聰

See also: 聡, 聦, and 聪

聰	U+8070, 聰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8070

← 聯
[U+806F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

聱 →
[U+8071]

聰	U+2F97F, 聰 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F97F

← 𦖨
[U+2F97E]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

𣍟 →
[U+2F980]

Translingual

Traditional	聰
Shinjitai (extended)	聡
Simplified	聪

Han character

聰 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸十竹田心 (SJHWP), four-corner 1613₀, composition ⿰耳悤)

Derived characters

𧃿

References

KangXi: page 969, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29154
Dae Jaweon: page 1419, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2795, character 1
Unihan data for U+8070
Unihan data for U+2F97F

Chinese

trad.		聰
simp.		聪
alternative forms		聦聡

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
牎	*sʰroːŋ
窗	*sʰroːŋ
窓	*sʰroːŋ
囱	sʰroːŋ, sʰloːŋ
總	*ʔsloːŋʔ
熜	*ʔsloːŋʔ
傯	*ʔsloːŋʔ
緫	*ʔsloːŋʔ
揔	*ʔsloːŋʔ
偬	ʔsloːŋʔ, ʔsloːŋs
囪	*sʰloːŋ
璁	*sʰloːŋ
驄	*sʰloːŋ
蔥	*sʰloːŋ
匆	*sʰloːŋ
怱	*sʰloːŋ
葱	*sʰloːŋ
楤	*sʰloːŋ
聦	*sʰloːŋ
繱	*sʰloːŋ
騘	*sʰloːŋ
鍯	*sʰloːŋ
聰	*sʰloːŋ
愡	*sʰloːŋs
檧	sloːŋ, sloːŋʔ
憽	*sloːŋ
幒	sʰloŋʔ, kjoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰloːŋ) : semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 悤 ().

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cōng (cong¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹
Min Dong (BUC): chŭng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chhong / chhang
(Teochew, Peng'im): cong¹
Wu (Wiktionary): tshon (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cong
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻung¹
  - Yale: tsūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsong
  - Palladius: цун (cun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung¹
  - Yale: chūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chŭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong / chhang
  - Tâi-lô: tshong / tshang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhofng, zhafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³/, /t͡sʰaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

chhong - literary;
chhang - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tshon (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰuŋ/

Rime
Character	聰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉紅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəwŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰuŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-l̥ˤoŋ/
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰloːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	聰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cōng
Middle Chinese	‹ tshuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*s-l̥ˁoŋ/
English	hear well; intelligent
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聰
Reading #	1/1
No.	1830
Phonetic component	囱
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	怱
Old Chinese	/*sʰloːŋ/

Definitions

聰

quick at hearing
hearing; sense of hearing
intelligent; clever; bright
Synonyms: 穎／颖 (yǐng), 慧 (huì)
satoshi (bitcoin unit)

Compounds

伶俐聰敏／伶俐聪敏
冰雪聰明／冰雪聪明
啟聰／启聪
失聰／失聪 (shīcōng)
宸聰／宸聪
小聰明／小聪明 (xiǎocōngmíng)
明目達聰／明目达聪
絕頂聰明／绝顶聪明
耳目聰明／耳目聪明

耳聰／耳聪
耳聰目明／耳聪目明 (ērcōngmùmíng)
聰了／聪了
聰慧／聪慧 (cōnghuì)
聰敏／聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
聰明／聪明 (cōngmíng)
聰明乖覺／聪明乖觉
聰明人／聪明人 (cōngmíngrén)
聰明伶俐／聪明伶俐 (cōngmínglínglì)

聰明才智／聪明才智 (cōngmíngcáizhì)
聰明絕頂／聪明绝顶 (cōngmíngjuédǐng)
聰穎／聪颖 (cōngyǐng)
聰靈／聪灵
自作聰明／自作聪明 (zìzuòcōngmíng)
蔽聰塞明／蔽聪塞明
閉明塞聰／闭明塞聪
鬼聰明／鬼聪明

Japanese

Shinjitai	聡
Kyūjitai	聰

Kanji

聰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 聡)

wise, intelligent

Readings

Go-on: す (su)
Kan-on: そう (sō)
Kun: さとい (satoi, 聰い)
Nanori: あきら (akira); さとし (satoshi)

Korean

Hanja

聰 • (chong) (hangeul 총, revised chong, McCune–Reischauer ch'ong, Yale chong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

聰: Hán Nôm readings: thông

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