怔

Translingual

Han character

怔 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心一卜一 (PMYM), four-corner 9101₁, composition ⿰忄正)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 380, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10445
• Dae Jaweon: page 708, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2283, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6014

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		怔

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjeŋ) : semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēng (zheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): 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: zing¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyeng

Rime
Character	怔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸盈切
Baxter	tsyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciajŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjeŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	怔
Reading #	1/1
No.	17170
Phonetic component	正
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	征
Old Chinese	/*tjeŋ/
Notes	見潛夫論方言作佂

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 怔

1. (used in compounds) terrified; seized with terror; panic-stricken

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèng, lèng (zheng⁴, leng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ, ㄌㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴
    • Yale: jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenq
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèng
    • Wade–Giles: lêng⁴
    • Yale: lèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lenq
    • Palladius: лэн (lɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 怔

1. (regional) to stare blankly; to be in a daze

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Japanese

Kanji

怔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せい (sei); しょう (shō)
• Kun: おそれあわてる (osoreawateru)

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Korean

Hanja

怔 (eum 정 (jeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

怔: Hán Nôm readings: chinh

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References

• Nom Foundation