矰

Translingual

Han character

矰 (Kangxi radical 111, 矢+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人大金田日 (OKCWA), four-corner 8848₆, composition ⿰矢曾)

1. short arrow

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 825, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24017
• Dae Jaweon: page 1239, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2587, character 3
• Unihan data for U+77F0

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		矰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 矰
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
潧	*ʔsrɯn
繒	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
增	*ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs
憎	*ʔsɯːŋ
磳	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
曾	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ
矰	*ʔsɯːŋ
罾	*ʔsɯːŋ
熷	*ʔsɯːŋ
竲	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
橧	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
譄	*ʔsɯːŋ
蹭	*sʰɯːŋs
層	*zɯːŋ
贈	*zɯːŋs
僧	*sɯːŋ
鬙	*sɯːŋ
甑	*ʔsɯŋs
鄫	*zɯŋ
驓	*zɯŋ
嶒	*zɯŋ
噌	*sʰɯːŋ
鏳	*zrɯːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsɯːŋ) : semantic 矢 (“arrow”) + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zēng (zeng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zeng
    • Wade–Giles: tsêng¹
    • Yale: dzēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeng
    • Palladius: цзэн (czɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zang¹
    • Yale: jāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsong

Rime
Character	矰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	作滕切
Baxter	tsong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡səŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡səŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡səŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡səŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡səŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡səŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡səŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zang1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	矰
Reading #	1/1
No.	16617
Phonetic component	曾
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯːŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 矰

1. an ancient type of arrow used for shooting birds which was tied to a silk rope

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

矰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. arrow with attached silk cord

Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō)

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Korean

Hanja

矰 • (jeung) (hangeul 증, revised jeung, McCune–Reischauer chŭng, Yale cung)

1. arrow with attached silk cord