寵

寵

See also: 宠

寵 U+5BF5, 寵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BF5 ← 寴 [U+5BF4] CJK Unified Ideographs 寶 → [U+5BF6]

Translingual

Traditional	寵
Shinjitai (extended)	𫳭
Simplified	宠

Han character

寵 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 十卜月心 (JYBP), four-corner 3021₁, composition ⿱宀龍)

Derived characters

• 𨰧 𡬈

References

• KangXi: page 293, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7368
• Dae Jaweon: page 579, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 957, character 19
• Unihan data for U+5BF5

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Chinese

trad.		寵
simp.		宠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
驡	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐	*broːŋ
瀧	*rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅	*roːŋ
朧	*roːŋ, *roŋs
龓	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾	*roːŋ
礱	*roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨	*roːŋ
蘢	*roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳	*roːŋ
襱	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏	*roːŋ
曨	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗	*roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪	*roːŋ
巃	*roːŋʔ
竉	*roːŋʔ
攏	*roːŋʔ
儱	*roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍	*b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘	*roŋ, *roŋs
隴	*roŋʔ
壠	*roŋʔ
壟	*roŋʔ
寵	*r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏	*kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *r̥ʰoŋʔ) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǒng (chong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): cung²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cuung²

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): cung³
• Min Bei (KCR): tě̤ng
• Min Dong (BUC): tṳ̄ng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): théng / thióng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tong²

• Wu (Wiktionary): tshon (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǒng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung³
    • Yale: chǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choong
    • Palladius: чун (čun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung²
    • Yale: chúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cuung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cung³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰʊŋ³¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tě̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰœyŋ²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tṳ̄ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: théng / thióng
    • Tâi-lô: thíng / thióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teang, tiorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³/, /tʰiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /tʰiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³/, /tʰiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³/, /tʰiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ⁴¹/, /tʰiɔŋ⁴¹/

Note:

• théng - vernacular;
• thióng - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tong²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tshon (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 寵
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ²¹³/
	Tianjin	/t͡sʰuŋ¹³/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁵³/
	Xi'an	/p͡fʰəŋ⁵³/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fʰə̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰoŋ⁴²/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵³/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰoŋ⁴²/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂʰoŋ⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂʰoŋ²¹²/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰuəŋ⁵³/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰuŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰũŋ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sʰoŋ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕʰoŋ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰʌ̃³⁵/
	Tunxi	/t͡sʰan³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂʰoŋ⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰuŋ²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰuŋ³¹/
	Taoyuan	/tʃʰuŋ³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰoŋ³⁵/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰuŋ³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰoŋ³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/tʰiɔŋ⁵³/ /tʰiŋ⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/tʰuŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/tʰœyŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/tʰoŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/sɔŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈʰɨoŋ^X/

Rime
Character	寵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑隴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰuawŋX/
Li Rong	/ȶʰioŋX/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭwoŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*r̥oŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*r̥ʰoŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	寵
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chǒng
Middle Chinese	‹ trhjowngX ›
Old Chinese	/*r̥oŋʔ/
English	favor, grace
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	寵
Reading #	1/1
No.	8448
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	寵
Old Chinese	/*r̥ʰoŋʔ/

Definitions

寵

1. to spoil; to pamper; to favour

   寵物／宠物  ―  chǒngwù  ―  pet

2. ^† respect; honour; glory
3. favour; love
4. favourite

   • 線上教育，也曾經是新創公司的一時之寵。 [MSC, trad.]
     线上教育，也曾经是新创公司的一时之宠。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016 October 9, 賴昭男, 陸新創電商死亡潮？

     Xiànshàng jiàoyù, yě céngjīng shì xīnchuàng gōngsī de yīshí zhī chǒng. [Pinyin]

     Online education used to be a favourite of new companies at one point.

5. concubine

   • 周將軍請坐，聞你新納一寵甚美，有人要暗筭你，不可不防。 [MSC, trad.]
     周将军请坐，闻你新纳一宠甚美，有人要暗筭你，不可不防。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1743, 蔣士銓 (Jiang Shiquan), 臨川夢, 雙噬

     Zhōu jiāngjūn qǐngzuò, wén nǐ xīn nà yī chǒng shèn měi, yǒurén yào ànsuàn nǐ, bùkě bù fáng. [Pinyin]

     Please be seated, General Zhou. I have heard that the concubine that you have taken recently is quite beautiful and that someone is plotting against you, so you must take preventive measures.

   • 拙夫意欲納寵，真是眠思夢想，已非一日，惟恐夫人見怪，不敢啟齒。 [MSC, trad.]
     拙夫意欲纳宠，真是眠思梦想，已非一日，惟恐夫人见怪，不敢启齿。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1827, 李汝珍 (Li Ruzhen), 鏡花緣 (Flowers in the Mirror), chapter 50

     Zhuōfū yìyù nàchǒng, zhēnshì miánsīmèngxiǎng, yǐ fēi yīrì, wéikǒng fūrén jiànguài, bùgǎn qǐchǐ. [Pinyin]

     My husband desires to take a concubine, which has really bothered me in my thoughts and dreams for more than a day, but for fear that my lady would take offence, I did not dare open my mouth about this.

   • 但此時他新納的愛寵老九也就替他揮霍得可觀。 [MSC, trad.]
     但此时他新纳的爱宠老九也就替他挥霍得可观。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1933, 茅盾 (Mao Dun), 子夜 (Midnight)

     Dàn cǐshí tā xīn nà de àichǒng lǎojiǔ yě jiù tì tā huīhuò de kěguān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

6. a surname

Compounds

假寵／假宠 光寵／光宠 內寵／内宠 受寵／受宠 (shòuchǒng) 受寵若驚／受宠若惊 (shòuchǒngruòjīng) 向寵／向宠 失寵／失宠 (shīchǒng) 嬌寵／娇宠 (jiāochǒng) 寵任／宠任 寵信／宠信 (chǒngxìn) 寵光／宠光 寵兒／宠儿 (chǒng'ér) 寵利／宠利 寵召／宠召 寵命／宠命 寵妾／宠妾 寵姬／宠姬 寵嬖／宠嬖 寵幸／宠幸 (chǒngxìng) 寵愛／宠爱 (chǒng'ài) 寵物／宠物 (chǒngwù) 寵異／宠异

寵祿／宠禄 寵秩／宠秩 寵綏／宠绥 寵貴／宠贵 寵貺／宠贶 寵辱不驚／宠辱不惊 寵辱無驚／宠辱无惊 寵辱若驚／宠辱若惊 寵遇／宠遇 寵錫／宠锡 專寵／专宠 席寵／席宠 得寵／得宠 (déchǒng) 怙寵／怙宠 恃寵而驕／恃宠而骄 (shì chǒng ér jiāo) 恩寵／恩宠 (ēnchǒng) 愛寵／爱宠 (àichǒng) 懷寵尸位／怀宠尸位 承寵／承宠 持祿固寵／持禄固宠 新寵／新宠 (xīnchǒng)

斷袖之寵／断袖之宠 榮寵／荣宠 權寵／权宠 (quánchǒng) 殊寵／殊宠 爭寵／争宠 (zhēngchǒng) 矜功恃寵／矜功恃宠 矜寵／矜宠 竊幸乘寵／窃幸乘宠 納寵／纳宠 繫臂之寵／系臂之宠 蒙主寵召／蒙主宠召 蔽賢寵頑／蔽贤宠顽 被寵若驚／被宠若惊 要寵召禍／要宠召祸 譁世取寵／哗世取宠 譁眾取寵／哗众取宠 貪冒榮寵／贪冒荣宠 貪榮冒寵／贪荣冒宠 貫魚承寵／贯鱼承宠 貴寵／贵宠 驕寵／骄宠

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Japanese

Shinjitai	𫳭
Kyūjitai	寵

Kanji

寵

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𫳭)

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Readings

• Go-on: ちゅう (chū)
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)
• Kun: めぐむ (megumu, 寵む); めぐみ (megumi, 寵み)

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Korean

Hanja

寵 • (chong, ryong) (hangeul 총, 룡, revised chong, ryong, McCune–Reischauer ch'ong, ryong, Yale chong, lyong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

寵: Hán Nôm readings: sủng, sũng, sổng

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