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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 108 +7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈尸月廿 (ISBT), four-corner 53107, composition)

References

See also

  • "increase"

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Bronze inscriptions Bamboo and silk script 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *djeŋ, *djeŋs) : phonetic  (OC *djeŋ) + semantic .

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (25)
Final () (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chéng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chéng
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyeng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]eŋ/
English put in (a receptacle)

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
No. 1423
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djeŋ/

Definitions

  1. to put in container
  2. to hold; to contain

Compounds

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
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
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shèng
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyengH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]eŋ-s/
English full, abundant

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 # 2/2
No. 1425
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djeŋs/

Definitions

  1. flourishing; prosperous
  2. abundant; growing; plentiful
  3. great; large; huge
  4. popular; widespread
  5. deep; profound
  6. vigorous; strong; intense
  7. sparing no effort; trying one's best
  8. A surname.

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. prosper

Compounds

Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(thịnh, thình, thạnh)

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