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戎

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See also: 戒
戎 U+620E, 戎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-620E
← 戍
[U+620D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 戏 →
[U+620F]

Translingual

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Han character

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戎 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈十 (IJ), four-corner 53400, composition ⿹戈𠂇(GHTJK) or ⿻戊一(V))

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 411, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11539
  • Dae Jaweon: page 752, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1397, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+620E

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 戎
alternative forms 𢦦 ancient form
𢍻 historical form found in 漢孔宙碑
𫻳 ancient form in Bronze inscription
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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 戎
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (戎) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
娀 *snuŋ
戎 *njuŋ
茙 *njuŋ
駥 *njuŋ
狨 *njuŋ
絨 *njuŋ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 盾 (“shield”) + 戈 (“halberd; weapons”) – weaponry, arms.

Etymology

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“you”
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”).
"western foreigners"
Goldin (2011) proposes that 戎 (róng) is "pseudo-ethnonym" meaning "bellicose".
“weapons”
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
“warfare”
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • gnion - vernacular;
  • zon - literary.
    Rime
    Character 戎
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 日 (38)
    Final (韻) 東 (2)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 如融切
    Baxter nyuwng
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ȵɨuŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ȵiuŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ȵʑiuŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ȵuwŋ/
    Li
    Rong         		/ȵiuŋ/
    Wang
    Li         		/ȵʑĭuŋ/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/ȵʑi̯uŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		róng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		jung4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 戎 戎
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		róng róng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ nyuwng › ‹ nyuwng ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*nuŋ/ /*nuŋ/
    English foreigners in the west weapon

    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 戎
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 10849
    Phonetic
    component         		戎
    Rime
    group         		終
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		戎
    Old
    Chinese         		/*njuŋ/

    Definitions

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    戎

    1. (literary) arms; armaments
    2. (literary) army; military affairs
      投筆從戎／投笔从戎  ―  tóubǐcóngróng  ―  to cast aside the pen and join the army
    3. (obsolete) you
    4. used in 戎戎 (róngróng)
    5. used in 蒙戎
    6. (historical) a general term for ethnic groups in the west of China
      See also: 西戎
    7. a surname

    Compounds

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    References

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    Japanese

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    Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia ja

    Kanji

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    戎

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. warrior
    2. arms
    3. barbarian
    4. Ainu

    Readings

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    • Kan-on: じゅう (jū)
    • Kun: つわもの (tsuwamono, 戎)、えびす (ebisu, 戎)

    Definitions

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    Kanji in this term
    戎
    えびす
    Hyōgai
    kun'yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 戎 – see the following entries.
    【夷えびす】J
    [noun] (historical) synonym of 蝦夷 (Ezo): an ancient ethnic group attested in the Nihon Shoki that once lived on what is now the Kantō, Hokuriku and Tōhoku regions, likely as far as Hokkaido, possibly related to the Ainu people; dubbed "barbarians" or "savages" by the Yamato.
    [noun] a person living far away from the 都 (miyako, “capital”), loosely translated to "bumpkin" or "hick"
    [noun] (regional, derogatory) a barbarian, savage, especially referring to the 東夷 (azuma-ebisu, “warrior from the eastern parts of Japan”)
    [noun] (by extension, derogatory) a foreigner
    [proper noun] a surname
    【恵比須えびす】
    [proper noun] (Shinto, Japanese mythology) Ebisu, the Japanese god of fishermen, commerce and merchants, and workingmen, as well as the guardian of the health and well-being of small children
    Alternative spellings
    恵比寿, 夷, 蛭子, 蝦夷, ゑびす
    (This term, 戎, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

    References

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    Korean

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    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

    Pronunciation

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    Hanja

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    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    戎 • (yung) (hangeul 융, revised yung, McCune–Reischauer yung, Yale yung)

    1. arms
    2. armaments
    3. military affair

    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    戎: Hán Nôm readings: nhung, nhỏng, nhong, xong, nhùng

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