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Translingual
Stroke order
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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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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綻
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*rdeːns
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淀
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*deːns
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靛
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*deːns
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症
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*tjɯŋs
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竀
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*rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ
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征
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*tjeŋ
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怔
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*tjeŋ
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正
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*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
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鉦
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*tjeŋ
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鴊
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*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
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眐
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*tjeŋ
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佂
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*tjeŋ
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整
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*tjeŋʔ
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政
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*tjeŋs
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証
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*tjeŋs
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定
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*teːŋs, *deːŋs
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顁
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*teːŋs
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錠
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*teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs
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掟
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*deːŋs
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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.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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整
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zhěng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tsyengX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*teŋʔ/
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English
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arrange; orderly
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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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整
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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17176
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Phonetic component
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正
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Rime group
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耕
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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整
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Old Chinese
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/*tjeŋʔ/
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Definitions
整
- to gather; to assemble
- to put in order; to sort out
- 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?
- (literary, or in compounds) to rebuild; to renovate; to recondition; to refurbish
- orderly; neat; tidy
- 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.
- exactly
- 下午三點整/下午三点整 ― xiàwǔ sān diǎn zhěng ― three p.m. sharp
- number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes; round number
- (dialectal Mandarin) to do
- 這可咋整啊?/这可咋整啊? [Northeastern Mandarin] ― Zhè kě zǎzhěng a? ― What do I do?
- (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.
- (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
- (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.
- (colloquial) to make someone suffer; to mess with someone; to prank someone
Synonyms
- 修繕 / 修缮 (xiūshàn)
- 修葺 (xiūqì)
- 整修 (zhěngxiū)
Dialectal synonyms of
整 (“whole; entire”)
- 了當 / 了当 (liǎodàng)
- 俱備 / 俱备 (jùbèi) (literary)
- 全 (quán)
- 全備 / 全备 (quánbèi)
- 全部 (quánbù) (attributive)
- 加尼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 十足 (shízú)
- 囫圇 / 囫囵 (húlún)
- 囫圇個 / 囫囵个 (húlúngè) (colloquial)
- 妥 (tuǒ)
- 完 (wán)
- 完備 / 完备 (wánbèi)
- 完全 (wánquán)
- 完具 (wánjù) (literary)
- 完整 (wánzhěng)
- 實足 / 实足 (shízú)
- 掃 / 扫 (literary, or in compounds)
- 整個 / 整个 (zhěnggè) (attributive)
- 整齊 / 整齐 (zhěngqí)
- 渾然 / 浑然 (húnrán)
- 滿 / 满 (mǎn)
- 齊備 / 齐备 (qíbèi)
- 齊備 / 齐备 (chiâu-pī) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 齊全 / 齐全 (chiâu-chn̂g) (Hokkien)
- 齊全 / 齐全 (qíquán)
Compounds
See also
Japanese
Kanji
整
(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
- organize
- 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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