嵊

嵊

嵊 U+5D4A, 嵊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D4A ← 嵉 [U+5D49] CJK Unified Ideographs 嵋 → [U+5D4B]

Translingual

Han character

嵊 (radical 46, 山+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 山竹木心 (UHDP), four-corner 2279₁, composition ⿰山乘)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 317, character 52
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8320
• Dae Jaweon: page 617, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 790, character 17
• Unihan data for U+5D4A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		嵊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乘) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
乘	*ɦljɯŋ, *ɦljɯŋs
溗	*ɦljɯŋ
塖	*ɦljɯŋ
騬	*ɦljɯŋ
椉	*ɦljɯŋ
剩	*ɦljɯŋs
嵊	*ɦljɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɦljɯŋs) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 乘 (OC *ɦljɯŋ, *ɦljɯŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèng (sheng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèng
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁶
    • Yale: sihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʑɨŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	嵊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	實證切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑɨŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑɨŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑieŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑiŋH/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiəŋH/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭəŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯əŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shèng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljɯŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嵊
Reading #	1/1
No.	1459
Phonetic component	乘
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	乗
Old Chinese	/*ɦljɯŋs/

Definitions

嵊

1. Only used in 嵊州 (Shèngzhōu).

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Japanese

Kanji

嵊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō), じょう (jō)