祲

祲 · jìn

ominous or sinister spirit; vigor

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
jìn
Cantonese
zam1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

ominous or sinister spirit; vigor

Dictionary definitions & readings

祲 jīn · evil force

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42399.220:jìn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0593.040:jìn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
177.120:jìn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
jìn,jīn粵zam3,zam1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シン Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
子心 子鴆 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
IFSME Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3724.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0843.160 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
218.45 440.34 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0661n Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7972
Radical
示 · 113
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7253

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsim · 子心 · 深開三平侵精 · #1058
Middle Chinese
tsimH · 子鴆 · 深開三去侵精 · #3084

PHONO-ML, source line 8325; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
982.302
kDaeJaweon
1263.170
kGSR
0661n
kHanYu
42399.220
kIRGDaeJaweon
1263.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42399.220
kIRGKangXi
0843.160
kKangXi
0843.160
kMatthews
1094
kMeyerWempe
3266a
kMorohashi
24713 24713:E0101
kSBGY
218.45 440.34
kSMSZD2003Index
480.10
kCangjie
IFSME
kFourCornerCode
3724.7
kMojiJoho
MJ018849 MJ018849:E0101 MJ018848:E0102
kPhonetic
60
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-572D
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DAD4
kIRG_JSource
J14-7266
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-614B
kIRG_KSource
K2-4D7B
kIRG_TSource
T2-3E58
kRSUnicode
113.7
kTotalStrokes
11
kBigFive
DAD4
kCCCII
226730
kCNS1986
2-3E58
kCNS1992
2-3E58
kEACC
226730
kGB3
5513
kGB8
9327
kJIS0213
2,82,70
kJis1
4860
kMainlandTelegraph
4381
kTGH
2013:7253
kTaiwanTelegraph
4381
kXerox
305:123
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18237+113.5.7
kCantonese
zam1
kDefinition
ominous or sinister spirit; vigor
kFanqie
子心 子鴆
kHanyuPinyin
42399.220:jìn
kJapanese
シン
kJapaneseOn
SHIN
kMandarin
jìn
kSMSZD2003Readings
jìn,jīn粵zam3,zam1
kTGHZ2013
177.120:jìn
kTang
tzìm
kXHC1983
0593.040:jìn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 祲0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
礻 beside 𠬶 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Source notation ^⿰礻𠬶$(GHT)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰礻𠬶$(GHT)

^⿰示𠬶$(JKP)

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