澄

See also 澂

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 登 – clear water.

Han character

澄 (radical 85 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水弓人廿 (ENOT), four-corner 3211₈)

1. purify water by allowing sediment to settle
2. clear, pure

References

• KangXi: page 651, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18315
• Dae Jaweon: page 1061, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1750, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6F84

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Cantonese

Hanzi

澄 (Yale ching4, dang6)

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Japanese

Kanji

澄 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ちょう (chō)
• Kun: すむ (sumu), すます (sumasu), すみ (sumi)

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Korean

Hanja

澄 (hangeul 징, revised jing, McCune-Reischauer ching, Yale cing)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

澄 (pinyin chéng (cheng2), Wade-Giles ch'eng²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

澄 (trừng, chừng, xừng)