漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
准: quasi-, semi-
Also: associate
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
冫 carries the meaning · 隹 gives the sound
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ジュンjun · on'yomi · in compounds
- 批准ひじゅんratification
- 准将じゅんしょうcommodore; brigadier general
- 准看護婦じゅんかんごふ(female) assistant nurse; practical nurse
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Brrr, it's freezing! Imagine two sharp icicles hanging from the edge of a roof.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
The 隹 family reads スイ (sui); 准 is read ジュン.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side准 quasi- · 冫
vs推 conjecture · 扌In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhǔn
Same form: 准 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 准 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 准 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhǔn most common reading
False friend. In simplified Chinese, 准 also stands for 準 (semi-, correspond to), which Japanese writes as a separate kanji.
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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