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Translingual
Han character
綜 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火十一火 (VFJMF), four-corner 23991, composition ⿰糹宗)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 926, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27535
- Dae Jaweon: page 1363, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3419, character 8
- Unihan data for U+7D9C
Bailang
Etymology
Related to Burmese ဆောင်း (hcaung:, “winter”).
Noun
綜 (*tsoungh)
- winter
References
- Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient, volume 103, pages 386—429
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 淙
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*zuːŋ, *sruːŋs, *zuːŋ
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| 鬃
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*zuːŋ, *ʔsoːŋ, *zuːŋ
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| 漴
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*zruːŋs
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| 粽
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*ʔsoːŋs
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| 宗
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*ʔsuːŋ
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| 倧
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*ʔsuːŋ
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| 綜
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*ʔsuːŋs
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| 錝
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*ʔsuːŋs
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| 賨
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*zuːŋ
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| 琮
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*zuːŋ
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| 悰
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*zuːŋ
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| 孮
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*zuːŋ
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| 誴
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*zuːŋ
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| 崇
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*zruŋ
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| 崈
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*zruŋ
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| 踪
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*ʔsoŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsuːŋs) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 宗 (OC *ʔsuːŋ).
Pronunciation 1
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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綜
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zòng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsowngH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁuŋ-s/
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| English
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collect (v.)
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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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綜
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17894
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Phonetic
component
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宗
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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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綜
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔsuːŋs/
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Definitions
綜
- to put together; to assemble; to gather
- to synthesize; to sum up
- to manage; to administer
- to be proficient in
- Classifier for threads or hairs: strand
- to become crumpled; to crease
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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綜
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zòng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsowngH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁuŋ-s/
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| English
|
collect (v.)
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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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綜
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17894
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Phonetic
component
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宗
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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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綜
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔsuːŋs/
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Definitions
綜
- heddle (on a loom)
Japanese
Kanji
綜
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- rule
- synthesize
Readings
Korean
Hanja
綜 • (jong) (hangeul 종, revised jong, McCune–Reischauer chong, Yale cong)
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Vietnamese
Han character
綜: Hán Nôm readings: tổng, tống
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