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沖
沖
Translingual
Han character
沖 (radical 85 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水中 (EL), four-corner 35106, composition ⿰氵中)
References
- KangXi: page 611, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17209
- Dae Jaweon: page 1004, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1565, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6C96
Chinese
| trad. | 沖 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 冲 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 沖
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|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (中) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 中 | *tuŋ, *tuŋs |
| 忠 | *tuŋ |
| 衷 | *tuŋ, *tuŋs |
| 忡 | *tʰuŋ |
| 浺 | *tʰuŋ |
| 盅 | *tʰuŋ, *duŋ, *tjoŋ |
| 种 | *duŋ |
| 沖 | *duŋ |
| 翀 | *duŋ |
| 仲 | *duŋs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cung1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûng
- Min Nan (POJ): chhèng / chhiâng / chhiong
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ung1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chong
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: cung1
- Yale: chūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsung1
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûng
- Hakka Romanization System: cung´
- Hagfa Pinyim: cung1
- IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng / chhiâng / chhiong
- Tâi-lô: tshìng / tshiâng / tshiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhexng, chiaang, chiofng
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ²¹/, /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²⁴/, /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴¹/, /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²⁴/, /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ²¹/, /t͡ɕʰiaŋ¹³/, /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ¹¹/, /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²⁴/, /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ²¹/, /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²³/, /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 沖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 直弓切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɖɨuŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɖiuŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȡiuŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɖuwŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȡiuŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȡĭuŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȡʱi̯uŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
chóng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 沖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
chōng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ drjuwng › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[d]ruŋ/ |
| English | sound of cutting ice |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 沖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17416 |
| Phonetic component |
中 |
| Rime group |
終 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
蟲 |
| Old Chinese |
/*duŋ/ |
Verb
沖
- to pour water on; to rinse; to flush; to wash
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- 我觉得我得回家冲个澡。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
- Wǒ juédé wǒ děi huíjiā chōng gè zǎo. [Pinyin]
- I think I'll go home and have a shower.
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- 許多房屋被洪水沖走了。 [MSC, trad.]
- 许多房屋被洪水冲走了。 [MSC, simp.]
- Xǔduō fángwū bèi hóngshuǐ chōngzǒu le. [Pinyin]
- A lot of houses were washed away by the flood.
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- 他用水冲了把脸，然后刷牙。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
- Tā yòng shuǐ chōng le bǎ liǎn, ránhòu shuāyá. [Pinyin]
- He splashed water on his face, then brushed his teeth.
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- to infuse; to make drinks
- to soar; to rise; to shoot up
- (of water) to dash against; to collide with
- to develop (a film)
Compounds
Derived terms
Japanese
Kanji
沖
Readings
Noun
沖 (hiragana おき, romaji oki)
Proper noun
沖 (hiragana おき, romaji Oki)
- A surname.
Korean
Hanja
沖 • (chung) (hangeul 충, revised chung, McCune-Reischauer ch'ung, Yale chwung)
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Vietnamese
Han character
沖 (trong, trùng, xung)
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References
- Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
- Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
- Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville