嵩

See also: 崧

Translingual

Han character

嵩 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 山卜口月 (UYRB), four-corner 2222₇, composition ⿱山高)

Derived characters

• 𡀢, 𢣆, 𫶜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 317, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8348
• Dae Jaweon: page 617, character 42
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 791, character 18
• Unihan data for U+5D69

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		嵩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嵩
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possibly derived from 崧”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōng (song¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: song
    • Wade–Giles: sung¹
    • Yale: sūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: song
    • Palladius: сун (sun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sung¹
    • Yale: sūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjuwng

Rime
Character	嵩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息弓切
Baxter	sjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/siuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/siuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suwŋ/
Li Rong	/siuŋ/
Wang Li	/sĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sung1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]uŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*suŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嵩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sōng
Middle Chinese	‹ sjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]uŋ/
English	high
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	嵩
Reading #	1/1
No.	12058
Phonetic component	嵩
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嵩
Old Chinese	/*suŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嵩

1. high, lofty

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Japanese

Kanji

嵩

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. pile up, accumulate
2. bulk, volume

Readings

• On (unclassified): すう (sū); しゅう (shū)
• Kun: たかい (takai, 嵩い); かさ (kasa, 嵩); かさむ (kasamu, 嵩む)

Compounds

• 嵩上(かさあ)げ (kasāge)
• 嵩高(かさだか) (kasadaka), 嵩高(すうこう) (sūkō)
• 嵩張(かさば)る (kasabaru)
• 嵩呼(すうこ) (sūko)
• 年嵩(としかさ) (toshikasa)
• 荷嵩(にがさ)み (nigasami)
• 値嵩(ねがさ) (negasa)
• 値嵩株(ねがさかぶ) (negasakabu)
• 水嵩(みずかさ) (mizukasa)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
嵩
かさ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かさ​ [kàsáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠sa̠]

Noun

嵩(かさ) • (kasa) 

1. bulk, large quantity
2. mass, volume

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Korean

Hanja

嵩 (eum 숭 (sung))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嵩: Hán Nôm readings: tung

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