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鄭

鄭

See also: 郑

Translingual

Han character

鄭 (radical 163 邑+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿大弓中 (TKNL), four-corner 87427, composition ⿰奠⻏)

References

  • KangXi: page 1277, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39647
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1777, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3798, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+912D

Chinese

trad. 鄭
simp. 郑

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
奠 *diːŋs
鄭 *deŋs
擲 *deɡ
躑 *deɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *deŋs) : phonetic 奠 ‎(OC *diːŋs) + semantic 邑.

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 鄭
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁵¹/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁵³/
/t͡səŋ⁵³/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹/
Qingdao /tʃəŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂəŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁴⁴/
Xining /ʈ͡ʂə̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂəŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂə̃n¹³/
Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /t͡sən³⁵/
Chengdu /t͡sən¹³/
Guiyang /t͡sen²¹³/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂə̃²¹²/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂən⁴⁴/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂən⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡səŋ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ʈ͡ʂəŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /t͡sə̃ŋ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /zəŋ²³/
Suzhou /zən¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡zen¹³/
Wenzhou /d͡zeŋ²²/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰiʌ̃²²/
Tunxi /t͡ɕʰiɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɨn²¹/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰaŋ⁵³/
Taoyuan /tʃʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sɛŋ²²/
Nanning /t͡seŋ²²/
Hong Kong /t͡sɛŋ²²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /tiŋ²²/
/tĩ²²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /tɑŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /tʰiaŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /tẽ²¹³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /t͡seŋ³³/
Rime
Character 鄭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直正切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɖiᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖiɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡiæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖiajŋH/
Li
Rong		 /ȡiɛŋH/
Wang
Li		 /ȡĭɛŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhèng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 鄭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhèng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ drjengH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[d]reŋ-s/
English Zhèng (a surname)

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 鄭
Reading # 1/1
No. 2352
Phonetic
component		 奠
Rime
group		 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 鄭
Old
Chinese		 /*deŋs/

Definitions

鄭

  1. Only used in 鄭重／郑重 (zhèngzhòng).
  2. a former state in modern-day Henan province
  3. A surname​.

Compounds

  • 南鄭／南郑
  • 鄭人爭年／郑人争年
  • 鄭人買履／郑人买履 (zhèngrénmǎilǚ)
  • 鄭元和／郑元和
  • 鄭履／郑履
  • 鄭崇履聲／郑崇履声
  • 鄭昭宋聾／郑昭宋聋
  • 鄭板橋／郑板桥
  • 鄭氏群虎／郑氏群虎
  • 鄭箋／郑笺
  • 鄭聲／郑声
  • 鄭莊公／郑庄公
  • 鄭衛之女／郑卫之女
  • 鄭衛之曲／郑卫之曲
  • 鄭衛之聲／郑卫之声
  • 鄭衛之音／郑卫之音
  • 鄭衛桑間／郑卫桑间
  • 鄭重／郑重 (zhèngzhòng)
  • 鄭重其事／郑重其事
  • 鄭音／郑音
  • 鄭驛留賓／郑驿留宾
  • 關馬鄭白／关马郑白
  • 雅鄭／雅郑

References

Japanese

Kanji

鄭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

鄭 • ‎(jeong)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 정 (revised: jeong, McCune-Reischauer: chŏng, Yale: ceng)
  • Name (hangeul): 나라 이름 정(), (alternate: Jung)
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Vietnamese

Han character

鄭 (trịnh)

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