醒

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醒 U+9192, 醒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9192
← 醑
[U+9191] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 醓 →
[U+9193]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
16 strokes

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad. 醒
simp. # 醒

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (生) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
猜 *sʰlɯː
輤 *sʰleːns
綪 *sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩 *sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈 *sʰleːns
蒨 *sʰeːns
篟 *sʰeːns
生 *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲 *sreŋ
笙 *sreŋ
甥 *sreŋ
鉎 *sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄 *sreŋ
鼪 *sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩 *sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌 *sreŋ
眚 *sreŋʔ
貹 *sreŋs
崝 *zreːŋ
精 *ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁 *ʔsleŋ
鶄 *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻 *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱 *ʔsleŋ
婧 *ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛 *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐 *ʔsleŋ
聙 *ʔsleŋ
旌 *ʔsleŋ
清 *sʰleŋ
圊 *sʰleŋ
請 *sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊 *sʰleŋs
䝼 *zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚 *zleŋs
情 *zleŋ
晴 *zleŋ
夝 *zleŋ
靜 *zleŋʔ
靖 *zleŋʔ
睲 *seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺 *seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性 *sleŋs
姓 *sleŋs
靗 *l̥ʰeŋs
鯖 *ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青 *sʰleːŋ
靘 *sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅 *sʰleːŋs
胜 *sleːŋ
曐 *sleːŋ
星 *sleːŋ
鮏 *sleːŋ
腥 *seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹 *seːŋ
醒 *seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂 *seːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs) : semantic 酉 (“alcohol”) + phonetic 星 (OC *sleːŋ).

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with 清 (OC *sʰleŋ, “clear”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • seng2 - vernacular (“to awaken”);
  • sing2 - literary (including “clever”);
  • sing1 - literary, used only in poetry.
Note:
  • chhíⁿ/chhéⁿ - vernacular;
  • séng - literary.
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
Baxter seng sengX sengH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sing1 sing2 sing3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 醒
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xǐng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sengX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-tsʰˁeŋʔ/
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[edit]

醒

  1. to sober up
  2. to awaken; to wake up
  3. to be awake
  4. to realize; to become aware of
  5. to decant (wine, etc.)
  6. (Cantonese) clever; intelligent; sharp
  7. (Cantonese) to gift
    私人醒 [Cantonese]  ―  si1 jan4 seng2 [Jyutping]  ―  to gift someone personally

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 聰明 (“clever; intelligent; smart; bright”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 聰明, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 聰明, 機靈, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎, 聰慧
Mandarin Beijing 聰明
Taiwan 聰明
Jinan 聰明
Xi'an 靈, 靈醒
Wuhan 聰明
Chengdu 精靈, 聰明
Guilin 聰明
Yangzhou 聰明
Hefei 聰明
Malaysia 聰明
Singapore 聰明
Cantonese Guangzhou 聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻, 精
Hong Kong 聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻, 精
Taishan 聰明, 叻, 參
Kaiping (Chikan) 叻
Yangjiang 伶俐, 叻
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 精, 扮𠮨
Singapore (Guangfu) 聰明, 精, 叻, 醒目, 扮𠮨
Gan Nanchang 精靈, 聰明
Hakka Meixian 聰明, 機靈
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 聰明
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 聰明
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 聰明
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 聰明, 精
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 聰明, 精
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 聰明
Kuching (Hepo) 將
Jin Taiyuan 機靈, 聰明
Northern Min Jian'ou 聰明
Eastern Min Fuzhou 聰明
Southern Min Xiamen 聰明
Quanzhou 聰明, 骨鳥 derogatory
Zhangzhou 聰明
Taipei 聰明, 巧, 明白
Singapore (Hokkien) 聰明, 𠢕, 勥, 醒目, 巧
Manila (Hokkien) 巧, 勥, 𠢕
Chaozhou 聰明
Singapore (Teochew) 聰明
Wenchang 精
Singapore (Hainanese) 精
Wu Suzhou 聰明
Ningbo 聰明
Wenzhou 靈, 聰明
Xiang Changsha 靈泛, 聰明
Shuangfeng 聰明

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (醒):
  • → Vietnamese: tỉnh (醒)

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

醒

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

醒 (eumhun 깰 성 (kkael seong))

  1. Hanja form? of 성 (“waking up; being sober”).

Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

醒: Hán Nôm readings: tỉnh

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