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Translingual

Han character

(radical 61 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 心日竹一 (PAHM), four-corner 96014, composition)

  1. intelligent, clever, astute

References

  • KangXi: page 393, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10868
  • Dae Jaweon: page 729, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2328, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+60FA

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sʰlɯː
*sʰleːns
*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
*sʰleːns
*sʰeːns
*sʰeːns
*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
*sreŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋ, *sreŋs
*sreŋ, *seːŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋʔ
*sreŋs
*zreːŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ
*sʰleŋ
*sʰleŋ
*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
*sʰleŋs
*zleŋs, *zleŋ
*zleŋs
*zleŋ
*zleŋ
*zleŋ
*zleŋʔ
*zleŋʔ
*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
*sleŋs
*sleŋs
*l̥ʰeŋs
*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
*sʰleːŋ
*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
*sʰleːŋs
*sleːŋ
*sleːŋ
*sleːŋ
*sleːŋ
*seːŋ, *seːŋs
*seːŋ
*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
*seːŋ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (16) (16)
Final () (125) (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/seŋ/ /siᴇŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/seŋ/ /siɛŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɛŋ/ /siæŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɛjŋ/ /siajŋX/
Li
Rong
/seŋ/ /siɛŋX/
Wang
Li
/sieŋ/ /sĭɛŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/sieŋ/ /si̯ɛŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xīng xǐng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 11357 11379
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*seŋʔ/ /*seːŋ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 假惺惺
  • 惺忪
  • 惺惺
  • 惺惺人
  • 惺惺作態惺惺作态
  • 惺惺相惜 (xīngxīngxiāngxī)
  • 惺惺道人
  • 睡眼惺忪
  • 還惺还惺

References


Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(seong, hwang) (hangeul , , revised seong, hwang, McCune-Reischauer sŏng, hwang, Yale seng, hwang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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References