戎

See also: 戒

Translingual

Han character

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

• 𠈋, 𠲦, 𡊸, 娀, 㣝, 𢫨, 𣴛, 狨, 㭜, 毧, 𤇽, 𮁱, 𥅯, 𥑳, 䄾, 䘬, 𫂽, 絨(绒), 羢, 𦕧, 𧊕, 賊(贼), 𧻪, 𨀻, 𨠤, 𨱿, 𬫍, 𣉝, 駥, 𩶺, 𪀚, 𢦛, 茙, 𥬪, 𫻸, 䯷, 𪀵

References

• 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

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Chinese

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

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

"ancient tribe"

Possibly based on the endonym of a Nungish- or rGyalrongic-speaking people.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róng (rong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): jiông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rong⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róng
    • Wade–Giles: jung²
    • Yale: rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
    • Palladius: жун (žun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung⁴
    • Yale: yùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiông
    • Tâi-lô: jiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /d͡ziɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡ziɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /d͡ziɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: rong⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zoŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nyuwng

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	róng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nuŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njuŋ/

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

(deprecated template usage) 戎

1. arms, armaments
2. military affair
3. an ancient tribe during the Zhou dynasty See also: 西戎
4. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

戎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

Readings

• On (unclassified): じゅう (jū)
• Kun: つわもの (tsuwamono, 戎); えびす (ebisu, 戎)

Proper noun

戎(えびす) or 戎(proper) • (ebisu or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|えひす]]

1. a surname

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. arms
2. armaments
3. military affair

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 戎 (nhung, nhỏng, nhong, xong)

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