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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 72 +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 日戈竹尸 (AIHS), four-corner 60253, composition)

  1. clear, bright
  2. splendor, brightness

References

  • KangXi: page 495, character 45
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13950
  • Dae Jaweon: page 862, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1506, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+665F

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*djeŋ
*djeŋ
*djeŋ
*djeŋ
*djeŋ
*djeŋ
*djeŋ, *djeŋs
*djeŋ
*djeŋs
*djeŋs

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (25)
Final () (121)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiajŋH/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛŋH/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shèng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 1426
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djeŋs/

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Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(seong) (hangeul , revised seong, McCune-Reischauer sŏng, Yale seng)

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