珎

See also: 珍

珎 U+73CE, 珎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73CE ← 珍 [U+73CD] CJK Unified Ideographs 珏 → [U+73CF]

Translingual

Han character

珎 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土弓火 (MGNF), composition ⿰𤣩尔)

1. precious, valuable, rare

Derived characters

• 𬝍, 𡪪, 𡫷, 𤫋

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 730, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20921
• Dae Jaweon: page 1141, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1108, character 3
• Unihan data for U+73CE

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 珎 – see 珍 (“treasure; precious; valuable; rare; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 珍).

Japanese

Kanji

珎

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Alternative form of 珍

   和同開(わどうかい)珎(ちん)

   wadōkaichin

   wadōkaichin (earliest known Japanese-made coin)

Usage notes

• 珎 in 和同開珎 has alternately been analyzed as 宝(寳) (hō).

Readings

• Go-on: ちん (chin)
• Kan-on: ちん (chin)
• Kun: たから (takara, 珎); めずらしい (mezurashii, 珎しい)