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衷
衷
Translingual
Han character
衷 (radical 145 衣+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十中竹女 (JLHV) or 卜中竹女 (YLHV), four-corner 50732)
References
- KangXi: page 1112, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34139
- Dae Jaweon: page 1578, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3076, character 10
- Unihan data for U+8877
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
衷 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 衷
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (中) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 中 | *tuŋ, *tuŋs |
| 忠 | *tuŋ |
| 衷 | *tuŋ, *tuŋs |
| 忡 | *tʰuŋ |
| 浺 | *tʰuŋ |
| 盅 | *tʰuŋ, *duŋ, *tjoŋ |
| 种 | *duŋ |
| 沖 | *duŋ |
| 翀 | *duŋ |
| 仲 | *duŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs) : semantic 衣 (“clothes”) + phonetic 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ
- Wade-Giles: chung1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jong
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: cung1, zung1
- Yale: chūng, jūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsung1, dzung1
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiong
- Tâi-lô: thiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: tiofng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong
- Tâi-lô: tiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: diofng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 衷 | 衷 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) | 東 (2) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 陟弓切 | 陟仲切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʈɨuŋ/ | /ʈɨuŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʈiuŋ/ | /ʈiuŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȶiuŋ/ | /ȶiuŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʈuwŋ/ | /ʈuwŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȶiuŋ/ | /ȶiuŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȶĭuŋ/ | /ȶĭuŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȶi̯uŋ/ | /ȶi̯uŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhōng | zhòng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 衷 | 衷 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 17409 | 17411 |
| Phonetic component |
中 | 中 |
| Rime group |
終 | 終 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
中 | 中 |
| Old Chinese |
/*tuŋ/ | /*tuŋs/ |
Definitions
衷
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
衷
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
衷 • (chung) (hangeul 충, revised chung, McCune-Reischauer ch'ung, Yale chwung)
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Vietnamese
Han character
衷 (trung)
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