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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 157 +12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口一金田日 (RMCWA), four-corner 68166)

  1. to shuffle, procrastinate, dilly-dally

References

  • KangXi: page 1233, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37863
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1705, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3742, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8E6D

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ʔsrɯn
*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
*ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs
*ʔsɯːŋ
*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ
*ʔsɯːŋ
*ʔsɯːŋ
*ʔsɯːŋ
*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
*ʔsɯːŋ
*sʰɯːŋs
*zɯːŋ
*zɯːŋs
*sɯːŋ
*sɯːŋ
*ʔsɯŋs
*zɯŋ
*zɯŋ
*zɯŋ
*sʰɯːŋ
*zrɯːŋ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (14)
Final () (129)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰəŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰəŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰəŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰəŋH/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰəŋH/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰəŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰəŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cèng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16624
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰɯːŋs/

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(cheung) (hangeul , revised cheung, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŭng, Yale chung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(thặng, tắng)

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