佯

佯

佯 U+4F6F, 佯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F6F ← 佮 [U+4F6E] CJK Unified Ideographs 佰 → [U+4F70]

Translingual

Han character

佯 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人廿手 (OTQ), four-corner 2825₁, composition ⿰亻羊)

1. pretend, feign
2. false, deceitful

Derived characters

• 𪝩

References

• KangXi: page 100, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 552
• Dae Jaweon: page 212, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 153, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4F6F

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
样	*ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ
佯	*zlaŋ, *laŋ
詳	*ljaŋ, *laŋ
洋	*ljaŋ, *laŋ
翔	*ljaŋ
庠	*ljaŋ
祥	*ljaŋ
痒	*ljaŋ, *laŋʔ
姜	*klaŋ
羌	*kʰlaŋ
蜣	*kʰlaŋ
猐	*kʰlaŋ
唴	*kʰlaŋs
羊	*laŋ
徉	*laŋ
烊	*laŋ
蛘	*laŋ, *laŋʔ
眻	*laŋ, *laŋs
鴹	*laŋ
恙	*laŋs
羕	*laŋs
樣	*laŋs
漾	*laŋs

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		佯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáng (yang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáng
    • Wade–Giles: yang²
    • Yale: yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴
    • Yale: yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /jɨɐŋ/, /d͡zɨɐŋ/

Rime
Character	佯	佯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	與章切	在良切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐŋ/	/d͡zɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐŋ/	/d͡ziɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑŋ/	/d͡ziɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨaŋ/	/d͡zɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/iaŋ/	/d͡ziaŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭaŋ/	/d͡zĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯aŋ/	/d͡zʱi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáng	qiáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng4	coeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zlaŋ/, /*laŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佯	佯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14523	14537
Phonetic component	羊	羊
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	牆	陽
Old Chinese	/*zlaŋ/	/*laŋ/

Definitions

佯

1. to pretend; to feign
2. Used in 佯佯.
3. Used in 倘佯 (chángyáng).
4. Used in 儴佯 (xiāngyáng) and 翔佯 (xiángyáng).
5. Used in 仿佯.

Compounds

仿佯 佯佯 佯佯不睬 佯攻 (yánggōng) 佯死 佯狂 佯言 (yángyán)

倘佯 儴佯 (xiāngyáng) 彷佯 翔佯 (xiángyáng) 佯打耳睜／佯打耳睁 佯敗／佯败 佯裝／佯装 (yángzhuāng)

打佯兒／打佯儿 被髮佯狂／被发佯狂 裝佯／装佯 解髮佯狂／解发佯狂 詐啞佯聾／诈哑佯聋 詐敗佯輸／诈败佯输

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		佯
alternative forms		鄭／郑 盯 𩏠 假 詐／诈

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tìⁿ / tèⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dên³

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvix
    • IPA (Taipei): /tĩ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tĩ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tĩ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tènn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tẽ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɛ̃²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dên³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tèⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tẽ²¹³/

Definitions

佯

1. (Min Nan) to pretend; to feign

Compounds

佯小七面 佯生

佯痟 佯笑面

佯戇／佯戆

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Japanese

Kanji

佯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Lie, deceive, show a false appearance.[1]

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)
• Kan-on: よう (yō)
• Kun: いつわる (itsuwaru, 佯る)

References

1. Akiyasu Tōdō [et al.] (2002) 漢字源, →ISBN: “佯”

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Korean

Hanja

佯 • (yang) (hangeul 양, revised yang, McCune–Reischauer yang)

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