澄

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See also: 澂
澄 U+6F84, 澄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F84
← 澃
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 澅 →

Translingual

Han character

澄 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水弓人廿 (ENOT), four-corner 32118, composition ⿰氵登)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 651, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18315
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1061, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1750, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6F84

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 澄
alternative forms 澂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (登) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
登 *tɯːŋ
璒 *tɯːŋ
燈 *tɯːŋ
簦 *tɯːŋ
蹬 *tɯːŋ, *dɯːŋs
磴 *tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs, *tʰɯːŋ
鐙 *tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs
嶝 *tɯːŋs
隥 *tɯːŋs
橙 *tɯːŋs, *rdɯːŋ
凳 *tɯːŋs
墱 *tɯːŋs
鼟 *tʰɯːŋ
膯 *tʰɯːŋ
澄 *dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ
鄧 *dɯːŋs
僜 *dɯːŋs, *tʰɯŋ
覴 *tʰɯŋs
瞪 *dɯŋ, *dɯŋs, *rdɯːŋ
憕 *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ, *rdɯːŋ
撜 *tjɯŋʔ
證 *tjɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 登 (OC *tɯːŋ) – clear water.

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 澄 澄
Reading # 2/2 1/2
Initial (聲) 澄 (11) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III II
Fanqie 直陵切 直庚切
Baxter dring draeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖɨŋ/ /ɖˠæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖɨŋ/ /ɖᵚaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡieŋ/ /ȡaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖiŋ/ /ɖaɨjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ȡiəŋ/ /ȡɐŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭəŋ/ /ȡɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯əŋ/ /ȡʱɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chéng chéng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cing4 cang4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 澄
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		chéng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dring ›
Old
Chinese 		/*rəŋ/
English limpid, clear

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 澄 澄
Reading # 2/3 3/3
No. 2192 2198
Phonetic
component 		登 登
Rime
group 		蒸 蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		澂 棖
Old
Chinese 		/*dɯŋ/ /*rdɯŋ/
Notes 同澂

Definitions

澄

  1. clear; limpid
  2. to make (something) become clear; to make (solid impurities) precipitate; to settle
  3. to clarify; to purify
  4. a surname
  5. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 澄 (MC draeng)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 澄
Reading # 1/3
No. 2186
Phonetic
component 		登
Rime
group 		蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*dɯːŋs/

Definitions

澄

  1. (colloquial) to settle (a liquid); to make (the impurities in a liquid) precipitate; to precipitate out
  2. (colloquial) to strain (a liquid); to pour liquid out and leave the solid content behind

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

澄

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. clean
  2. pure
  3. (rare) serene

Readings

Korean

Hanja

澄 • (jing) (hangeul 징, revised jing, McCune–Reischauer ching, Yale cing)

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Vietnamese

Han character

澄: Hán Nôm readings: chừng, trừng, xừng

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