衽

See also: 祍

衽	U+887D, 衽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-887D

← 衼
[U+887C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

衾 →
[U+887E]

Translingual

Han character

衽 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中竹土 (LHG), four-corner 3221₄, composition ⿰衤壬)

lapel
hidden lapel of a coat

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1113, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34146
Dae Jaweon: page 1578, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3078, character 12
Unihan data for U+887D

Chinese

trad.		衽
simp. ^#		衽
alternative forms		袵／衽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
紝	nɯm, njɯm, *njɯms
鵀	nɯm, njɯm, *njɯms
拰	*nɯmʔ
賃	*nɯms
任	njɯm, njɯms
壬	l̥ʰeːŋʔ, njɯm
恁	njɯm, njɯmʔ
銋	njɯm, njɯmʔ
荏	*njɯmʔ
餁	*njɯmʔ
栠	*njɯmʔ
袵	*njɯmʔ
飪	*njɯmʔ
妊	*njɯms
衽	*njɯms

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rèn (ren⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁶ / jam⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rèn
  - Wade–Giles: jên⁴
  - Yale: rèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn
  - Palladius: жэнь (žɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jam⁶ / jam⁵
  - Yale: yahm / yáhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁶ / jam⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem⁶ / yem⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²²/, /jɐm¹³/

Middle Chinese: nyimH

Rime
Character	衽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	汝鴆切
Baxter	nyimH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪm^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵim^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjem^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵim^H/
Li Rong	/ȵiəm^H/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕm^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯əm^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*n[ə]mʔ/, /*n[ə]mʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*njɯms/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	衽	衽
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rèn	rèn
Middle Chinese	‹ nyim^X ›	‹ nyim^H ›
Old Chinese	/*n[ə]mʔ/	/*n[ə]mʔ-s/
English	skirts of robe, flaps; lapel	skirts of robe, flaps; lapel
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	衽
Reading #	1/1
No.	10824
Phonetic component	壬
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	妊
Old Chinese	/*njɯms/

Definitions

衽

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Compounds

交衽
左衽 (zuǒrèn)
披髮左衽 / 披发左衽 (pīfàzuǒrèn)
斂衽 / 敛衽 (liǎnrèn)
斂衽正容 / 敛衽正容
續衽 / 续衽
衽席
衾衽
被髮左衽 / 被发左衽 (pīfàzuǒrèn)
襝衽 / 裣衽
連衽成帷 / 连衽成帷

References

“衽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

衽

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): じん (jin)、にん (nin)
Kun: えり (eri)、おくみ (okumi)、も (mo)

Korean

Hanja

衽 • (im) (hangeul 임, revised im, McCune–Reischauer im, Yale im)

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Vietnamese

Han character

衽: Hán Nôm readings: nhẫm, khâm

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