整

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See also: 𠢦
整 U+6574, 整
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6574
← 敳
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 敵 →

Translingual

Stroke order
16 strokes

Han character

整 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木大一卜一 (DKMYM), four-corner 58101, composition ⿱敕正)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 475, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13394
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1477, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6574

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 整
2nd round simp. 𰋞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (正) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
綻 *rdeːns
淀 *deːns
靛 *deːns
症 *tjɯŋs
竀 *rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ
征 *tjeŋ
怔 *tjeŋ
正 *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
鉦 *tjeŋ
鴊 *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
眐 *tjeŋ
佂 *tjeŋ
整 *tjeŋʔ
政 *tjeŋs
証 *tjeŋs
定 *teːŋs, *deːŋs
顁 *teːŋs
錠 *teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs
掟 *deːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjeŋʔ) : semantic 敕 + phonetic 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs)

Etymology

Endoactive of 正 (OC *tjeŋ) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Note: Erhuayin chiefly for "round number" sense.
Note:
  • Meixian:
    • zen3 - literary;
    • zang3 - vernacular.
Rime
Character 整
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 之郢切
Baxter tsyengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕiᴇŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕiɛŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕiæŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ciajŋX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕiɛŋX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭɛŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhěng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zing2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 整
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhěng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyengX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*teŋʔ/
English arrange; orderly

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 整
Reading # 1/1
No. 17176
Phonetic
component 		正
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		整
Old
Chinese 		/*tjeŋʔ/

Definitions

整

  1. to gather; to assemble
  2. to put in order; to sort out
  3. to fix; to repair
    整返條水喉未啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    整返条水喉未啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    zing2 faan1 tiu4 seoi2 hau4 mei6 aa3?
    Has the pipe been fixed?
  4. (literary, or in compounds) to rebuild; to renovate; to recondition; to refurbish
  5. orderly; neat; tidy
  6. whole; entire; all; complete
    整棟樓的人都在睡覺。 [MSC, trad.]
    整栋楼的人都在睡觉。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhěng dòng lóu de rén dōu zài shuìjiào.
    The people in the entire building are sleeping.
  7. exactly
    下午三點整／下午三点整  ―  xiàwǔ sān diǎn zhěng  ―  three p.m. sharp
  8. number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes; round number
  9. (dialectal Mandarin) to do
    這可咋整啊？／这可咋整啊？ [Northeastern Mandarin]  ―  Zhè kě zǎzhěng a?   ―  What do I do?
  10. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese) to make (something); to create; to fix
    整幾個小菜／整几个小菜 [Northeastern Mandarin]  ―  zhěng jǐge xiǎocài   ―  to fix a few side dishes
    番茄應該點整？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    番茄应该点整？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    faan1 ke2 jing1 goi1 dim2 zing2?
    How do I cook tomatoes?
    我整咗蛋撻但係冇人食。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我整咗蛋挞但系冇人食。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 zing2 zo2 daan6 taat1 daan6 hai6 mou5 jan4 sik6.
    I made egg tarts but no one ate any.
    佢哋整咗個app。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢哋整咗个app。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 dei6 zing2 zo2 go3 ep1.
    They made an app.
  11. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese) to turn something from one state into another; to make; forming a causative.
    整爛／整烂 [Cantonese]  ―  zing2 laan6   ―  to break; to shatter
    整直 [Cantonese]  ―  zing2 zik6   ―  to straighten
    整大 [Cantonese]  ―  zing2 daai6   ―  to enlarge
    整冧 [Cantonese]  ―  zing2 lam3   ―  to topple
  12. (Cantonese) to provide
    整幾件蛋撻嚟吖。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    整几件蛋挞嚟吖。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    zing2 gei2 gin6 daan6 taat1 lai4 a1.
    Give me some egg tarts.
  13. (colloquial) to make someone suffer; to mess with someone; to prank someone

Synonyms

  • (to repair):
  • (to rebuild):
  • (whole):
Dialectal synonyms of 整 (“whole; entire”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 整
Mandarin Taiwan 整
Malaysia 整
Singapore 整
Cantonese Guangzhou 成, 冚
Hong Kong 成, 冚
Taishan 成
Singapore (Guangfu) 成, 冚
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 成
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 規
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 規
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 規
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 規
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 規
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 規
Southern Min Xiamen 規
Quanzhou 規
Zhangzhou 規
Tainan 規
Penang (Hokkien) 規
Singapore (Hokkien) 規
Manila (Hokkien) 規
Chaozhou 夠, 咸
Jieyang 夠, 咸
Singapore (Teochew) 夠

Compounds

See also

  • (Cantonese) 搞 (gaau2)

Japanese

Kanji

整

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. organize
  2. arrange

Readings

Korean

Hanja

整 (eumhun 가지런할 정 (gajireonhal jeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

整: Hán Nôm readings: chỉnh, chệnh, chểnh, xiềng, chửng, chỉn

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