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層
層
See also: 层
Translingual
Han character
層 (radical 44 尸+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸金田日 (SCWA), four-corner 77266, composition ⿸尸曾)
References
- KangXi: page 303, character 40
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7798
- Dae Jaweon: page 601, character 34
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 981, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5C64
Chinese
trad. | 層 | |
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simp. | 层 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 層
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Small seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (曾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
潧 | *ʔsrɯn |
繒 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
增 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs |
憎 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
磳 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
曾 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ |
矰 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
罾 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
熷 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
竲 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
橧 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
譄 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
蹭 | *sʰɯːŋs |
層 | *zɯːŋ |
贈 | *zɯːŋs |
僧 | *sɯːŋ |
鬙 | *sɯːŋ |
甑 | *ʔsɯŋs |
鄫 | *zɯŋ |
驓 | *zɯŋ |
嶒 | *zɯŋ |
噌 | *sʰɯːŋ |
鏳 | *zrɯːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zɯːŋ) : semantic 尸 + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ).
Pronunciation
Note: This character is used as a substitute for Min Nan chàn, which may be etymologically unrelated.
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄥˊ
- Wade-Giles: ts'êng2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsengr
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: cang4
- Yale: chàhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsang4
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɐŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhèn
- Hakka Romanization System: cenˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: cen2
- IPA: /t͡sʰen¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chân / chàn
- Tâi-lô: tsân / tsàn
- Phofsit Daibuun: zaan, zaxn
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡san²⁴/, /t͡san²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡san²⁴/, /t͡san⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡san¹³/, /t͡san²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡san²⁴/, /t͡san¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡san²³/, /t͡san²¹/
- Note: chân - classifier; chàn - story/level.
- (Hokkien)
Rime | |
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Character | 層 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
Final (韻) | 登 (129) |
Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | I |
Fanqie | 昨楞切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡zəŋ/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/d͡zəŋ/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/d͡zəŋ/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡zəŋ/ |
Li Rong |
/d͡zəŋ/ |
Wang Li |
/d͡zəŋ/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/d͡zʱəŋ/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
céng |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
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Character | 層 | 層 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
céng | céng |
Middle Chinese |
‹ dzong › | ‹ dzong › |
Old Chinese |
/*N-s-tˤəŋ/ | /*m-s-tˤəŋ/ |
English | in two storeys, double | additional floor, field |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 層 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 16626 |
Phonetic component |
曾 |
Rime group |
蒸 |
Rime subdivision |
0 |
Corresponding MC rime |
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Old Chinese |
/*zɯːŋ/ |
Noun
層
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
層
Readings
Synonyms
Korean
Hanja
層 • (cheung) (hangeul 층, revised cheung, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŭng)
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