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Translingual

Han character

(radical 46 +14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 山火火木 (UFFD), four-corner 29794, composition)

  1. high, steep
  2. lofty, towering

References

  • KangXi: page 321, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8548
  • Dae Jaweon: page 621, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 803, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5DB8

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qreːŋ
*qreːŋ
*qreːŋ, *qreːŋs, *qʷeŋ
*qreːŋ, *qʷeŋ, *ɢʷeːŋ
*pqʰʷeːŋ
*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʷreːŋ, *ɢʷeŋ
*qʷraːŋʔ
*ɢʷreːŋ, *ɢʷreŋ
*ɢʷreːŋ
*ɢʷreŋ
*ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs
*ɢʷreŋ
*ɢʷreŋ, *ɢʷreŋs
*ɢʷreŋs, *qʰʷeŋs
*kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
*ɡʷeŋ
*ɡʷeŋ
*qʷeŋ
*ɢʷeŋ
*ɢʷeŋ, *qʷeːŋs
*ɢʷeŋ
*ɢʷeŋ
*ɡʷeːŋ
*ɡʷeːŋ
*ɡʷeːŋ
*qʷeːŋʔ
*qʷeːŋs

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (35) (33)
Final () (112) (118)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠwiæŋ/ /ɦˠwɛŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷᵚiaŋ/ /ɦʷᵚæŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuaŋ/ /ɣuɐŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwiajŋ/ /ɦwəɨjŋ/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuɐŋ/ /ɣuɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwɐŋ/ /ɣwæŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯wɐŋ/ /ɣwæŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yóng hóng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
róng róng
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjwæng › ‹ hwɛng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷreŋ/ /*[ɢ]ʷˤreŋ/
English high, distant 崢嶸 high, precipitous

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15362 15367
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷreːŋ/ /*ɢʷreŋ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 崢嶸峥嵘
  • 崢嶸歲月峥嵘岁月
  • 嶸嶸嵘嵘
  • 歲月崢嶸岁月峥嵘
  • 頭角崢嶸头角峥嵘

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(yeong) (hangeul , revised yeong, McCune-Reischauer yŏng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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References