宸

Information about character(s)

Radical: 宀
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chén
Cantonese: san4
JapaneseKun: NOKI
JapaneseOn: SHIN
Korean: SIN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: imperial; imperial palace

CE-Dict: imperial apartments

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《宀部》宸屋宇也。从宀辰聲。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集上】【宀字部】宸
【唐韻】植鄰切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】丞眞切，𠀤音辰。【說文】屋宇也。【賈逵曰】室之奧者。後人稱帝居曰宸。【增韻】帝居北宸宮，故从宀从辰。亦曰楓宸。帝居高廣，惟楓修大可構也。【越語】君若不忘周室，而爲敝邑宸宇，亦寡人之願也。　【正字通】本作宸，六書故又作桭。引揚雄賦柍桭註，服虔曰：柍，中央也。桭，屋梠也。◎按宸取北辰義，今人言宸極，與汎言屋梠別，宸桭合爲一，非。

CF-Dict: appartements impériaux

Han-De-Dict: (English: imperial apartments) (u.E.)/kaiserlich (u.E.)/kaiserliche Gemächer (u.E.)