鄧

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See also: 邓
鄧 U+9127, 鄧
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9127
← 鄦
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鄨 →

Translingual

Han character

鄧 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 弓廿弓中 (NTNL), four-corner 17127, composition ⿰登阝)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1277, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39630
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1776, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3799, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+9127

Chinese

trad. 鄧
simp. 邓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鄧
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
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) : phonetic 登 (OC *tɯːŋ) + semantic 阝 (“city”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • tang1 - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • deng7 - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 鄧
Mandarin Beijing /təŋ⁵¹/
Harbin /təŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /təŋ⁵³/
Jinan /təŋ²¹/
Qingdao /təŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /təŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /təŋ⁴⁴/
Xining /tə̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /təŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /tə̃n¹³/
Ürümqi /tɤŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /tən³⁵/
Chengdu /tən¹³/
Guiyang /ten²¹³/
Kunming /tə̃²¹²/
Nanjing /tən⁴⁴/
Hefei /tən⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /təŋ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /təŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /tə̃ŋ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /dəŋ²³/
Suzhou /dən³¹/
Hangzhou /dən¹³/
Wenzhou /daŋ²²/
Hui Shexian /tʌ̃³²⁴/
Tunxi /tɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /tən⁵⁵/
/tən¹¹/
Xiangtan /tən⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /tʰɛn²¹/
Hakka Meixian /tʰen⁵³/
Taoyuan /tʰen⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tɐŋ²²/
Nanning /tɐŋ²²/
Hong Kong /tɐŋ²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tiŋ²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /taiŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /taiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /teŋ³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔdeŋ³³/
/ʔdɔŋ³³/
Rime
Character 鄧
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 登 (129)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒亘切
Baxter dongH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dəŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dəŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dəŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dəŋH/
Li
Rong 		/dəŋH/
Wang
Li 		/dəŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/dʱəŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dang6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鄧
Reading # 1/1
No. 2187
Phonetic
component 		登
Rime
group 		蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		鄧
Old
Chinese 		/*dɯːŋs/

Definitions

鄧

  1. The name of an ancient kingdom.
  2. a surname
    鄧麗君／邓丽君  ―  Dèng Lìjūn  ―  Teresa Teng
    鄧小平／邓小平  ―  Dèng Xiǎopíng  ―  Deng Xiaoping
    白天聽老鄧，晚上聽小鄧 [MSC, trad.]
    白天听老邓，晚上听小邓 [MSC, simp.]
    Báitiān tīng Lǎo Dèng, wǎnshang tīng Xiǎo Dèng
    Listen to Old Deng (Deng Xiaoping) by day, listen to Little Teng (Teresa Teng) by night

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鄧):
  • → Vietnamese: Đặng (鄧)

Others:

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

鄧

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): とう (tō)、どう (dō)

Korean

Hanja

鄧 (eum 등 (deung))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鄧: Hán Nôm readings: đặng, đẵng, đựng, nựng, dằng, dựng, đắng, rặng

  1. chữ Hán form of Đặng (“a surname”).
    鄧泰山 ― Đặng Thái Sơn
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