錚

錚

See also: 铮

錚 U+931A, 錚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-931A ← 錙 [U+9319] CJK Unified Ideographs 錛 → [U+931B]

Translingual

Han character

錚 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金月尸木 (CBSD) or 金弓尸木 (CNSD), four-corner 8215₃, composition ⿰金争(G) or ⿰金爭(HTJKV))

Derived characters

• 𮆸 (Contains ⿰金爭)

References

• KangXi: page 1310, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40553
• Dae Jaweon: page 1812, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4201, character 3
• Unihan data for U+931A

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Chinese

trad.		錚
simp.		铮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
琤	*sʰraːŋ, *sʰreːŋ
崢	*zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
鬇	*zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
爭	*ʔsreːŋ
箏	*ʔsreːŋ
猙	*ʔsreːŋ, *zeŋʔ
埩	*ʔsreːŋ, *zreːŋ
諍	*ʔsreːŋs
凈	*sʰreːŋ
錚	*sʰreːŋ
棦	*sʰreːŋ
竫	*zreŋʔ
睜	*zeŋʔ
淨	*zeŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰreːŋ) : semantic 金 + phonetic 爭／争 (OC *ʔsreːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēng (zheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaang¹, zang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jheng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹
    • Yale: jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaang¹, zang¹
    • Yale: jāang, jāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaang¹, dzang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zang¹, zeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃʰˠɛŋ/

Rime
Character	錚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	楚耕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰɛŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cang1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰreːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	錚
Reading #	1/1
No.	17148
Phonetic component	争
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	琤
Old Chinese	/*sʰreːŋ/

Definitions

錚

1. onomatopoeia for the sound of metal objects being struck
2. (historical) an ancient type of percussion instrument, made of copper, bell-shaped, and narrow, used to pace the marching of armies

Compounds

亮錚錚／亮铮铮 卓卓錚錚／卓卓铮铮 錚錚／铮铮 (zhēngzhēng) 錚錚佼佼／铮铮佼佼

錚錚有名／铮铮有名 錚錚然／铮铮然 錚錚鏦鏦／铮铮𫓩𫓩 錚錚響／铮铮响

錚鏦／铮𫓩 鐵中錚錚／铁中铮铮 鐵錚錚／铁铮铮

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04315

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Japanese

Kanji

錚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. gong
2. onomatopoeia for the sound of metal objects being struck

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: どら (dora, 錚)

Compounds

• 錚(そう)然(ぜん) (sōzen)
• 錚(そう)錚(そう) (sōsō)

 

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 錚 (MC t͡ʃʰˠɛŋ).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛŋ] ~ [t͡ɕe̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [쟁/젱]

Hanja

Wikisource錚 (eumhun 쇳소리 쟁 (soetsori jaeng))

1. metallic sound
2. gong (a type of percussion instrument used in folk music)

Compounds

• 쟁고 (錚鼓, jaenggo)
• 쟁반 (錚盤, jaengban)
• 쟁수 (錚手, jaengsu)
• 쟁연 (錚然, jaeng'yeon)
• 쟁장 (錚匠, jaengjang)
• 쟁쟁 (錚錚, jaengjaeng)
• 쟁추 (錚搥, jaengchu)
• 격쟁 (擊錚, gyeokjaeng)
• 금쟁 (金錚, geumjaeng)
• 대쟁 (大錚, daejaeng)
• 소쟁 (小錚, sojaeng)
• 중쟁 (中錚, jungjaeng)
• 퇴쟁 (退錚, toejaeng)
• 풍쟁 (風錚, pungjaeng)

 

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 錚

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Vietnamese

Han character

錚: Hán Nôm readings: trành, tranh

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