盛

盛 U+76DB, 盛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76DB ← 盚 [U+76DA] CJK Unified Ideographs 盜 → [U+76DC]

Translingual

Han character

盛 (radical 108 皿+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈尸月廿 (ISBT), four-corner 5310₇, composition ⿱成皿)

See also

• 増 "increase"

References

• KangXi: page 794, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23001
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2562, character 4
• Unihan data for U+76DB

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		盛

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 盛
Bronze inscriptions	Bamboo and silk script	Large seal script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (成) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
成	djeŋ
城	djeŋ
誠	djeŋ
宬	djeŋ
郕	djeŋ
筬	djeŋ
盛	djeŋ, *djeŋs
珹	djeŋ
晟	djeŋs
墭	djeŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *djeŋ, *djeŋs): phonetic 成 (OC *djeŋ) + semantic 皿.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéng (cheng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n
• Min Nan (POJ): sêng
• Wu (Wiktionary): zen (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'êng²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chengr
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴
    • Yale: sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin²
    • IPA: /sɨn¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng
    • Tâi-lô: sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zen (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻əɲ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑiᴇŋ/▼

Rime
Character	盛
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	是征切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[d]eŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djeŋ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	盛
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chéng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyeng ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]eŋ/
English	put in (a receptacle)
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	盛
Reading #	1/2
No.	1423
Phonetic component	成
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	成
Old Chinese	/*djeŋ/

Definitions

盛

1. to put in container
2. to hold; to contain

Compounds

Derived terms from 盛

• 盛器
• 盛放
• 盛殮／盛殓

• 盛水不漏
• 盛飯／盛饭
• 粢盛

• 齊盛／齐盛
• 齍盛

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèng (sheng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn
• Min Nan (POJ): sēng / siāⁿ
• Wu (Wiktionary): zan (T3); zen (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ
    • Wade-Giles: shêng⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenq
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁶
    • Yale: sihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴
    • IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sēng / siāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sīng / siānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seng, svia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²²/, /ɕiã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/, /ɕiã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²²/, /ɕiã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ³³/, /ɕiã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ³³/, /ɕiã³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zan (T3); zen (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻ã²³/, /z̻əɲ²³/

Note:

• 3zan - vernacular (surname, 盛澤);
• 3zen - literary (e.g. 旺盛).

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑiᴇŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	盛
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	承正切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajŋH/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛŋH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shèng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[d]eŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djeŋs/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	盛
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shèng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyengH ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]eŋ-s/
English	full, abundant
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	盛
Reading #	2/2
No.	1425
Phonetic component	成
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	盛
Old Chinese	/*djeŋs/

Definitions

盛

1. flourishing; prosperous
2. abundant; growing; plentiful
3. great; large; huge
4. popular; widespread
5. deep; profound
6. vigorous; strong; intense
7. sparing no effort; trying one's best
8. A surname​.

Compounds

Derived terms from 盛

• 先盛後衰／先盛后衰
• 全盛 (quánshèng)
• 共襄盛舉／共襄盛举 (gòngxiāngshèngjǔ)
• 兵強將盛／兵强将盛 (bīng qiáng jiàng shèng)
• 力盛
• 壯盛／壮盛
• 夙負盛名／夙负盛名
• 太平盛世
• 年少氣盛／年少气盛
• 年輕氣盛／年轻气盛
• 廣盛／广盛 (guǎngshèng)
• 強盛／强盛 (qiángshèng)
• 恭逢其盛
• 方興日盛／方兴日盛
• 旺盛 (wàngshèng)
• 昌盛 (chāngshèng)
• 明盛
• 春盛擔子／春盛担子
• 春盛食罍
• 春秋鼎盛
• 殷盛
• 氣盛言宜／气盛言宜
• 熾盛／炽盛
• 物盛則衰／物盛则衰
• 百花盛開／百花盛开
• 盛不忘衰
• 盛世 (shèngshì)
• 盛事 (shèngshì)
• 盛京
• 盛价
• 盛傳／盛传
• 盛典 (shèngdiǎn)
• 盛冬
• 盛名 (shèngmíng)
• 盛名難副／盛名难副

• 盛唐 (Shèngtáng)
• 盛夏
• 盛大 (shèngdà)
• 盛宴 (shèngyàn)
• 盛年
• 盛德不泯
• 盛德遺範／盛德遗范
• 盛必慮衰／盛必虑衰
• 盛怒 (shèngnù)
• 盛情 (shèngqíng)
• 盛情難卻／盛情难却
• 盛意 (shèngyì)
• 盛暑
• 盛暑祁寒
• 盛會／盛会 (shènghuì)
• 盛服
• 盛果期
• 盛極一時／盛极一时
• 盛極必衰／盛极必衰
• 盛氣／盛气
• 盛氣凌人／盛气凌人
• 盛氣臨人／盛气临人
• 盛況／盛况 (shèngkuàng)
• 盛況空前／盛况空前
• 盛王
• 盛產／盛产 (shèngchǎn)
• 盛筵
• 盛筵必散
• 盛筵易散
• 盛筵難再／盛筵难再
• 盛舉／盛举 (shèngjǔ)
• 盛行 (shèngxíng)
• 盛衰 (shèngshuāi)
• 盛衰利害

• 盛衰榮枯／盛衰荣枯
• 盛衰榮辱／盛衰荣辱
• 盛衰相乘
• 盛衰興廢／盛衰兴废
• 盛裝／盛装 (shèngzhuāng)
• 盛譽／盛誉 (shèngyù)
• 盛讚／盛赞 (shèngzàn)
• 盛開／盛开 (shèngkāi)
• 盛顏／盛颜
• 盛食厲兵／盛食厉兵
• 盛飾／盛饰
• 盛飾嚴裝／盛饰严装
• 盛饌／盛馔
• 盛鬋
• 空前盛況／空前盛况
• 繁榮昌盛／繁荣昌盛
• 繁盛 (fánshèng)
• 肝火盛
• 肥盛
• 興盛／兴盛 (xīngshèng)
• 茂盛 (màoshèng)
• 華盛頓／华盛顿 (Huáshèngdùn)
• 血氣方盛／血气方盛
• 衣冠盛事
• 豐功盛烈／丰功盛烈
• 豐盛／丰盛 (fēngshèng)
• 躬逢其盛
• 過盛必衰／过盛必衰
• 阜盛
• 陰盛陽衰／阴盛阳衰 (yīnshèngyángshuāi)
• 隆恩盛德
• 隆盛 (lóngshèng)
• 香火鼎盛
• 鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)

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Japanese

Kanji

盛

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. prosper

Compounds

• 泡盛 (あわもり) (awamori)

Readings

• Goon: じょう (jō, Jōyō, uncommon)
• Kan’on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Kun: もる (moru, 盛る, Jōyō); さかん (sakan, 盛ん, Jōyō); さかる (sakaru, 盛る, Jōyō)

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Korean

Hanja

盛 • (seong) (hangeul 성, revised seong, McCune-Reischauer sŏng, Yale seng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

盛 (thịnh, thình, thạnh)

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