崢

See also: 峥

Translingual

Han character

崢 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 山月尸木 (UBSD), four-corner 2275₇, composition ⿰山爭)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 314, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8203
• Dae Jaweon: page 615, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 780, character 22
• Unihan data for U+5D22

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Chinese

trad.		崢
simp.		峥

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
琤	*sʰraːŋ, *sʰreːŋ
崢	*zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
鬇	*zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
爭	*ʔsreːŋ
箏	*ʔsreːŋ
猙	*ʔsreːŋ, *zeŋʔ
埩	*ʔsreːŋ, *zreːŋ
諍	*ʔsreːŋs
凈	*sʰreːŋ
錚	*sʰreːŋ
棦	*sʰreːŋ
竫	*zreŋʔ
睜	*zeŋʔ
淨	*zeŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēng (zheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaang¹ / zang¹ / caang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chng / cheng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jheng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹
    • Yale: jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaang¹ / zang¹ / caang⁴
    • Yale: jāang / jāng / chàahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaang¹ / dzang¹ / tsaang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zang¹ / zeng¹ / cang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰaːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng
    • Tâi-lô: tsng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dzraeng, dzreang

Rime
Character	崢	崢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	助庚切	士莖切
Baxter	dzraeng	dzreang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠæŋ/	/d͡ʒˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚaŋ/	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒaŋ/	/d͡ʒɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐaɨjŋ/	/ɖ͡ʐəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒɐŋ/	/d͡ʒɛŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒɐŋ/	/d͡ʒæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱɐŋ/	/ɖ͡ʐʱæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cang4	cang4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤreŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zraːŋ/, /*zreːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	崢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzrɛng ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁreŋ/
English	崢嶸 high, precipitous
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	崢	崢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17140	17151
Phonetic component	爭	爭
Rime group	陽	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	傖
Old Chinese	/*zraːŋ/	/*zreːŋ/
Notes		士由七校改

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 崢

1. lofty; towering

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Japanese

Kanji

崢

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)

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Korean

Hanja

崢 • (jaeng) (hangeul 쟁, revised jaeng, McCune–Reischauer chaeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 崢 (chênh, tranh)

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