樼

樼	U+6A3C, 樼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A3C

← 樻
[U+6A3B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

樽 →
[U+6A3D]

Translingual

Han character

樼 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木尸弓木 (DSND), four-corner 4794₇, composition ⿰木孱)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 552, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15499
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1296, character 18
Unihan data for U+6A3C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		樼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
孱	sɡreːn, sɡreːnʔ, *sɡren
潺	sɡreːn, sɡren
僝	sɡreːn, sɡʷrens
轏	*sɡreːnʔ
樼	*skrinʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēn (zhen¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhen
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹
  - Yale: jēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
  - Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zeon¹
  - Yale: jēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsrin

Rime
Character	樼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	臻 (46)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	側詵切
Baxter	tsrin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂɪn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂin/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiĕn/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭen/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂi̯æn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*skrinʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樼
Reading #	1/1
No.	1210
Phonetic component	孱
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	臻
Old Chinese	/*skrinʔ/
Notes	同榛

Definitions

樼

alternative form of 榛 (zhēn, “hazelnut”)