鬇

Translingual

Han character

鬇 (Kangxi radical 190, 髟+6, 16 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹月尸木 (SHBSD) or 尸竹弓尸木 (SHNSD), composition ⿱髟争(G) or ⿱髟爭(TK))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1455, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45489
• Dae Jaweon: page 1986, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4524, character 15
• Unihan data for U+9B07

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Chinese

trad.		鬇
simp. #		鬇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
琤	*sʰraːŋ, *sʰreːŋ
崢	*zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
鬇	*zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
爭	*ʔsreːŋ
箏	*ʔsreːŋ
猙	*ʔsreːŋ, *zeŋʔ
埩	*ʔsreːŋ, *zreːŋ
諍	*ʔsreːŋs
凈	*sʰreːŋ
錚	*sʰreːŋ
棦	*sʰreːŋ
竫	*zreŋʔ
睜	*zeŋʔ
淨	*zeŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zraːŋ, *zreːŋ) : semantic 髟 (“hair drooping”) + phonetic 爭 (OC *ʔsreːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēng (zheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ / zaang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jheng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹
    • Yale: jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zang¹ / zaang¹
    • Yale: jāng / jāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ / dzaang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ / zang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡saːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzraeng, dzreang

Rime
Character	鬇	鬇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	助庚切	士莖切
Baxter	dzraeng	dzreang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠæŋ/	/d͡ʒˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚaŋ/	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒaŋ/	/d͡ʒɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐaɨjŋ/	/ɖ͡ʐəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒɐŋ/	/d͡ʒɛŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒɐŋ/	/d͡ʒæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱɐŋ/	/ɖ͡ʐʱæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cang4	cang4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zraːŋ/, /*zreːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鬇	鬇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17141	17153
Phonetic component	争	争
Rime group	陽	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	傖
Old Chinese	/*zraːŋ/	/*zreːŋ/
Notes		士由七校改

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鬇

1. ^† (of hair) messy; unkempt