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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 𡈼 + phonetic 

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[edit] Han character

(radical 166 +2, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹十田土 (HJWG), four-corner 20104)

  1. heavy, weighty
  2. double

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 1291, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40132
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1791, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3680, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+91CD

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale chung4, chung5, jung6)

With pronunciation jung6 = 'still'


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

pe > ɸe > he.

[edit] Noun

(hiragana , romaji he)

  1. a division
  2. something that divides two objects
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[edit] See also
  • (e)

[edit] Etymology 2

-pe > -ɸe > -we > -e. Cognate with he (division). The divergent phonological development is due to the non-null environment caused by being suffixed to the previous morpheme.

[edit] Suffix

(hiragana , romaji e, historical hiragana )

  1. the number of overlaps; fold, layer
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[edit] Noun

(hiragana おも, romaji omo)

  1. main, principal, important

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[edit] See also

[edit] Prefix

(hiragana じゅう, romaji )

  1. heavy, weighty
  2. involving large-scale manufacture, heavy
  3. great in degree, heavy, serious, severe

[edit] Kanji

(grade 3 kanji)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , revised jung, McCune-Reischauer chung, Yale cwung)


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin zhòng (zhong4), chóng (chong2), Wade-Giles ch'ung2, chung4)

[edit] Compounds

  • chóng
  • zhòng

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(trọng, chồng, chuộng, trộng, trụng, trùng, chõng, trửng)

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