琮

琮

琮 U+742E, 琮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-742E ← 琭 [U+742D] CJK Unified Ideographs 琯 → [U+742F]

Translingual

Han character

琮 (radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土十一火 (MGJMF), four-corner 1319₁, composition ⿰𤣩宗)

Derived characters

• 𭲙

References

• KangXi: page 735, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21071
• Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1123, character 11
• Unihan data for U+742E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		琮

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cóng (cong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ts'ung²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cóng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴
    • Yale: chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡zuoŋ/▼

Rime
Character	琮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	冬 (5)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	藏宗切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuoŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zoŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zawŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡zoŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡zuoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuoŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cóng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*zuːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琮
Reading #	1/1
No.	17897
Phonetic component	宗
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	賨
Old Chinese	/*zuːŋ/

Definitions

琮

1. type of jade vessel
2. A surname​.

Compounds

琮琤

黃琮／黄琮

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Japanese

Kanji

琮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. octagonal piece of jade with hole in middle

Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō), ず (zu), す (su)

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Korean

Hanja

琮 • (jong) (hangeul 종, revised jong, McCune–Reischauer chong, Yale cong)

1. octagonal piece of jade with hole in middle