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腫
腫
See also: 肿
Translingual
Han character
腫 (radical 130 肉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月竹十土 (BHJG), four-corner 72214)
References
- KangXi: page 989, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29697
- Dae Jaweon: page 1441, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2096, character 15
- Unihan data for U+816B
Chinese
| trad. | 腫 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 肿 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 腫
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|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (重) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| 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: ㄓㄨㄥˇ
- Wade-Giles: chung3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joong
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zung2
- Yale: júng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung2
- IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chúng
- Hakka Romanization System: zung`
- Hagfa Pinyim: zung3
- IPA: /t͡suŋ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng
- Tâi-lô: tsióng
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciorng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéng
- Tâi-lô: tsíng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zeang
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁵³/
- Note: chióng - literary; chéng - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 腫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 鍾 (7) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 之隴切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ɕɨoŋX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡ɕioŋX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ɕioŋX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/cuawŋX/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ɕioŋX/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ɕĭwoŋX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡ɕi̯woŋX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhǒng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 腫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
zhǒng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tsyowngX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*toŋʔ/ |
| English | swell, swollen; tumor |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 腫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17472 |
| Phonetic component |
重 |
| Rime group |
東 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
腫 |
| Old Chinese |
/*tjoŋʔ/ |
Verb
腫
- to swell
Noun
腫
- swollen spot
Japanese
Kanji
腫
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
腫 • (jong) (hangeul 종, revised jong, McCune-Reischauer chong, Yale cong)
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Vietnamese
Han character
腫 (thũng, sũng, thõng, thủng, thuỗn, sõng)
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