聳

聳

See also: 耸

聳 U+8073, 聳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8073 ← 聲 [U+8072] CJK Unified Ideographs 聴 → [U+8074]

Translingual

Han character

聳 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹人尸十 (HOSJ), four-corner 2840₁, composition ⿱從耳)

Derived characters

• 𡄭

References

• KangXi: page 969, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29167
• Dae Jaweon: page 1420, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2795, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8073

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Chinese

trad.		聳
simp.		耸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
摐	*sʰroːŋ, *sʰloŋ
鏦	*sʰroːŋ, *sʰloŋ
豵	*ʔsloːŋ, *ʔsloŋ
嵸	*ʔsloːŋ, *ʔsloːŋʔ
蓯	*ʔsloːŋʔ
蹤	*ʔsloŋ
縱	*ʔsloŋ, *ʔsloŋs
樅	*ʔsloŋ, *sʰloŋ
磫	*ʔsloŋ
熧	*ʔsloŋ
瘲	*ʔsloŋs
暰	*sʰloŋ
瑽	*sʰloŋ
從	*zloŋ, *zloŋ, *zloŋs
从	*zloŋ
慫	*sloŋʔ
聳	*sloŋʔ
傱	*sloŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǒng (song³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sung²
• Min Nan (POJ): sióng / chhàng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǒng
    • Wade–Giles: sung³
    • Yale: sǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soong
    • Palladius: сун (sun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sung²
    • Yale: súng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng
    • Tâi-lô: sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàng
    • Tâi-lô: tshàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaxng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaŋ¹¹/

Note:

• sióng - literary;
• chhàng - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /sɨoŋ^X/

Rime
Character	聳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息拱切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/sioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/sioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suawŋX/
Li Rong	/sioŋX/
Wang Li	/sĭwoŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sung2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sloŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聳
Reading #	1/1
No.	1861
Phonetic component	从
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	悚
Old Chinese	/*sloŋʔ/

Definitions

聳

1. ^† deaf
2. urge on
3. rise up; raise up
4. erect
5. to reward
6. to scare; to frighten
7. lofty

Compounds

危言聳聽／危言耸听 (wēiyánsǒngtīng) 弄聳／弄耸 毛骨聳然／毛骨耸然 毛髮聳然／毛发耸然 聳人聽聞／耸人听闻 (sǒngréntīngwén) 聳動／耸动 (sǒngdòng) 聳壑昂霄／耸壑昂霄

聳峙／耸峙 (sǒngzhì) 聳懼／耸惧 聳揖／耸揖 聳昧／耸昧 聳然／耸然 聳直／耸直 聳立／耸立 (sǒnglì)

聳聽／耸听 聳肩／耸肩 (sǒngjiān) 聳頭聳腦／耸头耸脑 袂聳／袂耸 顛頭聳腦／颠头耸脑 高聳／高耸 (gāosǒng) 高聳聳／高耸耸

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Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𮋹
Kyūjitai	聳

Kanji

聳

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

1. rise
2. tower

Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
• Kun: そびえる (sobieru, 聳える); そばだつ (sobadatsu, 聳つ); そびやかす (sobiyakasu, 聳やかす)

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Korean

Hanja

聳 (eum 용 (yong))

1. urge on
2. rise up
3. stir, excite
4. to raise up
5. lofty