嶸

See also: 嵘

嶸 U+5DB8, 嶸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DB8 ← 嶷 [U+5DB7] CJK Unified Ideographs 嶹 → [U+5DB9]

Translingual

Han character

嶸 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 山火火木 (UFFD), four-corner 2979₄, composition ⿰山榮)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 321, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8548
• Dae Jaweon: page 621, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 803, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5DB8

Chinese

trad.		嶸
simp.		嵘
alternative forms		峵 巆／𫶕 嵤 𡵓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (熒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鶯	*qreːŋ
罃	*qreːŋ
嫈	*qreːŋ, *qreːŋs, *qʷeŋ
褮	*qreːŋ, *qʷeŋ, *ɢʷeːŋ
覮	*pqʰʷeːŋ
謍	*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʷreːŋ, *ɢʷeŋ
䁝	*qʷraːŋʔ
嶸	*ɢʷreːŋ, *ɢʷreŋ
嵤	*ɢʷreːŋ
榮	*ɢʷreŋ
瑩	*ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs
蠑	*ɢʷreŋ
禜	*ɢʷreŋ, *ɢʷreŋs
醟	*ɢʷreŋs, *qʰʷeŋs
檾	*kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
煢	*ɡʷeŋ
焭	*ɡʷeŋ
縈	*qʷeŋ
營	*ɢʷeŋ
鎣	*ɢʷeŋ, *qʷeːŋs
塋	*ɢʷeŋ
濴	*ɢʷeŋ
熒	*ɡʷeːŋ
螢	*ɡʷeːŋ
滎	*ɡʷeːŋ
濙	*qʷeːŋʔ
瀅	*qʷeːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷreːŋ, *ɢʷreŋ) : semantic 山 + phonetic 榮 (OC *ɢʷreŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róng, hóng (rong², hong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ, ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁴, wang⁴, jing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): êng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róng
    • Wade–Giles: jung²
    • Yale: rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
    • Palladius: жун (žun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóng
    • Wade–Giles: hung²
    • Yale: húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horng
    • Palladius: хун (xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁴, wang⁴, jing⁴
    • Yale: wìhng, wàhng, yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁴, wang⁴, jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁴, weng⁴, ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ²¹/, /wɐŋ²¹/, /jɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: êng
    • Tâi-lô: îng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: eeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwaeng, hweang

Rime
Character	嶸	嶸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	庚 (112)	耕 (118)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	永兵切	戸萌切
Baxter	hjwaeng	hweang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠwiæŋ/	/ɦˠwɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚiaŋ/	/ɦʷᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuaŋ/	/ɣuɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwiajŋ/	/ɦwəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐŋ/	/ɣuɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐŋ/	/ɣwæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wɐŋ/	/ɣwæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóng	hóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wing4	wang4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷreŋ/, /*[ɢ]ʷˤreŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷreːŋ/, /*ɢʷreŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嶸	嶸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	róng	róng
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwæng ›	‹ hwɛng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷreŋ/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁreŋ/
English	high, distant	崢嶸 high, precipitous
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	嶸	嶸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15362	15367
Phonetic component	熒	熒
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	宏	榮
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷreːŋ/	/*ɢʷreŋ/

Definitions

嶸

1. Used in 崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng).
2. towering and lofty

Compounds

• 崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
• 崢嶸歲月／峥嵘岁月 (zhēngróngsuìyuè)
• 嶸嶸／嵘嵘
• 歲月崢嶸／岁月峥嵘
• 頭角崢嶸／头角峥嵘 (tóujiǎozhēngróng)

 

References

• “嶸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

嶸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō); おう (ō); えい (ei); よう (yō)
• Kun: けわしい (kewashī)

Korean

Hanja

嶸 (eum 영 (yeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嶸: Hán Nôm readings: vanh

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References

• Nom Foundation