蹭

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蹭 U+8E6D, 蹭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E6D
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蹮 →

Translingual

Han character

蹭 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口一金田日 (RMCWA), four-corner 68166, composition ⿰𧾷曾)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1233, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37863
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1705, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3742, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8E6D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蹭
alternative forms 𭣃

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蹭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
s01576
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (曾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
潧 *ʔsrɯn
繒 *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
增 *ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs
憎 *ʔsɯːŋ
磳 *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
曾 *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ
矰 *ʔsɯːŋ
罾 *ʔsɯːŋ
熷 *ʔsɯːŋ
竲 *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
橧 *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
譄 *ʔsɯːŋ
蹭 *sʰɯːŋs
層 *zɯːŋ
贈 *zɯːŋs
僧 *sɯːŋ
鬙 *sɯːŋ
甑 *ʔsɯŋs
鄫 *zɯŋ
驓 *zɯŋ
嶒 *zɯŋ
噌 *sʰɯːŋ
鏳 *zrɯːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰɯːŋs) : semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蹭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 登 (129)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 千鄧切
Baxter tshongH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰəŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰəŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰəŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰəŋH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰəŋH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰəŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰəŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		cèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cang3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蹭
Reading # 1/1
No. 16624
Phonetic
component 		曾
Rime
group 		蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		蹭
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰɯːŋs/

Definitions

蹭

  1. to rub against
  2. to be smeared with; to get stained by rubbing
  3. to shuffle; to drag the feet in walking
  4. to dawdle; to delay
  5. (colloquial, dialectal) to freeload; to scrounge
    蹭飯／蹭饭  ―  cèngfàn  ―  to freeload for a meal
    哥哥只有在自己真沒錢的時候才會蹭我的錢。 [MSC, trad.]
    哥哥只有在自己真没钱的时候才会蹭我的钱。 [MSC, simp.]
    Gēgē zhǐyǒu zài zìjǐ zhēn méi qián de shíhòu cái huì cèng wǒ de qián.
    My elder brother only freeloads on my money when he really does not have any money of his own.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

蹭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): そう (sō)、しょう (shō)、じょう (jō)
  • Kun: よろめく (yoromeku)

Korean

Hanja

蹭 • (cheung) (hangeul 층, revised cheung, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŭng, Yale chung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蹭: Hán Nôm readings: thặng, tắng

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