琛

琛	U+741B, 琛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-741B

← 琚
[U+741A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

琜 →
[U+741C]

Translingual

Han character

琛 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土月金木 (MGBCD), four-corner 1719₄, composition ⿰𤣩罙)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 734, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21049
Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1124, character 4
Unihan data for U+741B

Chinese

trad.		琛
simp. ^#		琛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
探	l̥ʰuːm, l̥ʰuːms
棎	*ɦljom
賝	*l̥ʰum
琛	*l̥ʰum
穼	*srum
深	hljum, hljums

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chēn (chen¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chen
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên¹
  - Yale: chēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chen
  - Palladius: чэнь (čɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sam¹
  - Yale: sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thim
  - Tâi-lô: thim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tym
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰim³³/

Middle Chinese: trhim

Rime
Character	琛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑林切
Baxter	trhim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰjim/
Li Rong	/ȶʰjəm/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰum/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琛
Reading #	1/1
No.	11253
Phonetic component	罙
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰum/

Definitions

琛

(literary) treasure; gem; precious stone

Japanese

Kanji

琛

(Hyōgai kanji)

treasure, valuables

Readings

On (unclassified): ちん (chin)、しん (shin)
Kun: たから (takara)

Korean

Hanja

琛 • (chim) (hangeul 침, revised chim, McCune–Reischauer ch'im, Yale chim)

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