偁

Translingual

Han character

偁 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人月土月 (OBGB), four-corner 2224₇, composition ⿰亻爯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 109, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 828
• Dae Jaweon: page 233, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 193, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5041

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		偁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偁
Shang		Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script
Oracle bone script j19004 j19005 j19006 j19007 j19008 j19009 j19010 j19011 j19012 j19013 j19014 j19015 j19016 j19017 j19018 Bronze inscriptions b12311 b12312 b12313 b12314 b12315 b12316 Small seal script s05780
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
稱	*tʰjɯŋ, *tʰjɯŋs
爯	*tʰjɯŋ
偁	*tʰjɯŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēng (cheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ / can³ / cing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹
    • Yale: chēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cing¹ / can³ / cing³
    • Yale: chīng / chan / ching
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ / tsan³ / tsing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ / cen³ / qing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɐn³³/, /t͡sʰɪŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhing

Rime
Character	偁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	處陵切
Baxter	tsyhing
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰɨŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰieŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰiŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiəŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯əŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjɯŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偁
Reading #	1/1
No.	1404
Phonetic component	爯
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	稱
Old Chinese	/*tʰjɯŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 偁

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 稱／称 (chēng, “to raise”).
2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 稱／称 (chēng, “to state; to praise”).

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Japanese

Kanji

偁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
• Kun: あげる (ageru)

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Korean

Hanja

偁 • (ching) (hangeul 칭, revised ching, McCune–Reischauer ch'ing)

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