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朕

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朕

  • zhèn (zhen⁴) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄓㄣˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • zam⁶ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • chṳ́m Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • zhim^ˊ Hakka, Hakka Romanization System, 海陸
  • dêng Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • ding⁵ Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
  • tīm Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • dim⁶ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁶zen Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • zhèn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄓㄣˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • jhèn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • chên⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • jèn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • jenn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • чжэнь Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • zam⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • jahm Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • dzam⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • zem⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /t͡sɐm²²/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • chṳ́m Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • ziim^ˋ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • zim³ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • /t͡sɨm³¹/ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • /t͡ʃim²⁴/ Hakka, IPA, 海陸
  • dêng Min Dong, Fuzhou, Foochow Romanized

Where it comes from

「𦩎」的簡化（舟 → 月 和 灷 → 关），為會意漢字：舟 (“船”) + 丨 (“物件”) + 廾 (“雙手”) 的訛用。見於甲骨文和金文，本意是「補船」。後來它被借用作為第一人稱敬語代名詞。

釋義 𦩎 · 𣍹 · 𦨶 · 眹

  1. 先秦 第一人稱代詞 庚申卜，王：侯其立朕史人？
  2. 秦代以後皇帝的自稱 朕為始皇帝。後世以計數，二世三世至于萬世，傳之無窮。
  3. literary 事情發生前所顯現的跡象
  4. Cantonese 𠹻 (zam6，“氣味的量詞”)的另一種寫法

Similar: 吾, 我, 余, 予, 台, 臣, 愚, 本人, 鄙人, 在下, 不才, 咱, 俺, 頑, 呣, 𠊎, 儂, 我仂, 我濃, 阿, 我郎, 阿仂, 巷, 黨, 卬, 我儂, 奴, 阮, 遮人, 遮的人

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釋義

Similar: 吾, 我, 余, 予, 台, 臣, 愚, 本人, 鄙人, 在下, 不才, 咱, 俺, 頑, 呣, 𠊎, 儂, 我仂, 我濃, 阿, 我郎, 阿仂, 巷, 黨, 卬, 我儂, 奴, 阮, 遮人, 遮的人

In English

  • we the royal we (referring to the sovereign alone acting in their capacity as monar
  • royal we plural we used by a sovereign

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {朕},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%9C%95},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}