矰

矰

矰 U+77F0, 矰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77F0 ← 矯 [U+77EF] CJK Unified Ideographs 矱 → [U+77F1]

Translingual

Han character

矰 (radical 111, 矢+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人大金田日 (OKCWA), four-corner 8848₆, composition ⿰矢曾)

1. short arrow

References

• KangXi: page 825, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24017
• Dae Jaweon: page 1239, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2587, character 3
• Unihan data for U+77F0

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		矰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 矰
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (曾) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
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 矢 (“arrow”) + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zēng (zeng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄥ
    • Wade–Giles: tsêng¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zeng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zang¹
    • Yale: jāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡səŋ/▼

Rime
Character	矰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	作滕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡səŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡səŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡səŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡səŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡səŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡səŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡səŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zēng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	矰
Reading #	1/1
No.	16617
Phonetic component	曾
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯːŋ/

Definitions

矰

1. an ancient type of arrow used for shooting birds which was tied to a silk rope

Compounds

矰繳／矰缴

矰繳之說／矰缴之说

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Japanese

Kanji

矰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. arrow with attached silk cord

Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō)

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Korean

Hanja

矰 • (jeung) (hangeul 증, revised jeung, McCune–Reischauer chŭng, Yale cung)

1. arrow with attached silk cord