[1]^[2]^[3], dân^[3]
珉: Nôm readings: mân^[1], mần^[1]

chữ Hán form of mân (“precious metal”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Trần (2004).
^ Trần (1999).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Thiều Chửu (1942).