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仍
仍
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Han character
仍 (radical 9 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人弓竹尸 (ONHS), four-corner 27227, composition ⿰亻乃)
- yet, still, as ever
- again
- keep -ing, continuing
References
- KangXi: page 92, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 361
- Dae Jaweon: page 194, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 110, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4ECD
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
仍 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 仍
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (乃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 乃 | *nɯːʔ |
| 鼐 | *nɯːʔ, *nɯːs |
| 疓 | *njɯːʔ |
| 奶 | *rneːlʔ |
| 仍 | *njɯŋ |
| 艿 | *njɯŋ |
| 辸 | *njɯŋ |
| 礽 | *njɯŋ |
| 扔 | *njɯŋ, *njɯŋs |
| 芿 | *njɯŋs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄥˊ
- Wade-Giles: jêng2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reng
- IPA (key): /ʐɤŋ³⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jing4
- Yale: yìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jing4
- IPA (key): /jɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 仍 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʐəŋ³⁵/ |
| Harbin |
/ʐəŋ⁴⁴/ /ʐəŋ²¹³/ |
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| Tianjin |
/iŋ⁴⁵/ /ʐəŋ⁴⁵/ |
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| Jinan | /ʐəŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao | /ləŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʐəŋ⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /ʐəŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /ʐə̃²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʐəŋ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /və̃n⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ʐɤŋ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /nən²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /zən³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /zen²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /ʐə̃³¹/ | |
| Nanjing |
/ʐən²⁴/ /ʐən²¹²/ |
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| Hefei | /ʐən⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /zəŋ⁵³/ |
| Pingyao | ||
| Hohhot | /ʐə̃ŋ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zəŋ²³/ |
| Suzhou | /zən¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /zen²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /zeŋ³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /iʌ̃³¹/ |
| Tunxi | ||
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʐən¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /in¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /in¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /in¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jeŋ²¹/ |
| Nanning | /jeŋ²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /jiŋ²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /liŋ³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /iŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /iŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /zoŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /zeŋ³¹/ |
| Rime | |
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| Character | 仍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 如乗切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ȵɨŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ȵɨŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȵʑieŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ȵiŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȵiəŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȵʑĭəŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȵʑi̯əŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
réng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 仍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
réng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ nying › |
| Old Chinese |
/*nəŋ/ |
| English | repeat |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 仍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9342 |
| Phonetic component |
乃 |
| Rime group |
蒸 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
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| Old Chinese |
/*njɯŋ/ |
Adverb
仍
Verb
仍
- to remain
Japanese
Kanji
仍
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
仍 • (ing) (hangeul 잉, revised ing, McCune-Reischauer ing)
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