佳人

Chinese

excellent man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(佳人)
佳 人

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 佳 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 佳 (31) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 古膎切 如鄰切
Baxter kea nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛ/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæ/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/kæi/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨj/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/kɛ/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/kai/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kai/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiā rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaai1 jan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 佳 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jia rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ kɛ › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁre/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English good (other) person

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 佳 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4531 10800
Phonetic
component
圭 人
Rime
group
支 眞
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
佳 仁
Old
Chinese
/*kreː/ /*njin/

Noun

佳人

  1. beautiful woman
  2. (literary) good person (of upright character)

Synonyms

  • (beautiful woman):
  • (good person):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佳人):
  • → Japanese: 佳(か)人(じん) (kajin)
  • → Korean: 가인(佳人) (gain)
  • → Vietnamese: giai nhân (佳人)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佳 人
か
Grade: S
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

佳(か)人(じん) • (kajin) 

  1. beautiful woman
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