誦

See also: 诵

誦	U+8AA6, 誦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AA6

← 誥
[U+8AA5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

誧 →
[U+8AA7]

Translingual

Han character

誦 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口弓戈月 (YRNIB), four-corner 0762₇, composition ⿰訁甬)

Derived characters

𭋭

References

KangXi: page 1164, character 2

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35551

Dae Jaweon: page 1629, character 10

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3980, character 12

Unihan data for U+8AA6

Chinese

trad.		誦
simp.		诵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
通	*l̥ʰoːŋ
俑	l̥ʰoːŋ, loŋʔ
蓪	*l̥ʰoːŋ
桶	l̥ʰoːŋʔ, l'oːŋʔ
捅	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ
痛	*l̥ʰoːŋs
筩	*l'oːŋ
誦	*ljoŋs
傭	l̥ʰoŋ, loŋ
慵	*ɦljoŋ
鱅	ɦljoŋ, loŋ
滽	*loŋ
墉	*loŋ
鏞	*loŋ
鄘	*loŋ
槦	*loŋ
銿	*loŋ
甬	*loŋʔ
勇	*loŋʔ
涌	*loŋʔ
踊	*loŋʔ
蛹	*loŋʔ
恿	*loŋʔ
慂	*loŋʔ
悀	*loŋʔ
埇	*loŋʔ
踴	*loŋʔ
庸	*loŋ
用	*loŋs
佣	*loŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ljoŋs) : semantic 言 + phonetic 甬 (OC *loŋʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sòng (song⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶
Min Bei (KCR): sē̤ng
Min Dong (BUC): sê̤ṳng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): siōng / siòng
(Teochew, Peng'im): song⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): zon (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sòng
  - Wade–Giles: sung⁴
  - Yale: sùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sonq
  - Palladius: сун (sun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung⁶
  - Yale: juhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²²/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sē̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœyŋ⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /søyŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng
  - Tâi-lô: siōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siong
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siòng
  - Tâi-lô: siòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²¹/

Note:

siōng - literary;
siòng - vernacular (俗).

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: song⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /soŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: zon (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̥ʊŋ²³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 誦
Mandarin	Beijing	/tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/suŋ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/suŋ⁵³/
	Jinan	/suŋ²¹/ 新 /ɕyŋ²¹/ 老
	Qingdao	/səŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/syuŋ³¹²/
	Xi'an	/suŋ⁴⁴/
	Xining	/suə̃²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/suŋ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/sũn¹³/
	Ürümqi	/suŋ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/soŋ³⁵/
	Chengdu	/soŋ¹³/
	Guiyang	/soŋ²¹³/
	Kunming	/soŋ¹/
	Nanjing	/soŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/səŋ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/suəŋ⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/suŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/sũŋ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/soŋ³⁵/ /zoŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/zoŋ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zoŋ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/jyɔ²²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰʌ̃²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/san⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/soŋ⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/sən⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/siuŋ⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/suŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡soŋ²²/
	Nanning	/t͡suŋ²²/
	Hong Kong	/t͡suŋ²²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/siɔŋ²²/ /siɔŋ²¹/ 俗
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/søyŋ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/sœyŋ⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/toŋ³³/ /taŋ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/hoŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /zɨoŋ^H/

Rime
Character	誦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	似用切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨoŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/zioŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/zioŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zuawŋ^H/
Li Rong	/zioŋ^H/
Wang Li	/zĭwoŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯woŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*sə-[l]oŋ-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*ljoŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	誦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sòng
Middle Chinese	‹ zjowng^H ›
Old Chinese	/*sə-[l]oŋ-s/
English	recite
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	誦
Reading #	1/1
No.	15436
Phonetic component	用
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	頌
Old Chinese	/*ljoŋs/

Definitions

誦

to read aloud
to recount
to recite; to chant

Compounds

傳誦／传诵 (chuánsòng)
千古傳誦／千古传诵
吟誦／吟诵 (yínsòng)
告誦／告诵
家傳戶誦／家传户诵
弦誦／弦诵
念誦／念诵
成誦／成诵 (chéngsòng)
日誦五車／日诵五车
春誦夏絃／春诵夏弦
朗誦／朗诵 (lǎngsòng)
朗誦詩／朗诵诗

朗誦調／朗诵调
朝暮課誦／朝暮课诵
歌誦／歌诵
沮誦／沮诵
目即成誦／目即成诵
稱誦／称诵
籀誦／籀诵
背誦／背诵 (bèisòng)
複誦／复诵
觸目成誦／触目成诵
記誦／记诵 (jìsòng)
誦味／诵味

誦經／诵经 (sòngjīng)
誦習／诵习 (sòngxí)
誦言／诵言
誦詠／诵咏
誦說／诵说
誦讀／诵读 (sòngdú)
諷誦／讽诵
輿誦／舆诵
過目成誦／过目成诵
闇誦／暗诵
高聲朗誦／高声朗诵
默誦／默诵

Japanese

Kanji

誦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ず (zu)
Kan-on: しょう (shō)
On: じゅ (ju)
Kun: となえる (tonaeru, 誦える); よむ (yomu, 誦む)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 誦 (MC zɨoŋ^H).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	Recorded as Middle Korean 쑈ᇰ〮 (Yale: ssyóng) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
Text	*Gloss (hun)*	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527	외올〮 쇼ᇰ〯	Recorded as Middle Korean 쇼ᇰ〯 (syǒng) (Yale: syǒng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞(ː)ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [송(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Wikisource誦 (eumhun 외울 송 (oe'ul song))

Hanja form^? of 송 (“to recite; to read aloud”).

Compounds

암송 (暗誦, amsong)
송독 (誦讀, songdok)
낭송 (朗誦, nangsong)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

誦: Hán Việt readings: tụng (似(tự)用(dụng)切(thiết))[1][2][3]
誦: Nôm readings: tụng[1][2][4], tọng[3][5], tộng[3]

chữ Hán form of tụng (“to recite”).

Compounds

誦經 (tụng kinh)

References

Nguyễn (2014).
Nguyễn et al. (2009).
Trần (2004).
Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
Hồ (1976).

[tdcndg-1] Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-2] Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-3] Trần (2004).

[taberd-4] Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

[btcn-5] Hồ (1976).