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像
像
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See also: 象
Translingual
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Han character
像 (radical 9 人+12, in Chinese 13 strokes, in Japanese 14 strokes, cangjie input 人弓日人 (ONAO), four-corner 27232, composition ⿰亻象)
References
- KangXi: page 116, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1084
- Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 213, character 3
- Unihan data for U+50CF
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
像 | |
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Glyph origin
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (象) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 潒 | *l'aːŋʔ, *ljaŋʔ |
| 像 | *ljaŋʔ |
| 象 | *ljaŋʔ |
| 橡 | *ljaŋʔ |
| 蟓 | *ljaŋʔ, *hljaŋs |
| 襐 | *ljaŋʔ |
| 勨 | *ljaŋʔ, *laŋʔ |
| 鱌 | *ljaŋʔ |
| 嶑 | *ljaŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ljaŋʔ) : semantic 亻 (“man”) + phonetic 象 (OC *ljaŋʔ, “elephant; image”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiong / siong
- Min Dong (BUC): chiông
- Min Nan (POJ): siǒng / siōng / siāng / chhiǔⁿ / chhiūⁿ / chhiōⁿ
- Wu (Wiktionary): xxian (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ
- Wade-Giles: hsiang4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianq
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zoeng6
- Yale: jeuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng6
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕœːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiong / siong
- Hakka Romanization System: qiong / xiong
- Hagfa Pinyim: qiong4 / xiong4
- IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯oŋ⁵⁵/, /ɕi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: chiông
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰuɔŋ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǒng
- Tâi-lô: siǒng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng
- Tâi-lô: siōng
- Phofsit Daibuun: siong
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng
- Tâi-lô: siāng
- Phofsit Daibuun: siang
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiǔⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tshiǔnn
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiũ²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiūⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tshiūnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: chviu
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiũ³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiũ³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiũ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiōⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tshiōnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: chvioi
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔ̃²²/
- Note: siǒng/siōng/siāng - literary; chhiǔⁿ/chhiūⁿ/chhiōⁿ - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: xxian (T3)
- IPA (key): /ʑ̻iã²³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 像 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕiɑŋ⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /ɕiaŋ⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /ɕiɑŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /ɕiaŋ²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /siaŋ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /siaŋ³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /ɕiɔ̃²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ɕiɑŋ¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ɕiɑ̃¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ɕiɑŋ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan |
/ɕiaŋ³⁵/ /t͡ɕʰiaŋ³⁵/ |
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| Chengdu |
/t͡ɕʰiaŋ¹³/ /ɕiaŋ¹³/ |
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| Guiyang |
/t͡ɕʰiaŋ²¹³/ 不～他 /ɕiaŋ²¹³/ ～片 |
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| Kunming | /ɕiã̠²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /siaŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /ɕiɑ̃⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕiɒ̃⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /ɕyə³⁵/ 相像 | |
| Hohhot | /ɕiɑ̃⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ʑiã²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ziã³¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /d͡ʑiɑŋ¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ji³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian |
/t͡sʰia³⁵/ /t͡sʰia²²/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡sʰiau²⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha |
/sian⁵⁵/ /sian¹¹/ /t͡sian¹¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /d͡zian²¹/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰioŋ⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /sioŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sœŋ²²/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sœŋ²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sœŋ²²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/siɔŋ²²/ /t͡sʰiũ²²/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /t͡sʰuɔŋ²⁴²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) |
/siɔŋ³³/ /siɔŋ⁴⁴/ |
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| Shantou (Min Nan) | /t͡sʰiõ³⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /siaŋ³⁵/ |
| Rime | |
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| Character | 像 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 徐兩切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/zɨɐŋX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ziɐŋX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ziɑŋX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/zɨaŋX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ziaŋX/ |
| Wang Li |
/zĭaŋX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/zi̯aŋX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xiàng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 像 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xiàng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ zjangX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*s.[d]aŋʔ/ |
| English | image; resemble |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 像 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13663 |
| Phonetic component |
象 |
| Rime group |
陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
像 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ljaŋʔ/ |
Definitions
像
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
像 • (sang)
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 상 (revised: sang, McCune-Reischauer: sang, Yale: sang)
- Name (hangeul): 형상()
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Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
像 (tượng)
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