爽

爽 U+723D, 爽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-723D ← 爼 [U+723C] CJK Unified Ideographs 爾 → [U+723E]

Translingual

Han character

爽 (radical 89 爻+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大大大大 (KKKK), four-corner 4003₄, composition ⿻大㸚)

Derived terms

• 鷞, 㼽

References

• KangXi: page 690, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19746
• Dae Jaweon: page 1104, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 543, character 15
• Unihan data for U+723D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		爽

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 爽
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (爽) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
摤	*sʰlaŋʔ
磢	*sʰraŋʔ
漺	*sʰraŋʔ, *sraŋʔ
傸	*sʰraŋʔ
鷞	*sraŋ, *sraŋʔ
騻	*sraŋ
爽	*sraŋʔ
塽	*sraŋʔ
樉	*sraŋʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 大 + 㸚 – bright.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǎng (shuang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): song²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): song²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sóng
• Min Dong (BUC): sōng
• Min Nan (POJ): sóng / sńg
• Wu (Wiktionary): saan (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shuǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤˇ
    • Wade-Giles: shuang³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: song²
    • Yale: sóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: song²
    • Guangdong Romanization: song²
    • IPA ^(key): /sɔːŋ³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: song²
    • IPA ^(key): /sɔŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: song`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song³
    • IPA: /soŋ³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sōng
    • IPA ^(key): /souŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóng / sńg
    • Tâi-lô: sóng / sńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sorng, sngr
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔŋ⁵³/, /sŋ̍⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /sŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔŋ⁵³/, /sŋ̍⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔŋ⁵³/, /sŋ̍⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔŋ⁴¹/, /sŋ̍⁴¹/

Note:

• sóng - literary;
• sńg - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: saan (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /sɑ̃³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃɨɐŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	爽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	踈兩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/ʃiaŋX/
Wang Li	/ʃĭaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuǎng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sraŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爽
Reading #	1/1
No.	11942
Phonetic component	爽
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𤕤
Old Chinese	/*sraŋʔ/

Definitions

爽

1. bright; clear
2. frank; straightforward
3. refreshing; pleasurable; invigorating

   太爽了！  ―  Tài shuǎng le!  ―  This is so good!

4. happy; cheerful; joyful
5. (of health) well; to feel well
6. to deviate; to make mistake; to miss
7. to violate; to breach; to break

See also

• 痛快 (tòngkuài)

Compounds

• 不爽 (bùshuǎng)
• 不爽不錯／不爽不错
• 不爽利
• 不爽快
• 乾淨爽利／干净爽利
• 乾爽／干爽
• 乾脆爽快／干脆爽快
• 俊爽
• 冠履無爽／冠履无爽
• 分毫不爽
• 報應不爽／报应不爽
• 天高氣爽／天高气爽
• 屢試不爽／屡试不爽
• 心神俱爽
• 昒爽
• 昧爽
• 林爽文
• 槮爽
• 橚爽
• 毫釐不爽
• 毫髮不爽／毫发不爽
• 涼爽／凉爽 (liángshuǎng)
• 涼爽羊毛／凉爽羊毛

• 清爽 (qīngshuǎng)
• 爽俊
• 爽俐
• 爽健
• 爽利 (shuǎnglì)
• 爽口
• 爽塏
• 爽心
• 爽心悅目／爽心悦目
• 爽心豁目
• 爽快 (shuǎngkuài)
• 爽性
• 爽愷／爽恺
• 爽朗 (shuǎnglǎng)
• 爽氣／爽气
• 爽然
• 爽然自失
• 爽然若失
• 爽爽
• 爽直 (shuǎngzhí)
• 爽約／爽约 (shuǎngyuē)
• 爽脆
• 爽身粉 (shuǎngshēnfěn)

• 百不一爽
• 直爽 (zhíshuǎng)
• 碧波爽清
• 神清氣爽／神清气爽
• 神爽飛越／神爽飞越
• 神爽體健／神爽体健
• 秋高氣爽／秋高气爽
• 競爽／竞爽
• 精爽
• 絲毫不爽／丝毫不爽
• 肅爽／肃爽
• 舒爽
• 英姿颯爽／英姿飒爽
• 英爽
• 豪爽 (háoshuǎng)
• 輕爽／轻爽
• 雋爽／隽爽
• 風清氣爽／风清气爽
• 颯爽／飒爽 (sàshuǎng)
• 颯爽英姿／飒爽英姿
• 馳爽／驰爽
• 高爽

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Japanese

Kanji

爽

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: しょう (shō), そう (sō)
• Kun: あきらか (爽らか akiraka), さわやか (爽やか, sawayaka), たがう (tagau)

Compounds

• 爽やか (sawayaka): refreshing, clear
• 爽快 (sōkai): refreshing, invigorating
• 昧爽 (maisō): dawn, daybreak

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Korean

Hanja

爽 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune-Reischauer sang, Yale sang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

爽 (sảng, sửng, sượng, sững)

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