澄

See also: 澂

澄 U+6F84, 澄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F84 ← 澃 [U+6F83] CJK Unified Ideographs 澅 → [U+6F85]

Translingual

Han character

澄 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水弓人廿 (ENOT), four-corner 3211₈, composition ⿰氵登)

Derived characters

• 𭟕

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 651, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18315
• Dae Jaweon: page 1061, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1750, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6F84

Chinese

simp. and trad.		澄
alternative forms		澂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
登	*tɯːŋ
璒	*tɯːŋ
燈	*tɯːŋ
簦	*tɯːŋ
蹬	*tɯːŋ, *dɯːŋs
磴	*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs, *tʰɯːŋ
鐙	*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs
嶝	*tɯːŋs
隥	*tɯːŋs
橙	*tɯːŋs, *rdɯːŋ
凳	*tɯːŋs
墱	*tɯːŋs
鼟	*tʰɯːŋ
膯	*tʰɯːŋ
澄	*dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ
鄧	*dɯːŋs
僜	*dɯːŋs, *tʰɯŋ
覴	*tʰɯŋs
瞪	*dɯŋ, *dɯŋs, *rdɯːŋ
憕	*dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ, *rdɯːŋ
撜	*tjɯŋʔ
證	*tjɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 登 (OC *tɯːŋ) – clear water.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéng (cheng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀n

  (Hailu, HRS): chin

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cen²

• Eastern Min (BUC): dìng / dèng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ding² / deng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): têng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): têng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²
    • Yale: chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cing⁴
    • Yale: chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cin²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: chin
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰin⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cen²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰən¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dìng / dèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵³/, /tɛiŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ding²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: díng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ding²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ²⁴/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: déng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ¹³/

Note: deng2 - new vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: têng
    • Tâi-lô: tîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: têng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰeŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dring, draeng

Rime
Character	澄	澄
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	直陵切	直庚切
Baxter	dring	draeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨŋ/	/ɖˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖɨŋ/	/ɖᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡieŋ/	/ȡaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖiŋ/	/ɖaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ȡiəŋ/	/ȡɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ȡĭəŋ/	/ȡɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯əŋ/	/ȡʱɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing4	cang4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]rəŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*dɯŋ/, /*rdɯŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	澄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chéng
Middle Chinese	‹ dring ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]rəŋ/
English	limpid, clear
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	澄	澄
Reading #	2/3	3/3
No.	2192	2198
Phonetic component	登	登
Rime group	蒸	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	澂	棖
Old Chinese	/*dɯŋ/	/*rdɯŋ/
Notes	同澂

Definitions

澄

1. clear; limpid
2. to make (something) become clear; to make (solid impurities) precipitate; to settle
3. to clarify; to purify
4. a surname
5. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 澄 (MC draeng)

Compounds

• 佛圖澄 / 佛图澄
• 掏澄
• 攬轡澄清 / 揽辔澄清
• 泓澄
• 淘澄
• 清澄 (qīngchéng)
• 淘澄飛跌 / 淘澄飞跌
• 澄心 (chéngxīn)
• 澄心堂紙 / 澄心堂纸
• 澄思寂慮 / 澄思寂虑
• 澄明 (chéngmíng)
• 澂江 (Chéngjiāng)
• 澄泥硯 / 澄泥砚
• 澄海 (Chénghǎi)
• 澄淨 / 澄净 (chéngjìng)
• 澄清
• 澄清天下
• 澄清湖
• 澄源正本
• 澄澈 (chéngchè)
• 澄澹精致
• 澄瑩 / 澄莹 (chéngyíng)
• 澄空
• 澄觀 / 澄观
• 澄邁 / 澄迈 (Chéngmài)
• 空水澄鮮 / 空水澄鲜
• 端本澄源

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dèng (deng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): cen²
• Eastern Min (BUC): dêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dèng
    • Wade–Giles: têng⁴
    • Yale: dèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: denq
    • Palladius: дэн (dɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dang⁶
    • Yale: dahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cen²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰən¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛiŋ²⁴²/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*dɯːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	澄
Reading #	1/3
No.	2186
Phonetic component	登
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*dɯːŋs/

Definitions

澄

1. (colloquial) to settle (a liquid); to make (the impurities in a liquid) precipitate; to precipitate out
2. (colloquial) to strain (a liquid); to pour liquid out and leave the solid content behind

Compounds

• 澄沙
• 澄漿泥 / 澄浆泥
• 澄澄
• 澄粉 (chéngfěn)
• 澄麵 / 澄面 (chéngmiàn)
• 碧澄澄
• 紅澄澄 / 红澄澄
• 綠澄澄 / 绿澄澄
• 黃澄澄 / 黄澄澄

References

• “澄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

References

• “澄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “澄”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 262.

Japanese

Kanji

澄

(Jōyō kanji)

1. clean
2. pure
3. (rare) serene

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぢよう (dyou, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)
• Kun: すます (sumasu, 澄ます, Jōyō)、すむ (sumu, 澄む, Jōyō)

Korean

Hanja

澄 • (jing) (hangeul 징, revised jing, McCune–Reischauer ching, Yale cing)

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Vietnamese

Han character

澄: Hán Nôm readings: chừng, trừng, xừng

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