秦
(
Kangxi radical
115,
禾
+5, 10 strokes,
cangjie input
手大竹木
(
QKHD
),
four-corner
5090
4
,
composition
⿱
𡗗
禾
)
Derived characters
[
edit
]
Kangxi Dictionary:
page 851
, character 30
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24995
Dae Jaweon: page 1275, character 28
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2597, character 5
Unihan data for U+79E6
In the
oracle bone script
, an ideogrammic compound (
會意
/
会意
):
午
(“pestle”, the original form of
杵
) +
廾
(“two hands”) + two
禾
(“grain”). The most conservative variant is
𥢮
. A form of its bronze inscription containing only one
禾
developed into the subsequent small seal script form in
Shuowen
. The 午 and 廾 components have fused into
𡗗
in the modern form.
According to
Shuowen Jiezi
, the glyph is an ideogrammic compound (
會意
/
会意
): abbreviated
舂
(
“
to pound grain
”
)
+
禾
(
“
grain
”
)
– husked grain. However this would necessitate a phonological shift that is considered unlikely, and furthermore is likely a
folk etymology
altogether.
[
1
]
Note
:
-
cing5 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
-
cêng5 - Jieyang.
* 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.
-
(
~國
)
State of
Qin
(in ancient
China
)
-
(
~朝
)
Qin
dynasty
, first
imperial
dynasty of China
-
Qin
, a general area of central-west
China
in modern-day
Shaanxi
and
Gansu
Provinces
-
plain with river
-
a
surname
-
秦
良
玉
―
Qín
Liángyù
―
Qin
Liangyu
(Ming dynasty female general)
-
關公
戰
秦
瓊
/
关公
战
秦
琼
―
Guān Gōng zhàn
Qín
Qióng
―
Guan Yu
fights
Qin
Qiong
Dynasties
(
朝代
) in Chinese history
Time period
Divisions
Xia
夏
(
~朝
,
~代
)
2070 – 1600
BCE
Shang
商
(
~朝
,
~代
)
殷
(
~朝
,
~代
)
1600 – 1046
BCE
Zhou
周
(
~朝
,
~代
)
1046 – 256
BCE
Western Zhou
西周
Eastern Zhou
東周
/
东周
Spring and Autumn period
春秋
Warring States period
戰國
/
战国
Qin
秦
(
~朝
,
~代
)
221 – 206
BCE
Han
漢
/
汉
(
~朝
,
~代
)
206
BCE
– 220
C.E.
Western Han
西漢
/
西汉
Xin
新
(
~朝
)
Eastern Han
東漢
/
东汉
Three Kingdoms
三國
/
三国
220 – 280
C.E.
Wei
魏
Shu Han
蜀漢
/
蜀汉
Wu
吳
/
吴
Jin
晉
/
晋
(
~朝
,
~代
)
265 – 420
C.E.
Western Jin
西晉
/
西晋
Eastern Jin
東晉
/
东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties
南北朝
420 – 589
C.E.
Northern dynasties
北朝
Northern Wei
北魏
Western Wei
西魏
Eastern Wei
東魏
/
东魏
Northern Zhou
北周
Northern Qi
北齊
/
北齐
Southern dynasties
南朝
Liu Song
劉宋
/
刘宋
Southern Qi
南齊
/
南齐
Liang
梁
(
~朝
,
~代
)
Chen
陳
/
陈
(
~朝
,
~代
)
Sui
隋
(
~朝
,
~代
)
581 – 618
C.E.
Tang
唐
(
~朝
,
~代
)
618 – 907
C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
五代十國
/
五代十国
907 – 960
C.E.
Liao
遼
/
辽
(
~朝
,
~代
)
907 – 1125
C.E.
Song
宋
(
~朝
,
~代
)
960 – 1279
C.E.
Northern Song
北宋
Southern Song
南宋
Western Xia
西夏
1038 – 1227
C.E.
Jin
金
(
~朝
,
~代
)
1115 – 1234
C.E.
Western Liao
西遼
/
西辽
1124 – 1218
C.E.
Yuan
元
(
~朝
,
~代
)
1271 – 1368
C.E.
Ming
明
(
~朝
,
~代
)
1368 – 1644
C.E.
Qing
清
(
~朝
,
~代
)
1636 – 1912
C.E.
-
→
English:
Ch'in
,
Chin
,
Qin
,
Tsin
-
→
?
Sanskrit:
चीन
(
cīna
)
-
Niya Prakrit:
𐨕𐨁𐨣
(
cina
)
,
𐨕𐨁𐨎𐨣
(
ciṃna
)
-
→
Middle Persian:
𐭰𐭩𐭭
(
čīn
)
-
Classical Persian:
چین
(
čīn
)
-
Dari:
چین
(
čīn
)
-
Iranian Persian:
چین
(
čin
)
-
Tajik:
Чин
(
Čin
)
-
→
Arabic:
اَلصِّين
(
aṣ-ṣīn
)
-
→
Venetan:
Cina
-
→
Old French:
Chin
-
→
Middle Chinese:
支那
(
MC
tsye na
)
-
Chinese:
支那
(
Zhīnà
)
-
→
Japanese:
支那
(
しな, shina
)
-
→
Korean:
지나
(
jina
)
-
→
Vietnamese:
Chi Na
-
→
Malay:
Cina
-
→
Malayalam:
ചീന
(
cīna
)
-
→
Telugu:
చీనా
(
cīnā
)
-
→
Kannada:
ಚೀನಾ
(
cīnā
)
^
“秦, Qin”, in
zdic.net
[1]
,
(Can we
date
this quote?)
秦
(
Jinmeiyō kanji
)
-
Qin
dynasty
Kanji
in this term
しん
Jinmeiyō
kan'on
From
Middle Chinese
秦
(
MC
dzin
).
秦
•
(
Shin
)
-
(
historical
)
the
Qin
dynasty
(221-207
BCE
), first dynasty of China
-
(
historical
)
name of various states during the Sixteen Kingdoms period:
-
前秦
(
Zenshin
,
“
Former Qin
”
,
351-394
CE
)
-
後秦
(
Kōshin
,
“
Later Qin
”
,
384-417
CE
)
-
西秦
(
Seishin
,
“
Western Qin
”
,
385-431
CE
)
-
a
surname
Kanji
in this term
はた
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
(This
etymology
is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the
Etymology scriptorium
.)
秦
•
(
Hata
)
-
a
place name
-
a
surname
Kanji
in this term
はたしん
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Compound of
秦
(
Hata
,
see above
)
+
秦
(
Shin
,
“
Qin
(
dynasty
)
”
,
see above
)
.
The
秦
kanji itself has a
kun
-reading
of
はた
(
hata
)
.
秦
•
(
Hatashin
)
-
synonym of
秦
(
Shin
,
see above
)
This reading is used to distinguish from the
漢音
(
kan'on
)
reading of
晋
(
Shin
,
“
Jin dynasty
”
)
, itself called
晋
(
Susumu-shin
)
. The senses are the same for Etymology 1 above.
Kanji
in this term
はだ
Jinmeiyō
nanori
秦
•
(
Hada
)
-
a
surname
^
Matsumura, Akira
, editor (
2006
),
大辞林
[
Daijirin
] (in Japanese), Third edition,
Tokyo
:
Sanseidō
,
→ISBN
秦
•
(
jin
)
(
hangeul
진
,
revised
jin,
McCune–Reischauer
chin,
Yale
cin)
秦
:
Hán Nôm
readings:
tần
,
thái
-
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