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贈
贈
See also: 赠
Translingual
Han character
贈 (radical 154 貝+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月金金田日 (BCCWA), four-corner 68866, composition ⿰貝曽)
References
- KangXi: page 1212, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36920
- Dae Jaweon: page 1678, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3658, character 9
- Unihan data for U+8D08
Chinese
| trad. | 贈 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 赠 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 贈
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|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (曾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 潧 | *ʔsrɯn |
| 繒 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 增 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs |
| 憎 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 磳 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 曾 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ |
| 矰 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 罾 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 熷 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 竲 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 橧 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 譄 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 蹭 | *sʰɯːŋs |
| 層 | *zɯːŋ |
| 贈 | *zɯːŋs |
| 僧 | *sɯːŋ |
| 鬙 | *sɯːŋ |
| 甑 | *ʔsɯŋs |
| 鄫 | *zɯŋ |
| 驓 | *zɯŋ |
| 嶒 | *zɯŋ |
| 噌 | *sʰɯːŋ |
| 鏳 | *zrɯːŋ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄥˋ
- Wade-Giles: tsêng4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzenq
- IPA (key): /t͡sɤŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zang6
- Yale: jahng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzang6
- IPA (key): /t͡sɐŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̄g
- Tâi-lô: tsn̄g
- Phofsit Daibuun: zng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chēng
- Tâi-lô: tsīng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zeng
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chān
- Tâi-lô: tsān
- Phofsit Daibuun: zan
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡san⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡san³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡san³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡san²²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡san²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
- Tâi-lô: tsing
- Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- Note: chn̄g/chēng - literary; chān - vernacular; cheng - vernacular (俗).
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 贈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 登 (129) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 昨亘切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡zəŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/d͡zəŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/d͡zəŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡zəŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/d͡zəŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/d͡zəŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/d͡zʱəŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zèng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 贈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16627 |
| Phonetic component |
曾 |
| Rime group |
蒸 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
贈 |
| Old Chinese |
/*zɯːŋs/ |
Definitions
贈
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
贈
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Readings
Compounds
See also
- 贈る (okuru)
Korean
Hanja
贈 • (jeung) (hangeul 증, revised jeung, McCune-Reischauer chŭng, Yale cung)
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Vietnamese
Han character
贈 (tặng)
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