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U+9280, 銀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9280

[U+927F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9281]

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(Kangxi radical 167, +6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金日女 (CAV), four-corner 87132, composition )

Derived characters

  • (𣘴) 𡁬 𢣩 𭨆 𤢲 𧓪 𪇩 𬞵 𢣰

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1303, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40355
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1805, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4202, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+9280

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*krɯːn
*kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
*ŋrɯːnʔ
*ɡrɯːn
*ɡrɯːnʔ
*ɡrɯːnʔ
*kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
*ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
*kɯːn
*kɯːn
*kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
*kɯːns
*kɯːns
*kʰɯːnʔ
*kʰɯːnʔ
*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿 *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
*ɡɯːn
*ɡɯːn
*ɡɯːn
*ɡɯːnʔ
*ɡɯːns
*ŋrɯn
*ŋrɯn
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋrɯn): semantic (metal) + phonetic (OC *kɯːns).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl. Cognate with Tibetan དངུལ (dngul), Burmese ငွေ (ngwe).

Pronunciation

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Mandarin Beijing /in³⁵/
Harbin /in²⁴/
Tianjin /in⁴⁵/
Jinan /iẽ⁴²/
Qingdao /iə̃⁴²/
Zhengzhou /in⁴²/
Xi'an /iẽ²⁴/
Xining /iə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /iŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ĩn⁵³/
Ürümqi /iŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /in²¹³/
Chengdu /in³¹/
Guiyang /in²¹/
Kunming /ĩ¹/
Nanjing /in²⁴/
Hefei /in⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /iəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /ȵiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /ĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ȵiŋ²³/
Suzhou /ȵin¹³/
Hangzhou /ȵin²¹³/
Wenzhou /ȵaŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /niʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /ȵin⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /in¹³/
Xiangtan /ȵin¹²/
Gan Nanchang /ȵin⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /ŋiun¹¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /ŋɐn²¹/
Nanning /ŋɐn²¹/
Hong Kong /ŋɐn²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /gun³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋyŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ŋœyŋ³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /ŋɯŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ŋin³¹/
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Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ngin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋᵚin/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋien/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋjin/
Li
Rong
/ŋjĕn/
Wang
Li
/ŋǐĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯ĕn/
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Mandarin
Reflex
yín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngan4
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Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yín
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngin ›
Old
Chinese
/*ŋrə[n]/
English silver

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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3939
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋrɯn/
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Note:
  • ngeng5 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
  • ngêng5 - Jieyang;
  • nging5 - Chaoyang.

  • Dialectal data

Definitions

  1. silver
       báiyín   silver
  2. silvern; made of silver
  3. silvery; silver-colored; lustrous; white; shiny
  4. cash; money; currency
  5. (Cantonese) coin
    [Cantonese]   ngan4-2 zai2 [Jyutping]   coins
    [Cantonese]   loeng5 man1 ngan4-2 [Jyutping]   two-dollar coin
  6. (Cantonese, Teochew, Hainanese, Zhao'an Hakka) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck
    [Cantonese]   gei2 cin1 ngan4 [Jyutping]   a few thousand bucks
  7. a surname

