Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 緊

Modern (Beijing) reading: jǐn

Preclassic Old Chinese: kinʔ

Classic Old Chinese: kín

Western Han Chinese: kjǝ́n

Eastern Han Chinese: kjǝ́n

Early Postclassic Chinese: kjín

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kjín

Late Postclassic Chinese: kjín

Middle Chinese: kjín

English meaning : fast, durable [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) туго связать, скрутить; тугой, плотный; тесный; близкий; крепко-накрепко; 2) настоятельный; срочный, экстренный; важный; 3) напряженный; критический; запутанный

Comments: Also used as a loan for 堅 *kīn q. v.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 120

Four-angle index: 8277

Karlgren code: 0368 g

Jianchuan Bai: ćɨ̃3

Dali Bai: ćɨ3

Bijiang Bai: gɨ̃1

bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-oshanin,bigchina-comment,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-doc,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-karlgren,bigchina-jianchuan,bigchina-dali,bigchina-bijiang,

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kĭn ( ~ -ŋ, -ɫ)

Meaning: tie, bind

Chinese: 緊 *kinʔ to bind tight.

Burmese: khjań to tie, bind; thread

Comments: Luce 61.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1878

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 緊

MC description : 臻開三上軫見

ZIHUI: 4868 2121

Beijing: ćin 2

Jinan: ćiẽ 2

Xi'an: ćiẽ 2

Taiyuan: ćiŋ 2

Hankou: ćin 2

Chengdu: ćin 2

Yangzhou: ćĩ 2

Suzhou: ćin 2

Wenzhou: ćiaŋ 21

Changsha: ćin 2

Shuangfeng: ćin 2

Nanchang: ćin 2

Meixian: kin 2

Guangzhou: kan 21

Xiamen: kin 2

Chaozhou: kiŋ 21

Fuzhou: kiŋ 2

Shanghai: ćiŋ 3

Zhongyuan yinyun: kiǝn 2

doc-charref,doc-character,doc-mcinfo,doc-zihui,doc-beijing,doc-jinan,doc-xian,doc-taiyuan,doc-hankou,doc-chengdu,doc-yangzhou,doc-suzhou,doc-wenzhou,doc-changsha,doc-shuangfeng,doc-nanchang,doc-meixian,doc-guangzhou,doc-xiamen,doc-chaozhou,doc-fuzhou,doc-shanghai,doc-zhongyuan,