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盛
盛
Translingual
Han character
盛 (radical 108 皿+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈尸月廿 (ISBT), four-corner 53107, composition ⿱成皿)
References
- KangXi: page 794, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23001
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2562, character 4
- Unihan data for U+76DB
See also
- 増 "increase"
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
盛 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 盛
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| Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (成) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 成 | *djeŋ |
| 城 | *djeŋ |
| 誠 | *djeŋ |
| 宬 | *djeŋ |
| 郕 | *djeŋ |
| 筬 | *djeŋ |
| 盛 | *djeŋ, *djeŋs |
| 珹 | *djeŋ |
| 晟 | *djeŋs |
| 墭 | *djeŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *djeŋ, *djeŋs) : phonetic 成 (OC *djeŋ) + semantic 皿.
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'êng2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chengr
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sing4
- Yale: sìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: sing4
- IPA (key): /sɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n
- Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sin2
- IPA: /sɨn¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: zen (T3)
- IPA (key): /z̻əɲ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 盛 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 是征切 |
| 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 | 盛 |
| 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; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 盛 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 1423 |
| Phonetic component |
成 |
| Rime group |
耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
成 |
| Old Chinese |
/*djeŋ/ |
Definitions
盛
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sing6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn
- Min Nan (POJ): sēng / siāⁿ
- Wu (Wiktionary): zan (T3); zen (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ
- Wade-Giles: shêng4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenq
- IPA (key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sing6
- Yale: sihng
- Cantonese Pinyin: sing6
- IPA (key): /sɪŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn
- Hakka Romanization System: siin
- Hagfa Pinyim: sin4
- IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sēng / siāⁿ
- Tâi-lô: sīng / siānn
- Phofsit Daibuun: seng, svia
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²²/, /ɕiã²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/, /ɕiã⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²²/, /ɕiã²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ³³/, /ɕiã³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ³³/, /ɕiã³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 盛 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 承正切 |
| 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 | 盛 |
| 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; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 盛 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 1425 |
| Phonetic component |
成 |
| Rime group |
耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
盛 |
| Old Chinese |
/*djeŋs/ |
Definitions
盛
- flourishing; prosperous
- abundant; growing; plentiful
- great; large; huge
- popular; widespread
- deep; profound
- vigorous; strong; intense
- sparing no effort; trying one's best
- A surname.
Compounds
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Korean
Hanja
盛 • (seong) (hangeul 성, revised seong, McCune-Reischauer sŏng, Yale seng)
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Vietnamese
Han character
盛 (thịnh, thình, thạnh)
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