嶒

Translingual

Han character

嶒 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 山金田日 (UCWA), four-corner 2876₆, composition ⿰山曾)

1. towering, lofty, steep

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 319, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8458
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 799, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5D92

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Chinese

trad.		嶒
simp. #		嶒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
潧	*ʔsrɯn
繒	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
增	*ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs
憎	*ʔsɯːŋ
磳	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
曾	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ
矰	*ʔsɯːŋ
罾	*ʔsɯːŋ
熷	*ʔsɯːŋ
竲	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
橧	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
譄	*ʔsɯːŋ
蹭	*sʰɯːŋs
層	*zɯːŋ
贈	*zɯːŋs
僧	*sɯːŋ
鬙	*sɯːŋ
甑	*ʔsɯŋs
鄫	*zɯŋ
驓	*zɯŋ
嶒	*zɯŋ
噌	*sʰɯːŋ
鏳	*zrɯːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): céng (ceng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: céng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: céng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻêng²
    • Yale: tséng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tserng
    • Palladius: цэн (cɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cang⁴
    • Yale: chàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzing

Rime
Character	嶒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾陵切
Baxter	dzing
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɨŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zieŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ziəŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯əŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zɯŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嶒
Reading #	1/1
No.	16636
Phonetic component	曾
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	繒
Old Chinese	/*zɯŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嶒

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Japanese

Kanji

嶒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō), ぞう (zō), そう (sō), じょう (jō)

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Korean

Hanja

嶒 • (jeung) (hangeul 증)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嶒 (tằng)

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References

• Nom Foundation