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Translingual
Han character
訟 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜口金戈 (YRCI), four-corner 08632, composition ⿰訁公)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1149, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35266
- Dae Jaweon: page 1616, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3949, character 3
- Unihan data for U+8A1F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 慃
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*qroːŋʔ
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| 袞
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*kluːnʔ
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| 蔉
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*kluːnʔ
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| 滾
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*kluːnʔ
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| 忩
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*sʰloːŋ
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| 鬆
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*sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰluːŋ, *skʰloŋ, *sqʰloŋ
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| 凇
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*sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
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| 公
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*kloːŋ
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| 蚣
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*kloːŋ, *kljoŋ
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| 翁
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*qloːŋ
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| 螉
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*qloːŋ
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| 蓊
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*qloːŋ, *qloːŋʔ
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| 嗡
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*qloːŋ
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| 滃
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*qloːŋʔ
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| 暡
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*qloːŋʔ
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| 勜
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*qloːŋʔ
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| 塕
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*qloːŋʔ
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| 瓮
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*qloːŋs
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| 崧
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*sqʰluŋ
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| 菘
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*sqʰluŋ
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| 硹
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*sqʰluŋ
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| 淞
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*sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
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| 蜙
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*sqʰloŋ
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| 倯
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*sqʰloŋ
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| 松
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*sɢloŋ
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| 訟
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*sɢloŋ, *sɢloŋs
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| 頌
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*sɢloŋs, *loŋ
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| 忪
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*kljoŋ
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| 彸
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*kljoŋ
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| 衳
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*kljoŋ
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| 伀
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*kljoŋ
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| 妐
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*kljoŋ
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| 炂
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*kljoŋ
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| 鈆
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*kljoŋ, *lon
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɢloŋ, *sɢloŋs): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 公 (OC *kloːŋ).
Pronunciation
Note:
- siōng - literary;
- siòng - vernacular (俗).
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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訟
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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sòng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ zjowngH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s.oŋ-s/
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| English
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litigate
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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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訟
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訟
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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4116
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4119
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Phonetic
component
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公
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公
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Rime
group
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東
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東
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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松
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頌
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Old
Chinese
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/*sɢloŋ/
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/*sɢloŋs/
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Definitions
訟
- to accuse
子曰：「已矣乎！吾未見能見其過而內自訟者也。」
子曰：「已矣乎！吾未见能见其过而内自讼者也。」 - From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE
- Zǐyuē: “Yǐ yǐ hū! Wú wèijiàn néng jiàn qí guò ér nèi zìsòng zhě yě.”
- The Master said, "It is all over. I have not yet seen one who could perceive their faults, and inwardly accuse themselves."
- to argue; to dispute
分爭辨訟，非禮不決。
分争辨讼，非礼不决。 - From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Fēnzhēng biànsòng, fēilǐ bùjué.
- The clearing up of quarrels and discriminating in disputes cannot be decisive without the rules of propriety.
- to litigate
子曰：「聽訟，吾猶人也，必也使無訟乎！」
子曰：「听讼，吾犹人也，必也使无讼乎！」 - From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Zǐyuē: “Tīngsòng, wú yóu rén yě, bì yě shǐ wúsòng hū!”
- The Master said, "In hearing litigations, I am like any other body. What is necessary is to cause the people to have no litigations."
- sixth hexagram of the I Ching
- Alternative form of 頌 / 颂 (“to laud; to praise; to extol”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
訟
(Jōyō kanji)
- sue
- accuse
Readings
Korean
Hanja
訟 • (song) (hangeul 송, revised song, McCune–Reischauer song, Yale song)
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Vietnamese
Han character
訟: Hán Nôm readings: tụng
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