猩

猩

See also: 狌

猩 U+7329, 猩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7329 ← 猨 [U+7328] CJK Unified Ideographs 猪 → [U+732A]

Translingual

Han character

猩 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹日竹一 (KHAHM), four-corner 4621₄, composition ⿰犭星)

References

• KangXi: page 714, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20528
• Dae Jaweon: page 1126, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1356, character 17
• Unihan data for U+7329

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
猜	*sʰlɯː
輤	*sʰleːns
綪	*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩	*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈	*sʰleːns
蒨	*sʰeːns
篟	*sʰeːns
生	*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲	*sreŋ
笙	*sreŋ
甥	*sreŋ
鉎	*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄	*sreŋ
鼪	*sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩	*sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌	*sreŋ
眚	*sreŋʔ
貹	*sreŋs
崝	*zreːŋ
精	*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁	*ʔsleŋ
鶄	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱	*ʔsleŋ
婧	*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐	*ʔsleŋ
聙	*ʔsleŋ
旌	*ʔsleŋ
清	*sʰleŋ
圊	*sʰleŋ
請	*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊	*sʰleŋs
䝼	*zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚	*zleŋs
情	*zleŋ
晴	*zleŋ
夝	*zleŋ
靜	*zleŋʔ
靖	*zleŋʔ
睲	*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺	*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性	*sleŋs
姓	*sleŋs
靗	*l̥ʰeŋs
鯖	*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青	*sʰleːŋ
靘	*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅	*sʰleːŋs
胜	*sleːŋ
曐	*sleːŋ
星	*sleːŋ
鮏	*sleːŋ
腥	*seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹	*seːŋ
醒	*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂	*seːŋ

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		猩
alternative forms		狌

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīng (xing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): seng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sing
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹
    • Yale: syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shing
    • Palladius: син (sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹
    • Yale: sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng
    • Tâi-lô: sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃˠæŋ/

Rime
Character	猩
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所庚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ʃɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ʃɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sang1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	猩
Reading #	1/2
No.	11319
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	生
Old Chinese	/*sreŋ/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

猩

1. Used in 猩猩 (xīngxing); also used as its short form.
2. Synonym of 猩紅／猩红 (xīnghóng, “scarlet; bright red”).

Compounds

大猩猩 (dàxīngxing) 猩唇 猩朱 猩狒 猩猩 (xīngxing) 猩猩屐 猩猩木 (xīngxīngmù)

猩猩色 猩猩草 猩猩血 猩色 猩血 猩袍 黑猩猩 (hēixīngxing)

猩猩脣／猩猩唇 猩紅／猩红 (xīnghóng) 猩紅熱／猩红热 (xīnghóngrè) 猩脣／猩唇 金剛猩猩／金刚猩猩 鸚猩／鹦猩 黃猩子／黄猩子

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		猩

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *priŋ ~ *b-riŋ (“to bark”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīng (xing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sing
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹
    • Yale: syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shing
    • Palladius: син (sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹
    • Yale: sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /seŋ/

Rime
Character	猩
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	桑經切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/seŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/seŋ/
Wang Li	/sieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/sieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*seːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	猩
Reading #	2/2
No.	11374
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	星
Old Chinese	/*seːŋ/
Notes	說文吠

Definitions

猩

1. (obsolete, rare) to bark

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Japanese

Kanji

猩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: しょうじょう (shōjō, 猩); あかいろ (akairo)

Compounds

• 黒(くろ)猩(しょう)々(じょう) (kuroshōjō, “chimpanzee”)
• 猩(しょう)紅(こう)熱(ねつ) (shōkōnetsu, “scarlet fever”)
• 猩(しょう)々(じょう) (shōjō, “orangutan; heavy drinker”)
• 猩(しょう)々(じょう)蠅(ばえ) (shōjōbae, “fruit fly”)
• 猩(しょう)々(じょう)緋(ひ) (shōjōhi)

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Korean

Hanja

猩 (eum 성 (seong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

猩: Hán Nôm readings: tinh

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References

• Nom Foundation