準

準 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水土十 (EGJ), four-corner 3040₁, composition ⿱淮十)

• 𠿶 𢶥 𦡤 𨆒

• KangXi: page 639, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17934
• Dae Jaweon: page 1046, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1700, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6E96

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʷjinʔ, *qʷjed) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 隼 (OC *sqʰʷinʔ) – “water level”.

準

1. ^† water-level; flat; level
2. (historical) water level (measuring instrument)
3. standard; criterion; norm

   標準／标准  ―  biāozhǔn  ―  standard, norm

   準則／准则  ―  zhǔnzé  ―  standard, norm

   基準／基准  ―  jīzhǔn  ―  norm, reference frame

4. accurate; exact

   這塊手錶很準。／这块手表很准。  ―  Zhè kuài shǒubiǎo hěn zhǔn.  ―  This watch keeps time very well.

   他的槍法真準，一個移動靶都沒有漏射。 [MSC, trad.]
   他的枪法真准，一个移动靶都没有漏射。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de qiāngfǎ zhēn zhǔn, yī ge yídòng bǎ dōu méi yǒu lòu shè. [Pinyin]

   He is good with a gun, he doesn't miss any moving target.

5. certainly; surely

   那準不對。／那准不对。  ―  Nà zhǔn bù duì.  ―  That is definitely wrong.

   他準是開玩笑，要不就是瘋了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他准是开玩笑，要不就是疯了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zhǔn shì kāi wánxiào, yàobù jiù shì fēng le. [Pinyin]

   He must be joking or else he's mad.

6. quasi-; pene-; para-

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. conform
2. semi-, quasi-
3. correspond to
4. proportionate to
5. imitate

• Go-on: しゅん (shun)^{←しゆん (syun, historical)}; せち (sechi)^{←せち (seti, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゅん (shun)^{←しゆん (syun, historical)}; せつ (setsu)^{←せつ (setu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: じゅん (jun, Jōyō)^{←じゆん (zyun, historical)}
• Kun: ひとしい (hitoshii, 準); みずもり (mizumori, みずもり)^{←みづもり (midumori, 準, historical)}; のり (nori, 準)

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨ̃ᵝɴ]

準(じゅん) • (jun-) ^{←じゆん (zyun)?}

1. second; sub-; quasi-

   準一級(じゅんいっきゅう)

   jun-ikkyū

   level pre-1

   準優勝(じゅんゆうしょう)

   jun-yūshō

   second place

準(ひとし) • (Hitoshi) 

1. a male given name

From Middle Chinese 準 (MC t͡ɕiuɪn^X).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [준(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Wikisource 準 (eumhun 준할 준 (junhal jun))

1. Hanja form^? of 준 (“standard”).

From Middle Chinese 準 (MC t͡ɕiuᴇt̚).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [절]

準 (eumhun 콧마루 절 (konmaru jeol))

1. (archaic) Hanja form^? of 절 (“nose bridge”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

準: Hán Nôm readings: chuẩn, choán, chốn, chủn, trúng, trốn

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