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爽
爽
Translingual
Han character
爽 (radical 89 爻+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大大大大 (KKKK), four-corner 40034, composition ⿻大㸚)
Derived terms
References
- KangXi: page 690, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19746
- Dae Jaweon: page 1104, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 543, character 15
- Unihan data for U+723D
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
爽 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 爽
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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 (爽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 摤 | *sʰlaŋʔ |
| 磢 | *sʰraŋʔ |
| 漺 | *sʰraŋʔ, *sraŋʔ |
| 傸 | *sʰraŋʔ |
| 鷞 | *sraŋ, *sraŋʔ |
| 騻 | *sraŋ |
| 爽 | *sraŋʔ |
| 塽 | *sraŋʔ |
| 樉 | *sraŋʔ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 大 + 㸚 – bright.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): song2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sóng
- Min Dong (BUC): sōng
- Min Nan (POJ): sóng
- Wu (Wiktionary): saan (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤˇ
- Wade-Giles: shuang3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoang
- IPA (key): /ʂu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: song2
- Yale: sóng
- Cantonese Pinyin: song2
- IPA (key): /sɔːŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sóng
- Hakka Romanization System: song`
- Hagfa Pinyim: song3
- IPA: /soŋ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sōng
- IPA (key): /souŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóng
- Tâi-lô: sóng
- Phofsit Daibuun: sorng
- IPA (Xiamen): /sɔŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /sɔŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: saan (T2)
- IPA (key): /sɑ̃³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 爽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 踈兩切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʃɨɐŋX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʃiɐŋX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʃiɑŋX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʂɨaŋX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʃiaŋX/ |
| Wang Li |
/ʃĭaŋX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʂi̯aŋX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
shuǎng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 爽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11942 |
| Phonetic component |
爽 |
| Rime group |
陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
𤕤 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sraŋʔ/ |
Definitions
爽
- bright; clear
- frank; straightforward
- refreshing; pleasurable; invigorating
- happy; cheerful; joyful
- (of health) well; to feel well
- to deviate; to make mistake; to miss
- to violate; to breach; to break
See also
- 痛快 (tòngkuài)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
爽
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
爽 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune-Reischauer sang, Yale sang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
爽 (sảng, sửng, sượng, sững)
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