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Translingual
Han character
牲 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹手竹手一 (HQHQM), four-corner 25510, composition ⿰牜生)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 700, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19986
- Dae Jaweon: page 1112, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1807, character 7
- Unihan data for U+7272
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 猜
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*sʰlɯː
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| 輤
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*sʰleːns
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| 綪
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*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
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| 倩
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*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
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| 棈
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*sʰleːns
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| 蒨
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*sʰeːns
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| 篟
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*sʰeːns
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| 生
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*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
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| 牲
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*sreŋ
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| 笙
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*sreŋ
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| 甥
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*sreŋ
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| 鉎
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*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
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| 珄
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*sreŋ
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| 鼪
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*sreŋ, *sreŋs
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| 猩
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*sreŋ, *seːŋ
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| 狌
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*sreŋ
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| 眚
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*sreŋʔ
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| 貹
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*sreŋs
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| 崝
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*zreːŋ
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| 精
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*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
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| 菁
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*ʔsleŋ
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| 鶄
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*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
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| 蜻
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*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
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| 鼱
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*ʔsleŋ
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| 婧
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*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
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| 睛
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*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
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| 箐
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*ʔsleŋ
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| 聙
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*ʔsleŋ
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| 旌
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*ʔsleŋ
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| 清
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*sʰleŋ
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| 圊
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*sʰleŋ
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| 請
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*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
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| 凊
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*sʰleŋs
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| 䝼
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*zleŋs, *zleŋ
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| 靚
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*zleŋs
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| 情
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*zleŋ
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| 晴
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*zleŋ
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| 夝
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*zleŋ
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| 靜
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*zleŋʔ
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| 靖
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*zleŋʔ
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| 睲
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*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
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| 惺
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*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
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| 性
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*sleŋs
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| 姓
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*sleŋs
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| 靗
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*l̥ʰeŋs
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| 鯖
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*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
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| 青
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*sʰleːŋ
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| 靘
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*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
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| 掅
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*sʰleːŋs
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| 胜
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*sleːŋ
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| 曐
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*sleːŋ
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| 星
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*sleːŋ
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| 鮏
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*sleːŋ
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| 腥
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*seːŋ, *seːŋs
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| 鯹
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*seːŋ
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| 醒
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*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
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| 篂
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*seːŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sreŋ) : semantic 牛 (“cow”) + phonetic 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs).
Etymology
From 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs, “alive”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Note:
- Meixian:
- sên1 - literary;
- sang1 - vernacular.
Note:
- sàing - literary;
- sàng - vernacular.
Note:
- săng - vernacular;
- sĕng - literary.
Note:
- sng/seng - literary;
- siⁿ/seⁿ/cheng - vernacular.
Note:
- sêng1 - literary;
- sên1 - vernacular.
Note:
- 1san - colloquial;
- 1sen - literary.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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牲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11313
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Phonetic
component
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生
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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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生
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Old
Chinese
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/*sreŋ/
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Definitions
牲
- (historical) sacrificial animal (especially a cow, sheep, or pig)
- domestic animal; livestock
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
牲
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
牲 • (saeng) (hangeul 생, revised saeng, McCune–Reischauer saeng, Yale sayng)
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Vietnamese
Han character
牲: Hán Việt readings: sinh
牲: Nôm readings: sinh, sanh, xinh, chũa
- chữ Hán form of sinh (“domestic or sacrificial animal”).
References