See also: [U+4EBA CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EBA], 𠆢 [U+201A2 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-201A2], [U+516B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-516B], [U+3145 HANGUL LETTER SIOS], ג [U+05D2 HEBREW LETTER GIMEL], and λ [U+03BB GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA]

入 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 11, 入+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 人竹 (OH), four-corner 80000, composition丿)

  1. Kangxi radical #11, .

Derived characters

入 - Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogram (指事) - an arrowhead indicating "to enter".

Compare (rén).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard)
      • (Pinyin): (ru4)
      • (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ
    • (Chengdu, SP): ru2 / ri2
    • (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ву (vu, I)
  • Cantonese
    • (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jap6
    • (Taishan, Wiktionary): yip5
  • Gan (Wiktionary): liit6
  • Hakka
    • (Sixian, PFS): ngi̍p
    • (Meixian, Guangdong): ngib6
  • Jin (Wiktionary): rueh4
  • Min Bei (KCR):
  • Min Dong (BUC): ĭk / nĭk
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ): ji̍p / li̍p
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): rib8 / rig8
  • Wu (Wiktionary): 5zeq; 5nyiq
  • Xiang (Wiktionary): y6
  • Dialectal data
  • Middle Chinese: /ȵiɪp̚/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Baxter–Sagart): /*n[u]p/
    • (Zhengzhang): /*njub/

Definitions

  1. to enter; to go into
    • [Cantonese]   jap6 lai4 co5 laa1! [Jyutping]   Come in and sit!
    • 入春   chūn   to enter into spring
      • [MSC, trad.] [MSC, simp.]
      • bìng cóng kǒu , huò cóng kǒu chū [Pinyin]
      • illness comes in via the mouth because of food and trouble goes out via the mouth because of words
    • (jìn)
    • (chū)
  2. to join; to become a member of
    •    jiā   to join
    •    dǎng   to join a political party
  3. (literary) to accept; to admit
  4. (literary) to pay
  5. income
    •    shōu   income
    •    suì   annual income
  6. to confirm; to agree
    •    qíng   to be fair and reasonable
  7. to arrive (at); to attain
  8. (literary) to enter the imperial government and become an official
  9. (telephony) to get through
  10. (Cantonese) inside
    • [Cantonese]   jap6 min6 [Jyutping]   inside
  11. (literary, dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu, vulgar) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse
  12. Short for 入聲入声 (rùshēng, “the checked tone”).

Synonyms

Variety Location Words
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Classical Chinese
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Mandarin Beijing
Taiwan
Jinan
Luoyang
Wanrong
Xi'an
Yinchuan
Ürümqi
Chengdu
Guiyang
Guilin
Yangzhou
Malaysia
Singapore
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Taishan
Dongguan
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
Singapore (Guangfu)
Gan Lichuan
Hakka Meixian
Miaoli (N. Sixian) ,
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) ,
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) ,
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) ,
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) ,
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
Huizhou Jixi
Jin Xinzhou
Min Bei Jian'ou
Min Dong Fuzhou
Matsu
Singapore (Fuqing)
Min Nan Xiamen
Quanzhou
Zhangzhou
Zhao'an
Tainan
Penang (Hokkien)
Singapore (Hokkien)
Manila (Hokkien)
Shantou
Jieyang
Singapore (Teochew)
Leizhou
Wenchang
Haikou
Singapore (Hainanese)
Wu Shanghai
Danyang
Jinhua

Compounds

入 - Japanese

Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. to enter
  2. to insert

Readings

Compounds

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [ìrí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA: [iɾʲi]

Noun

  1. entering, going in
  2. setting, such as a sunset or moonset (from the idea of the sun or moon going into the horizon)
  3. the beginning or first day of a period of time
  4. income, takings
  5. a subtotal or portion of some larger payment amount
    • Synonym: 内金 (uchikin)
  6. an expense, an amount needed
  7. the amount of people or things that fit into a space: capacity; admission, admittance
    • Synonyms: 容量 (yōryō, capacity), 入場者数 (nyūjō shasū, admission, number of people who have entered)
  8. "on" switch, the "on" position for a switch
    • Antonym: (kiri)

Counter

(しお) (-shio) 

  1. (archaic) counter for soakings (of fabric in a dye)

入 - Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ip̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: []

Hanja

, eumhun (deul ip)

  1. Hanja form? of (enter).
  2. Hanja form? of (come in (to); join).

Compounds

入 - Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: nhập : Nôm readings: nhập, nhạp, nhấp, nhắp, vào, nhép, nhẹp

  1. chữ Hán form of nhập (to enter; to join).
Meaning and Definition of 入
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