仉

仉

仉 U+4EC9, 仉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EC9 ← 仈 [U+4EC8] CJK Unified Ideographs 今 → [U+4ECA]

Translingual

Han character

仉 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人竹弓 (OHN), four-corner 2721₀, composition ⿰亻几)

References

• KangXi: page 91, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 357
• Dae Jaweon: page 194, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 109, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4EC9

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		仉
alternative forms		𠆰

Glyph origin

Corruption of 𤓯, an ancient form of 掌. In its current form, the left part became 亻, while the right became 几.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎng (zhang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng²
• Min Dong (BUC): ciōng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chióng / chiáng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zion² / ziên² / ziang²

• Wu (Wiktionary): tsaan (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chang³
    • Yale: jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaang
    • Palladius: чжан (čžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng²
    • Yale: jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœːŋ³⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng
    • Tâi-lô: tsióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zion² / ziên² / ziang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsióⁿ / tsiéⁿ / tsiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩõ⁵²/, /t͡sĩẽ⁵²/, /t͡siaŋ⁵²/

Note:

• zion2/ziên2 - vernacular;
• ziang2 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tsaan (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑ̃³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨɐŋ^X/

Rime
Character	仉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸兩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiaŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjaŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仉
Reading #	1/1
No.	16835
Phonetic component	仉
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	掌
Old Chinese	/*tjaŋʔ/

Definitions

仉

1. ^† Alternative form of 掌 (zhǎng).
2. a surname

   仉氏  ―  Zhǎng Shì  ―  Zhang Shi, mother of Mencius)

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Japanese

Kanji

仉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}

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Vietnamese

Han character

仉: Hán Nôm readings: kẻ

1. person, people

References

• Nom Foundation