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Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(radical 109 +4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火竹月山 (FHBU), four-corner 90602, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 802, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23179
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2473, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7701

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sreŋʔ, *sleŋʔ
*saːl, *sreŋʔ, *seŋʔ
*sleːŋʔ

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (21)
Final () (111)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃˠiæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃᵚiaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃiaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂiajŋX/
Li
Rong
/ʃiɐŋX/
Wang
Li
/ʃĭɐŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʂi̯ɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shěng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 11384
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sreŋʔ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. to omit; to leave out
  2. to save, to economize
  3. province

Compounds

See also

  • (xiàn, “Japanese prefecture”)
  • (zhōu, “state”)

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (16)
Final () (121)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siᴇŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/siɛŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/siæŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/siajŋX/
Li
Rong
/siɛŋX/
Wang
Li
/sĭɛŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯ɛŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xǐng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xǐng
Middle
Chinese
‹ sjengX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[s]eŋʔ/
English inspect

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
Reading # 2/2
No. 11386
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sleŋʔ/

Definitions

  1. to examine; to inspect
  2. to greet; to visit
  3. to understand; to comprehend

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Prefix

(hiragana しょう, romaji shō-)

  1. saving, conservation

Suffix

(hiragana しょう, romaji -shō)

  1. ministry

Korean

Hanja

(seong, saeng) (hangeul , , McCune-Reischauer sŏng, saeng, Yale seng, sayng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(tỉnh, xển, xỉnh, xĩnh, tểnh, tễnh)

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