醒

Translingual

Han character

醒 (radical 164 酉+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一田日竹一 (MWAHM), four-corner 1661₄)

1. wake up
2. sober up
3. startle

References

• KangXi: page 1285, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39936
• Dae Jaweon: page 1785, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3590, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9192

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		醒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐng (xing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seng², sing², sing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siáng
• Min Nan (POJ): chhéⁿ / chhíⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: hsing³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiing
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seng², sing², sing¹
    • Yale: séng, síng, sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: seng², sing², sing¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɛːŋ³⁵/, /sɪŋ³⁵/, /sɪŋ⁵⁵/
    • Note: seng2 - vernacular ("to awaken"); sing2 - "clever" or literary ("to awaken"); sing1 - literary.
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiang`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiang³
    • IPA: /ɕi̯aŋ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéⁿ / chhíⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshénn / tshínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvea, chvie
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰẽ⁵³/, /t͡ɕʰĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁵³/, /t͡ɕʰĩ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /seŋ/, /seŋ^X/, /seŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	醒	醒	醒
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	青 (125)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	IV
Fanqie	桑經切	蘇挺切	蘇佞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seŋ/	/seŋX/	/seŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/seŋ/	/seŋX/	/seŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛŋ/	/sɛŋX/	/sɛŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛjŋ/	/sɛjŋX/	/sɛjŋH/
Li Rong	/seŋ/	/seŋX/	/seŋH/
Wang Li	/sieŋ/	/sieŋX/	/sieŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/sieŋ/	/sieŋX/	/sieŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xīng	xǐng	xìng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*s-tsʰˤeŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*seːŋ/, /*seːŋʔ/, /*seːŋs/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	醒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xǐng
Middle Chinese	‹ sengX ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tsʰˤeŋʔ/
English	wake up
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	醒	醒	醒
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	11377	11380	11382
Phonetic component	生	生	生
Rime group	耕	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	星	醒	腥
Old Chinese	/*seːŋ/	/*seːŋʔ/	/*seːŋs/

Definitions

醒

1. to awaken; to wake up
2. to be awake
3. to decant (wine, etc.)
4. (Cantonese) clever; intelligent; sharp

Synonyms

• (Cantonese: clever): (Mandarin) 機靈／机灵 (jīlíng)

Compounds

• 不醒
• 不醒人事
• 久夢初醒／久梦初醒
• 半睡半醒
• 叫醒 (jiàoxǐng)
• 叫醒服務／叫醒服务
• 喚醒／唤醒 (huànxǐng)
• 大夢初醒／大梦初醒
• 大覺醒／大觉醒
• 如夢初醒／如梦初醒
• 如夢方醒／如梦方醒
• 如醉初醒
• 如醉方醒
• 定醒

• 復醒／复醒
• 提醒 (tíxǐng)
• 昏迷不醒
• 清醒 (qīngxǐng)
• 猛醒
• 獨醒／独醒
• 甦醒／苏醒
• 眾醉獨醒／众醉独醒
• 蘇醒／苏醒 (sūxǐng)
• 覺醒／觉醒 (juéxǐng)
• 警醒
• 醒世
• 醒世恆言／醒世恒言
• 醒來／醒来 (xǐnglái)

• 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
• 醒木
• 醒狂
• 醒目
• 醒眼
• 醒睡
• 醒脾
• 醒覺／醒觉
• 醒豁
• 醒酒
• 醒酒石
• 驚醒／惊醒
• 點醒／点醒

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Japanese

Kanji

醒

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to wake up
2. to become sober, to be disillusioned

Readings

• On: せい (sei)
• Kun: さめる (sameru), さます (samasu)

Compounds

Compounds

覚醒 (かくせい, kakusei) 覚醒剤 (かくせいざい, kakuseizai') 警醒 (けいせい, keisei)

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Vietnamese

Han character

醒 (tỉnh)

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