同人

Chinese

 
like; same; similar
like; same; similar; together; alike; with
man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(同人)
alternative forms 同仁 colleague
仝人 colleague

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (38)
Final () (1) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter duwng nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/duŋ/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/duŋ/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/duŋ/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəwŋ/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/duŋ/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/duŋ/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱuŋ/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tóng rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tung4 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tóng rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ duwng › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*lˁoŋ/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English together, join (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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12446 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*doːŋ/ /*njin/
Notes

Noun

同人

  1. the thirteenth hexagram of the I Ching, known as "Concording People": ☰☲
  2. colleague; fellow worker, person of the same belief or conviction; coterie
  3. fan-made creations; doujin (articles, pictures, music, or games recreated by fans of a particular work)
  4. (neologism, slang) homosexual person
  5. (literally) same person

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (同人):
  • Japanese: 同人(どうじん) (dōjin)
  • Korean: 동인(同人) (dong'in)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 2
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 同人 (duŋ ȵiɪn). Compare modern Mandarin 同人 (tóngrén).

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) ーじん [dòójíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [do̞ːʑĩɴ]

    Noun

    (どう)(じん) • (dōjin) 

    1. the same person
    2. that person, the same person as previously mentioned
    3. a person or persons of the same interests or passions: a coterie or a member of a coterie, a fan
    4. a scholar or scholars belonging to the same school of thought
    5. the thirteenth hexagram of the I Ching, known as "Concording People": ☰☲
    6. (attributive) indie; self-published; doujin
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Kanji in this term
    どう
    Grade: 2
    にん
    Grade: 1
    on’yomi

    Same as above, only using the older goon reading of nin for (rén).

    Pronunciation

      Noun

      (どう)(にん) • (dōnin) 

      1. the same person
      2. that person, the same person as previously mentioned
      3. (rare) a person or persons of the same interests or passions: a coterie or a member of a coterie, a fan
      Usage notes

      Generally speaking, the dōnin reading appears to be used less often than dōjin. Note also that dōnin has fewer senses.[1][2]

      Derived terms

      References

      1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
      2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

      Korean

      Hanja in this term

      Noun

      同人 • (dong'in) (hangeul 동인)

      1. Hanja form? of 동인 (club, circle, coterie).
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