淙

淙

淙 U+6DD9, 淙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DD9 ← 淘 [U+6DD8] CJK Unified Ideographs 淚 → [U+6DDA]

Translingual

Han character

淙 (radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水十一火 (EJMF), four-corner 3319₁, composition ⿰氵宗)

References

• KangXi: page 630, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17643
• Dae Jaweon: page 1032, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1661, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6DD9

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		淙

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (宗) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
淙	*zuːŋ, *sruːŋs, *zuːŋ
鬃	*zuːŋ, *ʔsoːŋ, *zuːŋ
漴	*zruːŋs
粽	*ʔsoːŋs
宗	*ʔsuːŋ
倧	*ʔsuːŋ
綜	*ʔsuːŋs
錝	*ʔsuːŋs
賨	*zuːŋ
琮	*zuːŋ
悰	*zuːŋ
孮	*zuːŋ
誴	*zuːŋ
崇	*zruŋ
崈	*zruŋ
踪	*ʔsoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zuːŋ, *sruːŋs, *zuːŋ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 宗 (OC *ʔsuːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cóng (cong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): chong / thong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ts'ung²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴
    • Yale: chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chong / thong
    • Tâi-lô: tsong / thong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofng, tofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/, /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ³³/, /tʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/, /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/, /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/, /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡zuoŋ/, /d͡ʒˠʌŋ/, /ʃˠʌŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	淙	淙	淙
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	崇 (20)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	冬 (5)	江 (9)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II	II
Fanqie	藏宗切	士江切	色絳切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuoŋ/	/d͡ʒˠʌŋ/	/ʃˠʌŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuoŋ/	/ɖ͡ʐᵚɔŋ/	/ʃᵚɔŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zoŋ/	/d͡ʒɔŋ/	/ʃɔŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zawŋ/	/ɖ͡ʐaɨwŋ/	/ʂaɨwŋH/
Li Rong	/d͡zoŋ/	/d͡ʒɔŋ/	/ʃɔŋH/
Wang Li	/d͡zuoŋ/	/d͡ʒɔŋ/	/ʃɔŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuoŋ/	/ɖ͡ʐʱɔŋ/	/ʂɔŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cóng	chuáng	shuàng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*zuːŋ/, /*sruːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淙	淙	淙
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	17886	17889	17899
Phonetic component	宗	宗	宗
Rime group	終	終	終
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	淙	淙	賨
Old Chinese	/*zuːŋ/	/*sruːŋs/	/*zuːŋ/

Definitions

淙

1. gurgling sound of water

Compounds

淙淙 (cóngcóng)

淙琤

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Japanese

Kanji

淙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ず (zu); ずう (zū); ぞう (zō)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)
• Kun: そそぐ (sosogu)

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Korean

Hanja

淙 (eum 종 (jong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

淙: Hán Nôm readings: tong, tông

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References

• Nom Foundation