# 准

| 准 | U+51C6, &#20934; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51C6 |
| ← 凅 [U+51C5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 凇 → [U+51C7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

准 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈一人土 (IMOG), four-corner 3011$_4$, composition ⿰冫隹)

#### Derived characters

* 凖 㕠 𪳙 𤌞

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 132, character 37
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1661
* Dae Jaweon: page 296, character 25
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 299, character 4
* Unihan data for U+51C6

## Chinese

| | Old Chinese |
| 隼 | *sqʰʷinʔ |
| 榫 | *sqʰʷinʔ |
| 准 | *qʷjinʔ |
| 準 | *qʷjinʔ, *qʷjed |

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 准 – see 準 (“water-level; flat; level; water level; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 準).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǔn (zhun$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄣˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chún
    (Hailu, HRS): zhun$^ˊ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cūng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zong$^3$ / zuong$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chún
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zung$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔn
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔn
*** Wade–Giles: chun$^3$
*** Yale: jwǔn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joen
*** Palladius: чжунь (čžunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ən²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zeon$^2$
*** Yale: jéun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zên$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵn³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chún
*** Hakka Romanization System: zun$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sun³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zhun$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃun²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cūng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zong$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ceông
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zuong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suoŋ³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chún
*** Tâi-lô: tsún
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuon
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zung$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsúng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suŋ⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: tsywinX
Rime :
| Character | 准 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 諄 (47) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 之尹切 |
| Baxter | tsywinX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiuɪn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʷin$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjuen$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cwin$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiuĕn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭuĕn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯uĕn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhǔn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zeon$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʷjinʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 准 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12188 |
| Phonetic component | 隼 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 準 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʷjinʔ/ |
| Notes | 俗準字見戰國策 |

#### Definitions

准
* to allow; to grant; to permit
    Zhǐ zhǔn xiédài 30 gōngjīn xínglǐ. [Pinyin]
    Only thirty kilos are allowed for personal luggage
    Lǚguǎn zhǔn bù zhǔn zhù xiǎo hái hé yǎng xiǎo dòngwù? [Pinyin]
    Does the hotel allow children or pets?

#### Compounds

* 一准 (yīzhǔn)
* 不准 (bùzhǔn)
* 不准翻印
* 作准
* 保准 (bǎozhǔn)
* 允准 (yǔnzhǔn)
* 准予 (zhǔnyǔ)
* 准伏
* 准信 (zhǔnxìn)
* 准假 (zhǔnjià)
* 准奏
* 准定 (zhǔndìng)
* 准將 (zhǔnjiàng)
* 准尉 (zhǔnwèi)
* 准式
* 准折
* 准擬
* 准此
* 准算
* 准考證 (zhǔnkǎozhèng)
* 准許 (zhǔnxǔ)
* 包准
* 呈准
* 定准
* 官准
* 恩准 (ēnzhǔn)
* 憑准
* 批准 (pīzhǔn)
* 拿不准 (nábuzhǔn)
* 核准 (hézhǔn)
* 案准
* 照准 (zhàozhǔn)
* 特准 (tèzhǔn)
* 獲准 (huòzhǔn)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しゅん (shun)
* Kan-on: しゅん (shun)
* Kan’yō-on: じゅん (jun, Jōyō)
* Kun: なぞらえる (nazoraeru, 准える)

## Korean
### Hanja

准 (eum 준 (jun))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

准: Hán Nôm readings: chuẩn, chốn, chổn, chõn, chủn, trốn
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