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Translingual
Han character
剩 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹心中弓 (HPLN), four-corner 22900, composition ⿰乘刂)
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 142, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2109
- Dae Jaweon: page 323, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 350, character 10
- Unihan data for U+5269
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 乘
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*ɦljɯŋ, *ɦljɯŋs
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| 溗
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*ɦljɯŋ
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| 塖
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*ɦljɯŋ
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| 騬
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*ɦljɯŋ
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| 椉
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*ɦljɯŋ
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| 剩
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*ɦljɯŋs
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| 嵊
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*ɦljɯŋs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦljɯŋs) : phonetic 乘 (OC *ɦljɯŋ, *ɦljɯŋs) + semantic 刀.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note:
- sīn - vernacular;
- sēng - literary.
Note:
- 3zan - vernacular;
- 3zen - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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剩
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shèng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ zyingH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*Cə.ləŋ-s/
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| English
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left over
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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剩
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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1457
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Phonetic
component
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乘
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Rime
group
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蒸
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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乗
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɦljɯŋs/
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| Notes
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集韻賸注俗字
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Definitions
剩
- to be left; to remain
- (literary, or in compounds) extra; leftover
- a surname: Sheng
Synonyms
- 伸下 (chhûn-hâ) (Hakka)
- 剩下 (shèngxià)
- 剩低 (zing6 dai1) (Cantonese)
- 殘留／残留 (cánliú)
- 餘／余
- 餘下／余下 (yúxià)
Dialectal synonyms of
剩 (“to be left; to remain”)
- 冗 (rǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 冗長／冗长 (rǒngzhàng) (archaic)
- 冗餘／冗余 (rǒngyú)
- 噠浪／哒浪 (Teochew)
- 多餘／多余 (duōyú)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
剩
- (Hakka, Hokkien) Alternative form of 伸 (“to be left; to remain”)
Japanese
Kanji
剩
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 剰)
- leftover, remainder, residue
Readings
Korean
Hanja
剩 • (ing) (hangeul 잉, revised ing, McCune–Reischauer ing)
- leftover
- remainder
- residue
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Han character
剩: Hán Việt readings: thặng
- chữ Hán form of thặng (“surplus; remainder”).
Compounds
References