冗

See also: 宂

冗 U+5197, 冗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5197 ← 冖 [U+5196] CJK Unified Ideographs 冘 → [U+5198]

冗 U+2F817, 冗 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F817 ← 𠕋 [U+2F816] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 冤 → [U+2F818]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

冗 (Kangxi radical 14, 冖+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 月竹弓 (BHN) or 難月竹弓 (XBHN) or 月竹山 (BHU), four-corner 3721₇, composition ⿱冖几(U+5197) or ⿱冖儿(U+2F817))

Derived characters

• 㕴, 坈, 㚮, 䤟, 䢆, 棾
• 𢪚, 𣏝, 𤴺, 𥓣
• 伔 (Exception: Contains ⿱冖儿 in Korea and ⿱冖几 in other regions)
• 沉 (Exception: Contains ⿱冖儿 in Taiwan, Hong Kong and ⿱冖几 in other regions)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 130, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1566
• Dae Jaweon: page 292, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 302, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5197

• Unihan data for U+2F817

Chinese

trad.		冗/宂*
simp.		冗
alternative forms		冘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冗
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
宂	*njoŋʔ
冗	*njoŋʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 宀 (“roof”) + 儿 (“person”) — a person at home without work to do.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǒng (rong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung² / jung⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lēng / liōng / lióng / jióng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǒng
    • Wade–Giles: jung³
    • Yale: rǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roong
    • Palladius: жун (žun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung² / jung⁵
    • Yale: yúng / yúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung² / jung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung² / yung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵/, /jʊŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēng
    • Tâi-lô: līng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liōng
    • Tâi-lô: liōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liong
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng
    • Tâi-lô: lióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jióng
    • Tâi-lô: jióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiorng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɔŋ⁵³/

Note:

• lēng - verncaular;
• liōng - 量 in the Mainland;
• lióng/jióng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: rong²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jóng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zoŋ⁵²/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njoŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	冗
Reading #	1/1
No.	10862
Phonetic component	冗
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宂
Old Chinese	/*njoŋʔ/
Notes	宂注俗體

Definitions

冗

1. superfluous; unnecessary; surplus; uncalled-for; spare; excessive; redundant
2. complicated and tedious; overloaded with details
3. busy routine

Synonyms

• (superfluous):

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• 冗長／冗长 (rǒngzhàng) (archaic)
• 冗餘／冗余 (rǒngyú)
• 剩 (shèng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 噠浪／哒浪 (dag⁴ nng⁷) (Teochew)
• 多餘／多余 (duōyú)

 

• (complicated and tedious):

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• 龐雜／庞杂 (pángzá)
• 曲折 (qūzhé)
• 繁瑣／繁琐 (fánsuǒ)
• 繁雜／繁杂 (fánzá)
• 繁難／繁难 (fánnán)
• 複雜／复杂

 

Compounds

• 冗兵 (rǒngbīng)
• 冗冗
• 冗員／冗员 (rǒngyuán)
• 冗官 (rǒngguān)
• 冗忙 (rǒngmáng)
• 冗散
• 冗早 (liōng-chá) (Min Nan)
• 冗筆／冗笔
• 冗繁 (rǒngfán)
• 冗言 (rǒngyán)
• 冗詞贅句／冗词赘句
• 冗費／冗费 (rǒngfèi)
• 冗賦／冗赋 (rǒngfù)
• 冗贅／冗赘 (rǒngzhuì)
• 冗長／冗长
• 冗雜／冗杂 (rǒngzá)
• 冗食
• 冗餘／冗余 (rǒngyú)
• 心勞意冗／心劳意冗
• 撥冗／拨冗 (bōrǒng)
• 浮冗
• 煩冗／烦冗 (fánrǒng)
• 窮冗／穷冗
• 繁冗 (fánrǒng)
• 荒冗冗
• 閑冗／闲冗

 

Japanese

Kanji

冗

(Jōyō kanji)

1. superfluous
2. uselessness

Readings

• Go-on: にゅう (nyū)
• Kan-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)
• Kun: むだ (muda, 冗)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 冗(じょう)句(く) (jōku)
• 冗(じょう)談(だん) (jōdan, “joke”)
• 冗(じょう)長(ちょう) (jōchō)
• 冗(じょう)漫(まん) (jōman)

Korean

Hanja

冗 (eum 용 (yong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

冗: Hán Việt readings: nhũng
冗: Nôm readings: nũng, nhõng, nhũng, đem, nhùng

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