冗

冗

See also: 宂

冗 U+5197, 冗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5197 ← 冖 [U+5196] CJK Unified Ideographs 冘 → [U+5198]

冗 U+2F817, 冗 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F817 ← 𠕋 [U+2F816] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 冤 → [U+2F818]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

冗 (Kangxi radical 14, 冖+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 月竹弓 (BHN) or X月竹弓 (XBHN) or 月竹山 (BHU), four-corner 3721₇, composition ⿱冖几(U+5197) or ⿱冖儿(U+2F817))

Derived characters

• 㕴, 坈, 㚮, 䤟, 䢆, 棾
• 伔 (Exception: Contains ⿱冖儿 in Korea and ⿱冖几 in other regions)
• 沉 (Exception: Contains ⿱冖儿 in Taiwan, Hong Kong and ⿱冖几 in other regions)

References

• KangXi: page 130, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1566
• Dae Jaweon: page 292, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 302, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5197
• Unihan data for U+2F817

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Chinese

trad.		冗/宂*
simp.		冗
alternative forms		冘

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
宂	*njoŋʔ
冗	*njoŋʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 宀 + 儿.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǒng (rong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung², jung⁵
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lēng / liōng / lióng / jióng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǒng
    • Wade–Giles: jung³
    • Yale: rǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roong
    • Palladius: жун (žun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung², jung⁵
    • Yale: yúng, yúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung², jung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung², yung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵/, /jʊŋ¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēng
    • Tâi-lô: līng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liōng
    • Tâi-lô: liōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liong
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng
    • Tâi-lô: lióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jióng
    • Tâi-lô: jióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiorng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑiɔŋ⁵³/

Note:

• lēng - verncaular;
• liōng - 量 in the Mainland;
• lióng/jióng - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: rong²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zoŋ⁵²/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njoŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	冗
Reading #	1/1
No.	10862
Phonetic component	冗
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宂
Old Chinese	/*njoŋʔ/
Notes	宂注俗體

Definitions

冗

1. superfluous; unnecessary; surplus; uncalled-for; spare; excessive; redundant
2. complicated and tedious; overloaded with details
3. busy routine

Synonyms

• (superfluous):

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剩 (shèng) (literary, or in compounds) 冗長／冗长 (rǒngzhàng) (archaic)

冗餘／冗余 (rǒngyú)

多餘／多余 (duōyú)

• (complicated and tedious):

edit

曲折 (qūzhé) 繁瑣／繁琐 (fánsuǒ)

繁雜／繁杂 (fánzá) 繁難／繁难 (fánnán)

複雜／复杂 (fùzá) 龐雜／庞杂 (pángzá)

Compounds

冗兵 (rǒngbīng) 冗冗 冗官 冗忙 (rǒngmáng) 冗散 冗早 (liōng-chá) (Min Nan) 冗繁 冗言 (rǒngyán) 冗食

浮冗 繁冗 (fánrǒng) 荒冗冗 冗員／冗员 (rǒngyuán) 冗筆／冗笔 冗詞贅句／冗词赘句 冗費／冗费 (rǒngfèi) 冗賦／冗赋 (rǒngfù) 冗贅／冗赘 (rǒngzhuì)

冗長／冗长 (rǒngcháng) 冗雜／冗杂 (rǒngzá) 冗餘／冗余 (rǒngyú) 心勞意冗／心劳意冗 撥冗／拨冗 (bōrǒng) 煩冗／烦冗 窮冗／穷冗 閑冗／闲冗

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Japanese

Kanji

冗

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. superfluous
2. uselessness

Readings

• Go-on: にゅう (nyū)
• Kan-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)
• Kun: むだ (muda, 冗)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 冗(じょう)句(く) (jōku)
• 冗(じょう)談(だん) (jōdan, “joke”)
• 冗(じょう)長(ちょう) (jōchō)
• 冗(じょう)漫(まん) (jōman)

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Korean

Hanja

冗 (eum 용 (yong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

冗: Hán Việt readings: nhũng[1][2][3]
冗: Nôm readings: nũng[1][3], nhõng[3][4], nhũng[2], đem[2], nhùng[4]

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References

1. Nguyễn (2014).
2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
3. Trần (2004).
4. Hồ (1976).