慎

See also: 愼 and 惧
慎 U+614E, 慎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-614E
← 慍
[U+614D]
CJK Unified Ideographs 慏 →
[U+614F]

慎 U+FA87, 慎
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA87
← 惘
[U+FA86]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs 愈 →
[U+FA88]
慎 U+2F8A8, 慎
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8A8
← 慌
[U+2F8A7]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 慌 →
[U+2F8A9]

Translingual

Traditional 慎
Simplified 慎
Japanese 慎
Korean 愼

Alternative forms

Note the different forms, which correspond to different forms of 真.

Han character

慎 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心十月金 (PJBC), four-corner 94081, composition ⿰忄真)

References

Chinese

trad. 慎/愼
simp. 慎
2nd round simp. 𰑝
alternative forms
 
㥲
昚
眘
𡴜
𦚉
㥲
昚
眘
𡴜
𦚉
𡸱

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *djins) : semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 真 (OC *ʔljin) – a behavior trait (heart), care, caution. Note that 真 means “truth, genuine, sincerity”, hence connotations of “acting sincerely, with care”.

Pronunciation


Note: sim2 - vernacular 俗讀.

Rime
Character 慎
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 真 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 時刃切
Baxter dzyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑinH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑinH/
Li
Rong
/ʑiĕnH/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
san6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 慎
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shèn
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyinH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]i[n]-s/
English careful

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 慎
Reading # 1/1
No. 17082
Phonetic
component
眞
Rime
group
眞
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
愼
Old
Chinese
/*djins/

Definitions

慎

  1. prudent; cautious; careful

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

慎

Kyūjitai

愼

Kanji

慎

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 愼)

  1. humility
  2. be careful
  3. discreet
  4. prudent

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

慎(しん) • (Shin) 

  1. a male given name

Vietnamese

Han character

慎: Hán Nôm readings: thận

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