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See also: , , and 𡃁

Translingual

Han character

(radical 174 +7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手月月山山 (QBBUU), four-corner 56210, composition)

  1. fair and quiet
  2. beautiful
  3. make up

References

  • KangXi: page 1381, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42575
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4048, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+975A

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sʰlɯː
*sʰleːns
*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
*sʰleːns
*sʰeːns
*sʰeːns
*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
*sreŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋ, *sreŋs
*sreŋ, *seːŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋʔ
*sreŋs
*zreːŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ
*sʰleŋ
*sʰleŋ
*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
*sʰleŋs
*zleŋs, *zleŋ
*zleŋs
*zleŋ
*zleŋ
*zleŋ
*zleŋʔ
*zleŋʔ
*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
*sleŋs
*sleŋs
*l̥ʰeŋs
*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
*sʰleːŋ
*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
*sʰleːŋs
*sleːŋ
*sleːŋ
*sleːŋ
*sleːŋ
*seːŋ, *seːŋs
*seːŋ
*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
*seːŋ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (15)
Final () (121)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ziᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ziɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ziæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ziajŋH/
Li
Rong
/d͡ziɛŋH/
Wang
Li
/d͡zĭɛŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jìng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 11345
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zleŋs/
Notes

Adjective

  1. (Cantonese) pretty; beautiful
    出街使乜 [Cantonese, trad.]
    出街使乜 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Nei5 dou1 m4 hai6 ceot1 gaai1, sai2 mat1 zoek3 gam3leng3 aa3? [Jyutping]
    You're not going out or anything; what do you need to dress so well for?
    呢個女仔 [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢个女仔 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Nei1 go3 neoi5 zai2 dou1 gei2leng3 aa3 haa1. [Jyutping]
    She's quite pretty, huh?
    / [Cantonese]   leng3 zai2 [Jyutping]   handsome man
    / [Cantonese]   leng3 saam1 [Jyutping]   pretty clothes

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. make up face
  2. ornament
  3. quiet

Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

  1. make up face
  2. ornament
  3. quiet