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整

整

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

整 (radical 66 攴+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木大一卜一 (DKMYM), four-corner 58101, composition ⿱敕正)

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 475, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13394
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1477, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6574

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 整

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (正) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
綻 *rdeːns
淀 *deːns
靛 *deːns
症 *tjɯŋs
竀 *rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ
征 *tjeŋ
怔 *tjeŋ
正 *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
鉦 *tjeŋ
鴊 *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
眐 *tjeŋ
佂 *tjeŋ
整 *tjeŋʔ
政 *tjeŋs
証 *tjeŋs
定 *teːŋs, *deːŋs
顁 *teːŋs
錠 *teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs
掟 *deːŋs

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 整
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 之郢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕiᴇŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕiɛŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕiæŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ciajŋX/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕiɛŋX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕĭɛŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕi̯ɛŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhěng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 整
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhěng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsyengX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*teŋʔ/
English arrange; orderly

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 整
Reading # 1/1
No. 17176
Phonetic
component		 正
Rime
group		 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 整
Old
Chinese		 /*tjeŋʔ/

Definitions

整

  1. to gather, to assemble
  2. to put in order, to sort out
  3. to fix, to repair
  4. orderly, neat, tidy
  5. whole, entire, all, complete
    整棟樓的人都在睡覺。 [MSC, trad.]
    整栋楼的人都在睡觉。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhěng dòng lóu de rén dōu zài shuìjiào. [Pinyin]
    All the people in the building are sleeping.
  6. exactly
    下午三點整 / 下午三点整  ―  xiàwǔ sān diǎn zhěng  ―  exactly three o'clock p.m.
  7. sum, total, the whole amount
  8. (dialectal Mandarin) to do
    這可咋整啊？ / 这可咋整啊？ [Northeastern Mandarin]  ―  Zhè kě zǎzhěng a? [Pinyin]  ―  What do I do?
  9. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese) to make (something); to create
    我整咗蛋撻但係冇人食。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我整咗蛋挞但系冇人食。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Ngo5zing2 zo2 daan6 taat1 daan6 hai6 mou5 jan4 sik6. [Jyutping]
    I made egg tarts but no one ate any.
  10. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese) to prepare a dish or food
    整幾個小菜 / 整几个小菜 [Northeastern Mandarin]  ―  zhěng jǐge xiǎocài [Pinyin]  ―  to prepare some side dishes
    番茄應該點整？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    番茄应该点整？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    Faan1 gaa1 jing1 goi1 dim2zing2? [Jyutping]
    How do I prepare tomatoes?
  11. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese) to turn something from one state into another
    整爛 / 整烂 [Cantonese]  ―  zing2 laan6 [Jyutping]  ―  to break, to shatter
    整直 [Cantonese]  ―  zing2 zik6 [Jyutping]  ―  to straighten
    整大 [Cantonese]  ―  zing2 daai6 [Jyutping]  ―  to enlarge

Compounds

See also

  • (Cantonese) 搞 (gaau2)

Japanese

Kanji

整

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

整 • ‎(jeong)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 정 (revised: jeong, McCune-Reischauer: chŏng, Yale: ceng)
  • Name (hangeul): 가지런할()
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Vietnamese

Han character

整 (chỉnh, chệnh, chểnh, xiềng)

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