憧
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Translingual
Han character
憧 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 心卜廿土 (PYTG), four-corner 90014, composition ⿰忄童)
- irresolute, indecisive
- yearn for
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 403, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11242
- Dae Jaweon: page 743, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2356, character 6
- Unihan data for U+61A7
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
憧 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 偅 𢤖 𢤤 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 憧 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 撞 | *rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs |
| 幢 | *rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs |
| 橦 | *rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ |
| 噇 | *rdoːŋ |
| 𩪘 | *rdoːŋ |
| 艟 | *rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ |
| 憧 | *rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ |
| 畽 | *tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ |
| 董 | *toːŋʔ |
| 蕫 | *toːŋʔ, *doːŋ |
| 箽 | *toːŋʔ |
| 懂 | *toːŋʔ |
| 湩 | *toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs |
| 曈 | *tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ |
| 童 | *doːŋ |
| 僮 | *doːŋ |
| 瞳 | *doːŋ |
| 罿 | *doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ |
| 犝 | *doːŋ |
| 潼 | *doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ |
| 穜 | *doːŋ, *doŋ |
| 動 | *doːŋʔ |
| 慟 | *doːŋs |
| 堹 | *toŋs |
| 諥 | *toŋs |
| 蹱 | *tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ |
| 重 | *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs |
| 緟 | *doŋ, *doŋs |
| 蝩 | *doŋ |
| 褈 | *doŋ, *tʰjoŋ |
| 鐘 | *tjoŋ, *tjoŋ |
| 鍾 | *tjoŋ |
| 籦 | *tjoŋ |
| 種 | *tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs |
| 腫 | *tjoŋʔ |
| 踵 | *tjoŋʔ |
| 歱 | *tjoŋʔ |
| 喠 | *tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ |
| 偅 | *tjoŋs |
| 衝 | *tʰjoŋ |
| 揰 | *tʰjoŋs |
| 尰 | *djoŋʔ |
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chōng
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chong
- Wade–Giles: chʻung1
- Yale: chūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chong
- Palladius: чун (čun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: cung1
- Yale: chūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsung1
- Guangdong Romanization: cung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: tsyhowng
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjoŋ/
Definitions
憧
- irresolute; indecisive
- used in 憧憬 (chōngjǐng)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàng
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàng
- Wade–Giles: chuang4
- Yale: jwàng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juanq
- Palladius: чжуан (čžuan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: draewngH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*rdoːŋs/
Definitions
憧
Compounds
- 憧憧 (chōngchōng)
Japanese
Kanji
憧
Readings
From Middle Chinese 憧 (MC tsyhowng):
From Middle Chinese 憧 (MC draewngH):
Readings shared by both kanji:
Compounds
Usage notes
- Some dictionaries apparently classify the dō reading as kan'yō-on only, despite the second borrowing from Middle Chinese 憧 (MC draewngH).
Korean
Hanja
憧 (eumhun 그리워할 동 (geuriwohal dong))
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
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