👥 🎓 📚 📦

岑

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

precipitous

HSK 10

Nature →Elements →Landforms

Cén, cén

シン、ギン

みね

잠, 음

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 今 represents the sound.

Components

山 mountain+ 今 now =

岑 precipitous

山 Meaning component

shān mountain

mountain, hill, peak

今 Phonetic component

jīn now

now, today, modern era

View phonetic series →

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

岑

Regular

Modern

Chinese

岑 [Cén]

surname Cen

岑 [cén]

small hill

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

岑けい

Kei surname

岑たかし

Takashi given name

岑たけし

Takeshi given name

岑みね

Mine surname

岑れい

Rei female given name

CHINESE WORDS (8)

岑溪 [Cénxī] #54,779

Cenxi county level city in Wuzhou 梧州[Wúzhōu], Guangxi

岑巩县 [Céngǒngxiàn] #56,326

Cengong county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qiándōngnánzhōu], Guizhou

岑巩县 [Céngǒngxiàn] #56,326

Cengong county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qiándōngnánzhōu], Guizhou

岑巩 [Céngǒng] #57,667

Cengong county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qiándōngnánzhōu], Guizhou

岑巩 [Céngǒng] #57,667

Cengong county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qiándōngnánzhōu], Guizhou

岑彭 [CénPéng] #61,816

Cen Peng (died 35 AD), Chinese general

岑溪市 [Cénxīshì] #63,465

Cenxi county level city in Wuzhou 梧州[Wúzhōu], Guangxi

春岑 [Chūncén]

Hill of Spring (derivation of Tel Aviv 特拉維夫|特拉维夫 from the book of Ezekiel 以西結書|以西结书)