爽

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 大 + 㸚: bright

Han character

爽 (radical 89 爻+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大大大大 (KKKK), four-corner 4003₄)

1. happy, cheerful
2. refreshing

Derived terms

• 鷞, 㼽

References

• KangXi: page 690, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19746
• Dae Jaweon: page 1104, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 543, character 15
• Unihan data for U+723D

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		爽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǎng (shuang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): song²
• Min Nan (POJ): sóng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shuǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤˇ
    • Wade-Giles: shuang³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: song²
    • Yale: sóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: song²
    • IPA ^(key): /sɔːŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóng
    • Tâi-lô: sóng
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔŋ⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (爽, reconstructed)
Character (爽), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 生 (21) Final: 陽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 踈兩切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʃɨɐŋX/	/ʂi̯aŋX/	/ʃiaŋX/	/ʃiɐŋX/	/ʂɨaŋX/	/ʃĭaŋX/	/ʃiɑŋX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (爽, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
爽					11942					爽					陽					0					𤕤					/*sraŋʔ/

Adjective

爽

1. joyful

See also

• (Mandarin) 痛快 (tòngkuài)

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Japanese

Kanji

爽

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: しょう (shō), そう (sō)
• Kun: あきらか (爽らか akiraka), さわやか (爽やか, sawayaka), たがう (tagau)

Compounds

• 爽やか (sawayaka): refreshing, clear
• 爽快 (sōkai): refreshing, invigorating
• 昧爽 (maisō): dawn, daybreak

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Korean

Hanja

爽 (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune-Reischauer sang, Yale sang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

爽 (sảng, sửng, sượng, sững)

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