Synonyms

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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) , 銀子, 白銀
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 銀子
Taiwan 銀子
Chifeng 銀子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 銀子
Harbin 銀子
Shenyang 銀子, 白銀
Singapore
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 銀子
Tangshan 銀子, 白銀
Cangzhou 銀子
Baoding 銀子
Shijiazhuang 銀子
Jinan 銀子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 銀子
Qingdao 銀子
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 銀子
Zhengzhou 銀子
Xi'an 銀子, 白銀
Dingbian 銀子
Xining 銀子
Xuzhou 銀子, 白銀
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 銀子
Lanzhou 銀子, 白銀
Ürümqi 銀子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 銀子
Chongqing 銀子
Wuhan 銀子, 白銀
Guiyang 銀子
Kunming 銀子, 白銀
Guilin 銀子
Guilin (Lingui) 銀子
Liuzhou 銀子
Liuzhou (Luorong) 銀子
Mae Salong (Lancang) 銀子
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 銀子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 銀子, 白銀
Yangzhou 銀子, 白銀
Nantong 銀子
Hefei 銀子
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 銀仔
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
Macau
Guangzhou (Panyu)
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
Guangzhou (Conghua)
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
Foshan
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
Foshan (Shunde)
Foshan (Sanshui)
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
Zhuhai (Doumen)
Jiangmen (Baisha)
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
Taishan
Taishan (Guanghai)
Kaiping (Chikan)
Enping (Niujiang)
Heshan (Yayao) 銀仔
Dongguan
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
Yangjiang
Nanning
Yulin
Guiping
Guiping (Jintian)
Guiping (Jiangkou)
Guiping (Madong)
Mengshan (Xihe)
Guigang (Nanjiang)
Beiliu (Tangliao)
Baise
Bobai
Lingshan
Pubei
Qinzhou
Qinzhou (Changtan)
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)
Beihai
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
Ningming
Hengzhou
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 銀子
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
Chongzuo (Laituan)
Fusui (Qujiu)
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
Singapore (Guangfu)
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
Móng Cái
Mandalay (Taishan)
Gan Nanchang 銀子
Pingxiang 銀子
Hakka Meixian 銀仔,
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
Dongguan (Qingxi)
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
Hong Kong
Beiliu (Tang'an)
Xingye (Gaofeng)
Mashan (Pianlian)
Pingle (Tong'an) 銀子
Yangshuo (Jinbao)
Senai (Huiyang)
Huizhou Shexian , 銀子
Jin Taiyuan 銀子
Xinzhou 銀子, 白銀
Linhe 銀子
Jining 銀子
Liangcheng 銀子
Hohhot 銀子
Zhangjiakou 銀子
Handan 銀子, 白銀
Northern Min Jian'ou
Eastern Min Fuzhou
Southern Min Xiamen
Quanzhou
Jinjiang
Singapore (Hokkien)
Manila (Hokkien)
Pingnan (Shangdu)
Chaozhou
Bangkok (Teochew)
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
Haikou
Singapore (Hainanese)
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi)
Nanning (Shajing)
Binyang
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Chaoyang) 銀子
Guilin (Zhuyuan) 銀子
Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)
Lingchuan (Tanxia)
Yangshuo (Jima) 銀子
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) , 銀子
Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
Luxi (Liangjiatan)
Chengbu (Xuntou) 銀子
Wu Shanghai 銀子
Suzhou 銀子
Hangzhou 銀子
Hangzhou (Fuyang) 銀子
Ningbo 銀子,
Wenzhou
Xiang Changsha 銀子
Loudi 銀子
Shuangfeng 銀子
Quanzhou
Guanyang (Wenshi) 銀子
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) , , 金錢, 錢財
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing , 錢兒
Taiwan
Malaysia
Singapore
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin
Jinan , 票子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping)
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 錢兒, 金錢, 錢財
Wanrong
Xi'an ,
Xining
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
Lanyin Mandarin Lanzhou
Ürümqi 麻卡爾
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu , 數數
Wuhan , 角子
Kunming 錢兒
Guilin
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 鈔票
Yangzhou , 鈔票
Hefei
Cantonese Guangzhou , , 銀紙,
Hong Kong , , 銀紙, , 錢銀,  slang, 銀兩
Macau
Taishan , , 銀紙,
Taishan (Guanghai)
Yangjiang
Beihai 銀紙
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
Singapore (Guangfu) ,
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) , , tiền, 銀紙
Móng Cái , tiền
Mandalay (Taishan) ,
Gan Nanchang
Lichuan
Pingxiang
Hakka Meixian
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) , 沙水,
Changting
Wuping
Liancheng
Ninghua
Yudu
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
Kuching (Hepo)
Huizhou Jixi 鈔票, 洋錢
Jin Taiyuan
Northern Min Jian'ou
Songxi
Zhenghe
Jianyang
Wuyishan
Eastern Min Fuzhou
Fuzhou (Changle)
Lianjiang
Fuqing
Pingtan
Yongtai
Minqing
Gutian
Pingnan
Luoyuan
Fu'an
Ningde
Xiapu
Zherong
Shouning
Zhouning
Fuding
