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憧
憧
Translingual
Han character
憧 (radical 61 心+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 心卜廿土 (PYTG), four-corner 90014, composition ⿰忄童)
- irresolute, indecisive
- yearn for
References
- KangXi: page 403, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11242
- Dae Jaweon: page 743, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2356, character 6
- Unihan data for U+61A7
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
憧 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 憧
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| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (重) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 撞 | *rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs |
| 幢 | *rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs |
| 橦 | *rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ |
| 噇 | *rdoːŋ |
| 𩪘 | *rdoːŋ |
| 艟 | *rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ |
| 憧 | *rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ |
| 畽 | *tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ |
| 董 | *toːŋʔ |
| 蕫 | *toːŋʔ, *doːŋ |
| 箽 | *toːŋʔ |
| 懂 | *toːŋʔ |
| 湩 | *toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs |
| 曈 | *tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ |
| 童 | *doːŋ |
| 僮 | *doːŋ |
| 瞳 | *doːŋ |
| 罿 | *doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ |
| 犝 | *doːŋ |
| 潼 | *doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ |
| 穜 | *doːŋ, *doŋ |
| 動 | *doːŋʔ |
| 慟 | *doːŋs |
| 堹 | *toŋs |
| 諥 | *toŋs |
| 蹱 | *tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ |
| 重 | *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs |
| 緟 | *doŋ, *doŋs |
| 蝩 | *doŋ |
| 褈 | *doŋ, *tʰjoŋ |
| 鐘 | *tjoŋ, *tjoŋ |
| 鍾 | *tjoŋ |
| 籦 | *tjoŋ |
| 種 | *tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs |
| 腫 | *tjoŋʔ |
| 踵 | *tjoŋʔ |
| 歱 | *tjoŋʔ |
| 喠 | *tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ |
| 偅 | *tjoŋs |
| 衝 | *tʰjoŋ |
| 揰 | *tʰjoŋs |
| 尰 | *djoŋʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ung1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chong
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: cung1
- Yale: chūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsung1
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 憧 | 憧 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 鍾 (7) | 江 (9) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 尺容切 | 直絳切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ɕʰɨoŋ/ | /ɖˠʌŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡ɕʰioŋ/ | /ɖᵚɔŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ɕʰioŋ/ | /ȡɔŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/cʰuawŋ/ | /ɖaɨwŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ɕʰioŋ/ | /ȡɔŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ɕʰĭwoŋ/ | /ȡɔŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡ɕʰi̯woŋ/ | /ȡʱɔŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
chōng | zhuàng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 憧 | 憧 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 17428 | 17480 |
| Phonetic component |
重 | 重 |
| Rime group |
東 | 東 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
䡴 | 𧘂 |
| Old Chinese |
/*rdoːŋs/ | /*tʰjoŋ/ |
Definitions
憧
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Compounds
- 憧憧
- 憧憬 (chōngjǐng)
Japanese
Kanji
憧
- desire
Readings
Korean
Hanja
憧 • (dong) (hangeul 동, revised dong, McCune-Reischauer tong, Yale tong)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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