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丞
丞
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See also: 氶
Translingual
Han character
丞 (radical 1 一+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓水一 (NEM) or X弓水一 (XNEM), four-corner 17103, composition ⿱氶一)
References
- KangXi: page 78, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40
- Dae Jaweon: page 157, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 19, character 8
- Unihan data for U+4E1E
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
丞 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 丞
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (丞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 蒸 | *kljɯŋ |
| 烝 | *kljɯŋ, *kljɯŋs |
| 篜 | *klɯŋ |
| 脀 | *kljɯŋ |
| 拯 | *kljɯŋʔ |
| 氶 | *kljɯŋʔ |
| 承 | *ɡljɯŋ |
| 丞 | *ɡljɯŋ, *ɡljɯŋs |
| 巹 | *klɯnʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'êng2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chengr
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sing4
- Yale: sìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: sing4
- IPA (key): /sɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n
- Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sin2
- IPA: /sɨn¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
| Rime | ||
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| Character | 丞 | 丞 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 署陵切 | 常證切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡ʑɨŋ/ | /d͡ʑɨŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/d͡ʑɨŋ/ | /d͡ʑɨŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/d͡ʑieŋ/ | /d͡ʑieŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡ʑiŋ/ | /d͡ʑiŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʑiəŋ/ | /ʑiəŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ʑĭəŋ/ | /ʑĭəŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʑi̯əŋ/ | /ʑi̯əŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
chéng | shèng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 丞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
chéng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ dzying › |
| Old Chinese |
/*m-təŋ/ |
| English | assist |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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| Character | 丞 | 丞 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 1414 | 1415 |
| Phonetic component |
丞 | 丞 |
| Rime group |
蒸 | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
承 | 丞 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡljɯŋ/ | /*ɡljɯŋs/ |
| Notes | 拯之初文 | |
Definitions
丞
See also
Japanese
Kanji
丞
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
- Goon: じょう (jō)
- Kan’on: しょう (shō)
- Kun: すくう (丞う, sukuu) (rare), たすける (丞ける, tasukeru) (rare)
- Nanori: すけ (suke)
Korean
Hanja
丞 • (seung, jeung)
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 승, 증 (revised: seung, jeung, McCune-Reischauer: sŭng, chŭng)
- Name (hangeul): 정승, 나아갈 (revised: jeongseung, naagal, McCune-Reischauer: chǒngsǔng, naagal)
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References
Vietnamese
Han character
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