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Translingual
Han character
戎 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈十 (IJ), four-corner 53400, composition ⿹戈𠂇(GHTJK) or ⿻戊一(V))
Derived characters
- 𠈋, 𠲦, 𡊸, 娀, 㣝, 𢫨, 𣴛, 狨, 㭜, 毧, 𤇽, 𮁱, 𥅯, 𥑳, 䄾, 䘬, 𫂽, 絨(绒), 羢, 𦕧, 𧊕, 賊(贼), 𧻪, 𨀻, 𨠤, 𨱿, 𬫍, 𣉝, 駥, 𩶺, 𪀚, 𢦛, 茙, 𥬪, 𫻸, 䯷, 𪀵
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 411, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11539
- Dae Jaweon: page 752, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1397, character 8
- Unihan data for U+620E
Chinese
simp. and trad.
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戎
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alternative forms
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𢦦 ancient form 𢍻 historical form found in 漢孔宙碑 𫻳 ancient form in Bronze inscription
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Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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娀
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*snuŋ
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戎
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*njuŋ
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茙
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*njuŋ
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駥
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*njuŋ
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狨
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*njuŋ
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絨
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*njuŋ
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Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 盾 (“shield”) + 戈 (“halberd; weapons”) – weaponry, arms.
Etymology
- “you”
- From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”).
- “bellicose, warlike”
- Goldin (2011) proposes that the "pseudo-ethnonym" sense 戎 (róng) was derived from "bellicose".
Pronunciation
Note:
- gnion - vernacular;
- zon - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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戎
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戎
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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róng
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róng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ nyuwng ›
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‹ nyuwng ›
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Old Chinese
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/*nuŋ/
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/*nuŋ/
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English
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foreigners in the west
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weapon
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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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戎
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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10849
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Phonetic component
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戎
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Rime group
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終
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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戎
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Old Chinese
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/*njuŋ/
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Definitions
戎
- (literary) arms; armaments
- (literary) army; military affairs
- 投筆從戎/投笔从戎 ― tóubǐcóngróng ― to cast aside the pen and join the army
- (obsolete) you
- Used in 戎戎 (róngróng).
- Used in 蒙戎.
- (historical) a general term for ethnic groups in the west of China
- See also: 西戎
- a surname
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
戎
(Hyōgai kanji)
- warrior
- arms
- barbarian
- Ainu
Readings
Proper noun
戎 • (Ebisu)
- a surname
- alternative spelling of 恵比須 (Ebisu), a Shinto god
Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
戎 • (yung) (hangeul 융, revised yung, McCune–Reischauer yung, Yale yung)
- arms
- armaments
- military affair
Vietnamese
Han character
戎: Hán Nôm readings: nhung, nhỏng, nhong, xong, nhùng
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