踵

Translingual

Han character

踵 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口一竹十土 (RMHJG), four-corner 6211₄, composition ⿰⻊重)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1229, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37686
• Dae Jaweon: page 1701, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3723, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8E35

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		踵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 踵
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
撞	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
幢	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
橦	*rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ
噇	*rdoːŋ
𩪘	*rdoːŋ
艟	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
憧	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
畽	*tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ
董	*toːŋʔ
蕫	*toːŋʔ, *doːŋ
箽	*toːŋʔ
懂	*toːŋʔ
湩	*toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs
曈	*tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
童	*doːŋ
僮	*doːŋ
瞳	*doːŋ
罿	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
犝	*doːŋ
潼	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
穜	*doːŋ, *doŋ
動	*doːŋʔ
慟	*doːŋs
堹	*toŋs
諥	*toŋs
蹱	*tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ
重	*doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs
緟	*doŋ, *doŋs
蝩	*doŋ
褈	*doŋ, *tʰjoŋ
鐘	*tjoŋ, *tjoŋ
鍾	*tjoŋ
籦	*tjoŋ
種	*tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs
腫	*tjoŋʔ
踵	*tjoŋʔ
歱	*tjoŋʔ
喠	*tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ
偅	*tjoŋs
衝	*tʰjoŋ
揰	*tʰjoŋs
尰	*djoŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjoŋʔ) : semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 重 (OC *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǒng (zhong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung² / dung²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chúng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chióng / chéng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǒng
    • Wade–Giles: chung³
    • Yale: jǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joong
    • Palladius: чжун (čžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zung² / dung²
    • Yale: júng / dúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung² / dung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung² / dung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³⁵/, /tʊŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chúng
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng / chéng
    • Tâi-lô: tsióng / tsíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciorng, zeang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁵³/, /t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁵³/, /t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ⁵³/, /t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴¹/, /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/

Note:

• chióng - literary;
• chéng - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zong²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsóng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyowngX

Rime
Character	踵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之隴切
Baxter	tsyowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuawŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕioŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwoŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjoŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	踵
Reading #	1/1
No.	17473
Phonetic component	重
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	腫
Old Chinese	/*tjoŋʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 踵

1. heel
2. to follow
3. to visit; to call on

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Japanese

Kanji

踵

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: かかと (kakato, 踵); くびす (kubisu, 踵); きびす (kibisu, 踵); つぐ (tsugu, 踵ぐ)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kubiisu/

Noun

踵(くびいす) • (kubiisu) ^{←くびひす (kubifisu)?}

1. the bottom of the foot; the heel
   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 127:

     足跟 ゝ各痕反 下久比ゝ須

Etymology 2

kubiisu → kubisu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kubisu/

Noun

踵(くびす) • (kubisu) 

1. heel

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kakato/

Noun

踵(かかと) • (kakato) 

1. the heel

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akuto/

Noun

踵(あくと) • (akuto) 

1. heel

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡuto/

Noun

踵(あぐと) • (aguto) 

1. heel

References

• Unknown (794) Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.

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Kikai

Kanji

踵 (hiragana あどぅ, romaji adu)

Noun

踵 (hiragana あどぅ, romaji adu)

1. heel

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Korean

Hanja

踵 (eumhun 발꿈치 종 (balkkumchi jong))

1. hanja form^? of 종 (“heel”)

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Okinawan

Kanji

踵 (hiragana あどぅ, romaji adu)

Noun

踵 (hiragana あどぅ, romaji adu)

1. heel

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Vietnamese

Han character

踵: Hán Việt readings: chủng

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