囎

囎 U+56CE, 囎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56CE ← 囍 [U+56CD] CJK Unified Ideographs 囏 → [U+56CF]

Translingual

Han character

囎 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 口月金日 (RBCA), composition ⿰口贈)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 215, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 707, character 15
• Unihan data for U+56CE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		囎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zèng, zen (zeng⁴, zen⁵／zen⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄥˋ, ˙ㄗㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zèng
    • Wade–Giles: tsêng⁴
    • Yale: dzèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzenq
    • Palladius: цзэн (czɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zen
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄗㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ze̊n
    • Wade–Giles: tsên⁵
    • Yale: dzen
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .tzen
    • Palladius: цзэнь (czɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡z̥ən/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zang⁶
    • Yale: jahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ²²/

Definitions

囎

1. Only used in Japanese place names.

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

Kanji

囎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Only used in 囎唹 (Soo, “Soo District, Kagoshima Prefecture”)

Readings

• On (unclassified): そ (so)
• Kun: しょう (shō)