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Translingual

Han character

(radical 167 +8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金十一人 (CJMO), four-corner 83181, composition)

  1. spindle, slab, cake, tablet
  2. lock, padlock, seal

References

  • KangXi: page 1311, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40559
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1812, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4224, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+9320

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*rdeːns
*deːns
*deːns
*tjɯŋs
*rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ
*tjeŋ
*tjeŋ
*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
*tjeŋ
*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
*tjeŋ
*tjeŋ
*tjeŋʔ
*tjeŋs
*tjeŋs
*teːŋs, *deːŋs
*teːŋs
*teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs
*deːŋs

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (7) (5)
Final () (125) (125)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/deŋH/ /teŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/deŋH/ /teŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɛŋH/ /tɛŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dɛjŋH/ /tɛjŋH/
Li
Rong
/deŋH/ /teŋH/
Wang
Li
/dieŋH/ /tieŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱieŋH/ /tieŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dìng dìng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 17183 17184 17186
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*teːŋs/ /*deːŋʔ/ /*deːŋs/
Notes

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese (/*diaŋ/). Compare modern Mandarin traditional and simplified (dìng).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

(hiragana じょう, romaji , historical hiragana じやう)

  1. a device used to make a door unopenable: a lock
    • 16031604, Nippo Jisho (page 367)[2]
      . ジャウ (鎖) 錠. 例, uo vorosu. (鎖を下ろす) 錠をおろす. uo aquru. (鎖を開くる) 錠をあける.
See also
  • (かぎ, kagi): a key

Etymology 2

Compound of (, chain) + (mae, front), in reference to the padlock on the front of a chain keeping a door or gate closed. The use of is an example of ateji.[3]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

(hiragana じょうまえ, romaji jōmae, historical hiragana ぢやうまへ) (rare)

  1. Alternative spelling of 錠前 a lock, a padlock

References

  1. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  2. Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-080021-1, published 1980.
  3. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja

(jeong) (hangeul , revised jeong, McCune-Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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