# 衽

| 衽 | U+887D, &#34941; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-887D |
| ← 衼 [U+887C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 衾 → [U+887E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

衽 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中竹土 (LHG), four-corner 3221$_4$, composition ⿰衤壬)
* lapel
* hidden lapel of a coat

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1113, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34146
* Dae Jaweon: page 1578, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3078, character 12
* Unihan data for U+887D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 紝 | *nɯm, *njɯm, *njɯms |
| 鵀 | *nɯm, *njɯm, *njɯms |
| 拰 | *nɯmʔ |
| 賃 | *nɯms |
| 任 | *njɯm, *njɯms |
| 壬 | *l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *njɯm |
| 恁 | *njɯm, *njɯmʔ |
| 銋 | *njɯm, *njɯmʔ |
| 荏 | *njɯmʔ |
| 餁 | *njɯmʔ |
| 栠 | *njɯmʔ |
| 袵 | *njɯmʔ |
| 飪 | *njɯmʔ |
| 妊 | *njɯms |
| 衽 | *njɯms |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rèn (ren$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jam$^6$ / jam$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rèn
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rèn
*** Wade–Giles: jên$^4$
*** Yale: rèn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn
*** Palladius: жэнь (žɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jam$^6$ / jam$^5$
*** Yale: yahm / yáhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jam$^6$ / jam$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yem$^6$ / yem$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐm²²/, /jɐm¹³/
* Middle Chinese: nyimH
Rime :
| Character | 衽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 侵 (139) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 汝鴆切 |
| Baxter | nyimH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiɪm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵim$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjem$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵim$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiəm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭĕm$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯əm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rèn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jam$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*n[ə]mʔ/, /*n[ə]mʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*njɯms/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 衽 | 衽 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | rèn | rèn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nyim$^X$ › | ‹ nyim$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*n[ə]mʔ/ | /*n[ə]mʔ-s/ |
| English | skirts of robe, flaps; lapel | skirts of robe, flaps; lapel |
| 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 | 衽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10824 |
| Phonetic component | 壬 |
| Rime group | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 妊 |
| Old Chinese | /*njɯms/ |

### Definitions

衽
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#### Compounds

* 交衽
* 左衽 (zuǒrèn)
* 披髮左衽／披发左衽 (pīfàzuǒrèn)
* 斂衽／敛衽
* 斂衽正容／敛衽正容
* 續衽／续衽
* 衽席
* 衾衽
* 被髮左衽／被发左衽 (pīfàzuǒrèn)
* 襝衽／裣衽
* 連衽成帷／连衽成帷

### References

* “衽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): じん (jin)、にん (nin)
* Kun: えり (eri)、おくみ (okumi)、も (mo)

## Korean
### Hanja

衽 • (im) (hangeul 임, revised im, McCune–Reischauer im, Yale im)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

衽: Hán Nôm readings: nhẫm, khâm
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