Singapore (Fuqing)
Southern Min Xiamen , , 銀紙, 錢銀, 銀兩
Xiamen (Tong'an) ,
Quanzhou , , 銀紙, 錢銀, 銀兩
Jinjiang
Nan'an
Shishi
Hui'an
Anxi
Yongchun
Dehua
Zhangzhou , , 阿字仔, 錢銀, 銀兩
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
Hua'an
Nanjing ,
Pinghe
Zhangpu
Yunxiao
Zhao'an ,
Dongshan ,
Taipei
Kinmen
Penang (Hokkien) , ,
Singapore (Hokkien) , ,
Manila (Hokkien)
Longyan
Zhangping
Datian
Guilin (Biyange)
Chaozhou ,
Shantou ,
Shantou (Chenghai) ,
Jieyang ,
Haifeng
Phnom Penh (Teochew)
Singapore (Teochew) ,
Batam (Teochew) ,
Pontianak (Teochew)
Leizhou
Wenchang
Singapore (Hainanese)
Puxian Min Putian ,
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) ,
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) , ,
Xianyou ,
Xianyou (Fengting) ,
Xianyou (Youyang)
Central Min Yong'an
Sanming (Sanyuan)
Sanming (Shaxian)
Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)
Shaojiang Min Shaowu , 龍錢, 票兒
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
Wu Shanghai 鈔票, 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 老洋, 板板,  figuratively,  slang,  slang
Shanghai (Chongming) 鈔票, 銅鈿
Suzhou 鈔票, 銅鈿, 票子
Wuxi 鈔票, 銅錢
Danyang 銅錢, , 洋錢, , 鈔票
Hangzhou 鈔票, 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 農年,
Ningbo 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 銅鋃銀子,
Wenzhou 鈔票, 銅鈿, 番錢, 銅鈿銀, 銅鈿板, 銅板,
Jinhua 鈔票, 洋鈿, , 銅鈿, 銅鈿銀子
Xiang Changsha , 夾老倌
Shuangfeng
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Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 1
Taiwan 1
Harbin 1
Malaysia 1
Singapore 1
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 1
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 1
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 1
Wanrong 1
Xi'an 1
Xining 1
Xuzhou 1
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 1
Lanzhou 1
Ürümqi 1
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 1
Wuhan 1
Guiyang 1
Guilin 1
Liuzhou 1
Nanning (Wuming) 1
Shanglin (Sanli) 1
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 1
Yangzhou 1
Hefei 1
Cantonese Guangzhou , 蚊雞, 雞士, , , 度嘢
Hong Kong , 蚊雞, 雞士, , , , 雞嘢,
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
Macau
Guangzhou (Panyu)
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
Guangzhou (Conghua)
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
Foshan
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
Foshan (Shunde)
Foshan (Sanshui) 蚊雞
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 蚊雞
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
Zhuhai (Doumen)
Jiangmen (Baisha)
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
Taishan
Kaiping (Chikan)
Enping (Niujiang)
Heshan (Yayao)
Dongguan , 蚊雞
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
Qingyuan
Fogang
Yingde (Hanguang)
Yangshan
Lianshan (Butian)
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
Shaoguan
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
Renhua 蚊雞
Lechang
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
Sihui 蚊雞
Deqing
Huaiji
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
Yunfu
Xinxing
Luoding
Yunan (Pingtai)
Yangjiang ,
Lianjiang
Nanning
Hepu (Lianzhou)
Qinzhou
Beihai
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) ,
Penang (Guangfu)
Singapore (Guangfu) ,
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
Móng Cái
Gan Nanchang 1
Lichuan 1
Pingxiang 1
Hakka Meixian 1
Xingning
Yudu 1
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) ,
Hong Kong 1,
Sabah (Longchuan)
Senai (Huiyang)
Kuching (Hepo)
Singkawang
Singapore (Dabu)
Huizhou Jixi 1
Jin Taiyuan 1
Xinzhou 1
Northern Min Jian'ou 2
Jian'ou (Dikou) 2
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 2
Pucheng (Shibei) 2
Eastern Min Fuzhou 2
Fuqing 2
Matsu 2
Southern Min Xiamen
Xiamen (Tong'an)
Quanzhou
Shishi
Zhangzhou
Zhao'an
Dongshan
Taipei
New Taipei (Sanxia)
Kaohsiung
Yilan
Changhua (Lukang)
Taichung
Tainan
Hsinchu
Kinmen
Penghu (Magong)
Penang (Hokkien)
Singapore (Hokkien)
Manila (Hokkien)
Chaozhou , , , 個銀
Shantou , ,  dated, 個銀
Shantou (Chenghai)
Jieyang , 個銀
Haifeng 個銀
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
Singapore (Teochew) , 個銀
Leizhou
Wenchang ,
Haikou 個銀,
Qionghai
Singapore (Hainanese)
Puxian Min Putian
Xianyou
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) , 蚊雞
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 1
Wu Shanghai 1
Shanghai (Chongming) 1
Suzhou 1
Danyang 1
Hangzhou 1
Wenzhou
Jinhua 1
Xiang Changsha 1
Loudi 1
Shuangfeng 1
Quanzhou 1
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Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (ぎん) (gin)
  • Okinawan: (じん) (jin)
  • Korean: 은(銀) (eun)
  • Vietnamese: ngân ()

Others:

  • Proto-Hmong-Mien: *ɲʷi̯ən (silver)
  • Lao: ເງິນ (ngœn, silver, money)
  • Thai: เงิน (ngən, silver, money)
  • Vietnamese: ngần (silvery white; very white)
  • Zhuang: ngaenz (silver, money)

References

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