縉紳

Chinese

red silk member of gentry
trad. (縉紳) 縉 紳
simp. (缙绅) 缙 绅
alternative forms 搢紳／搢绅

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 縉 紳
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 即刃切 失人切
Baxter tsinH syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡siɪnH/ /ɕiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sinH/ /ɕin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sjenH/ /ɕjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sinH/ /ɕin/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siĕnH/ /ɕiĕn/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭĕnH/ /ɕĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯ĕnH/ /ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jìn shēn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zan3 san1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 紳
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shēn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ syin ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[l̥]i[n]/
English sash around the waist

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 縉 紳
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6771 11238
Phonetic
component 		晉 申
Rime
group 		眞 眞
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		晉 申
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsins/ /*hlin/

Noun

縉紳

  1. (literary, metonymic) literati; elite; aristocrat; gentry (social stratum characterised by fine education and high status in classical Chinese society)
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