爽
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Translingual
Han character
爽 (Kangxi radical 89, 爻+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大大大大 (KKKK), four-corner 40034, composition ⿻大㸚)
Derived characters
- 鷞, 㼽, 傸
References
- KangXi: page 690, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19746
- Dae Jaweon: page 1104, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 543, character 15
- Unihan data for U+723D
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 爽 | |
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2nd round simp. | 𰋜 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 爽 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (爽) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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摤 | *sʰlaŋʔ |
磢 | *sʰraŋʔ |
漺 | *sʰraŋʔ, *sraŋʔ |
傸 | *sʰraŋʔ |
鷞 | *sraŋ, *sraŋʔ |
騻 | *sraŋ |
爽 | *sraŋʔ |
塽 | *sraŋʔ |
樉 | *sraŋʔ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 大 + 㸚 – bright.
Etymology
Schuessler (2007) compares this to Drung sraŋ (“morning”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *b/s-raŋ (“morning, awake, alert”) as well as Khmer ស្រាង (sraang, “to be dim / faint (of early morning light); to glimmer”). Possibly of part of an Austroasiatic word family; see 亮 (OC *raŋs) for more.
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
爽
- bright; clear
- frank; straightforward
- refreshing; pleasurable; invigorating
- 太爽了! ― Tài shuǎng le! ― This is so good!
- happy; cheerful; joyful
- (of health) well; to feel well
- to deviate; to make a mistake; to miss
- 女也不爽,士貳其行。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Nǚ yě bù shuǎng, shì èr qí xíng. [Pinyin]
- I the lass deviated not; thou the lad hast been on thy doubly disloyal way.
女也不爽,士贰其行。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- to violate; to breach; to break
- 爽約/爽约 ― shuǎngyuē ― to break an appointment
- (Internet slang) a unit equivalent to 640 million yuan (CNY) (Used to satirize Chinese actress Zheng Shuang's annual income being as much as 640 million yuan for just acting in TV dramas. Popularized by a series of events of Zheng Shuang.)
See also
- 痛快 (tòngkuài)
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 爽 – see 驦 (“horse”). (This character, 爽, is a variant form of 驦.) |
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
爽
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- refreshing; reinvigorating
- resonant
- sweet
- clear
- bracing
Readings
- Go-on: しょう (shō)
- Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
- Kun: さわやか (sawayaka, 爽やか, Jōyō); あきらか (akiraka, 爽らか); たがう (tagau, 爽う)
Compounds
- 爽やか (sawayaka): refreshing, clear
- 爽快 (sōkai): refreshing, invigorating
- 昧爽 (maisō): dawn, daybreak
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 爽 (MC ʃɨɐŋX). Recorded as Middle Korean 상 (sang) (Yale: sang) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠(ː)ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [상(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja
Wikisource爽 (eumhun 시원할 상 (siwonhal sang))
- Hanja form? of 상 (“refreshing; pleasurable; invigorating”).
Compounds
Compounds
- 상쾌 (爽快, sangkwae, “refreshment”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
爽: Hán Nôm readings: sảng, sửng, sượng, sững
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