憎
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Translingual
| Japanese | 憎 |
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| Simplified | 憎 |
| Traditional | 憎 |
Alternative forms
Note difference between Chinese form, which uses 曾, and Japanese shinjitai which uses 曽.
Han character
憎 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+12 in Chinese, 心+11 in Japanese, 15 strokes in Chinese, 14 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 心金田日 (PCWA), four-corner 98066, composition ⿰忄曾(GHTK) or ⿰忄曽(J))
Related characters
- 增 (増) 僧
References
- KangXi: page 402, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11188
- Dae Jaweon: page 742, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2356, character 8
- Unihan data for U+618E
- Unihan data for U+FA3F
- Unihan data for U+FA89
- Unihan data for U+2F8AB
Chinese
| simp. and trad. | 憎 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 憎 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (曾) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
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| 潧 | *ʔsrɯn |
| 繒 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 增 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs |
| 憎 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 磳 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 曾 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ |
| 矰 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 罾 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 熷 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 竲 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 橧 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 譄 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 蹭 | *sʰɯːŋs |
| 層 | *zɯːŋ |
| 贈 | *zɯːŋs |
| 僧 | *sɯːŋ |
| 鬙 | *sɯːŋ |
| 甑 | *ʔsɯŋs |
| 鄫 | *zɯŋ |
| 驓 | *zɯŋ |
| 嶒 | *zɯŋ |
| 噌 | *sʰɯːŋ |
| 鏳 | *zrɯːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsɯːŋ) : semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ).
Pronunciation
Definitions
憎
- (literary or Cantonese) to hate; to detest; to abhor
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 討厭 (“to dislike; to loathe; to hate”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 討厭, 厭惡, 憎惡 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 討厭, 不待見 |
| Taiwan | 討厭 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 格癢 | |
| Jinan | 討厭, 惡素 | |
| Xi'an | 討厭 | |
| Wuhan | 嫌, 討厭 | |
| Chengdu | 討厭, 見不得, 嫌 | |
| Yangzhou | 嫌, 惡嫌, 討厭 | |
| Hefei | 討厭, 格厭 | |
| Singapore | 討厭 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 憎 |
| Hong Kong | 憎 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 厭 | |
| Macau | 憎 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 憎 | |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 憎 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 憎 | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 憎 | |
| Foshan | 憎 | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 憎 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 憎 | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 憎 | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 憎 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 憎 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 憎 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 憎 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 憎 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 憎 | |
| Taishan | 憎, 煩 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 憎, 煩 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 憎 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 憎 | |
| Dongguan | 憎 | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 憎 | |
| Yangjiang | 嬲 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 討厭, 討嫌, 嫌 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 惱 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 討厭, 嬲 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 嬲 | |
| Conghua (Lütian) | 憎 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 惱 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 惱 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 惱 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 惱 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 惱 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 慼 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 討厭 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 討厭, 怒 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 嫌, 顣, 怒 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 猌, 㤉, 沖, 沖神, 沖𡳞 |
| Quanzhou | 㤉 | |
| Zhangzhou | 猌, 㤉 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 滷 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 㤉, 無欲, 無愛 | |
| Chaozhou | 滷 | |
| Jieyang | 滷 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 憎 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 討厭, 注 |
| Ningbo | 刻忖, 嫌鄙, 討厭, 難看, 難相 | |
| Wenzhou | 討厭, 惡 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 討嫌, 厭眼 |
| Shuangfeng | 討嫌 | |
Dialectal synonyms of 恨 (“to hate”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 恨, 憎恨, 嫌惡 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 恨 |
| Taiwan | 恨 | |
| Xi'an | 恨 | |
| Yinchuan | 恨 | |
| Ürümqi | 恨 | |
| Wuhan | 恨, 懥怨 | |
| Chengdu | 恨 | |
| Liuzhou | 恨 | |
| Yangzhou | 恨 | |
| Hefei | 恨 | |
| Malaysia | 恨 | |
| Singapore | 恨 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 憎, 嬲 |
| Hong Kong | 憎 | |
| Dongguan | 憎 | |
| Yangjiang | 嬲 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 憎 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 憎 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 恨 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 恨 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 恨 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 恨 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 恨 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 恨 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 恨 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 恨 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 恨 |
| Xinzhou | 恨 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 恨 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 恨 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 恨, 猌 |
| Zhangzhou | 猌 | |
| Taipei | 猌 GT, 恨 GT | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 猌, 惱 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 猌 | |
| Chaozhou | 恨 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 恨 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 恨 |
| Wenzhou | 恨 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 恨 |
| Shuangfeng | 馮, 恨 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
Compounds
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Descendants
- → Thai: ชัง (chang)
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 憎 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] | 憎 憎or 憎+ ︀? | |
| 憎󠄀 憎+ 󠄀?(Adobe-Japan1) | ||
| 憎󠄃 憎+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
憎
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 憎)
- hate
Readings
- Go-on: そう (sō)
- Kan-on: そう (sō)
- Kan’yō-on: ぞう (zō, Jōyō)
- Kun: にくい (nikui, 憎い, Jōyō); にくしみ (nikushimi, 憎しみ, Jōyō); にくむ (nikumu, 憎む, Jōyō); にくらしい (nikurashii, 憎らしい, Jōyō)←にくらし (nikurasi, historical)
Compounds
- 合憎 (ainiku, “unfortunately”)
- 生憎 (ainiku, “unfortunately”)
References
- “憎”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
Korean
Hanja
憎 • (jeung) (hangeul 증, revised jeung, McCune–Reischauer chŭng, Yale cung)
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Vietnamese
Han character
憎: Hán Nôm readings: tăng
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