聰

See also 聡, and 聪

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 悤

Han character

聰 (radical 128 耳+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸十竹田心 (SJHWP), four-corner 1613₀)

1. quick at hearing
2. intelligent, clever, bright

References

• KangXi: page 969, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29154
• Dae Jaweon: page 1419, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2795, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8070

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Cantonese

Hanzi

聰 (simplified 聪, Yale chung1)

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Japanese

Kanji

聰

Readings

• On: そう (sō)
• Kun: さとい (satoi)

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Korean

Hanja

聰 (hangeul 총, revised chong, McCune-Reischauer ch'ong, Yale chong)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

聰 (simplified 聪, pinyin cōng (cong1), Wade-Giles ts'ung¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

聰 (thông)