宸

宸 U+5BB8, 宸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BB8 ← 宷 [U+5BB7] CJK Unified Ideographs 容 → [U+5BB9]

Translingual

Han character

宸 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十一一女 (JMMV), four-corner 3023₂, composition ⿱宀辰)

See also

• 宫
• 殿 (diàn)
• 闕／阙 (què)

Derived characters

• 𫽴

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 287, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7171
• Dae Jaweon: page 567, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 930, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5BB8

Chinese

trad.		宸
simp. #		宸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
辴	*tʰɯl, *tʰɯnʔ, *tʰɯn
屒	*tɯnʔ, *djɯn
振	*tjɯn, *tjɯns
侲	*tjɯn, *tjɯn
桭	*tjɯn, *djɯn
唇	*tjɯn, *ɦljun
帪	*tjɯn
賑	*tjɯnʔ, *tjɯns
裖	*tjɯnʔ
敐	*tjɯnʔ, *djɯn
震	*tjɯn
娠	*tjɯns, *hljɯn
蜃	*djɯns, *djɯnʔ, *djins
辰	*djɯn
晨	*djɯn, *ɦljɯn
宸	*djɯn
鷐	*djɯn
麎	*djɯn
祳	*djɯnʔ
脤	*djɯnʔ
鋠	*djɯnʔ
磭	*ŋrɯnʔ, *ŋ̊ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ
陙	*djun
脣	*ɦljun
漘	*ɦljun

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chén (chen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n / chhṳ̀n

  (Hailu, HRS): shin

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sing⁵ / sêng⁵

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zen / ²zyun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²
    • Yale: chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chern
    • Palladius: чэнь (čɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: san⁴
    • Yale: sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n / chhṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin^ˇ / ciin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² / cin²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹/, /t͡sʰɨn¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shin
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃin⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn
    • Tâi-lô: sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing⁵ / sêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sîng / sêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵/, /seŋ⁵⁵/

Note: sêng5 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zen
    • MiniDict: zen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²³/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ²zyun
    • MiniDict: zoen^平
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /zz̩ʷøŋ³¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyin

Rime
Character	宸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	植鄰切
Baxter	dzyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑin/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑin/
Li Rong	/ʑiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宸
Reading #	1/1
No.	1374
Phonetic component	辰
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	辰
Old Chinese	/*djɯn/

Definitions

宸

1. eaves; roof
2. great mansion
3. imperial palace
4. (by extension) throne; emperor

Compounds

• 宸垣
• 宸妃
• 宸宇
• 宸居
• 宸斷 / 宸断
• 宸旒
• 宸極 / 宸极
• 宸眷
• 宸筆 / 宸笔
• 宸算
• 宸翰 (chénhàn)
• 宸聰 / 宸聪
• 宸衷
• 宸襟
• 宸謨 / 宸谟
• 宸遊 / 宸游 (chényóu)
• 宸鑒 / 宸鉴
• 楓宸 / 枫宸
• 紫宸

 

References

• “宸”, 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–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “宸”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 29.

Japanese

Kanji

宸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin)
• Kun: のき (noki, 宸)

Korean

Hanja

宸 • (sin) (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune–Reischauer sin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

宸: Hán Nôm readings: thần

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