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U+912D, 鄭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-912D

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 163, +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿大弓中 (TKNL), four-corner 87427, composition )

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1277, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39647
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1777, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3798, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+912D

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *deŋs) : phonetic (OC *diːŋs) + semantic .

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “derivation of (OC m-tˁe-s)?”

Pronunciation


Note:
  • da5/daⁿ5 - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • ding5 - literary.
Note:
  • tēⁿ/tīⁿ - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • tēng - literary.
Note: de1 - vernacular (surname).

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁵¹/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁵³/
/t͡səŋ⁵³/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹/
Qingdao /tʃəŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂəŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁴⁴/
Xining /ʈ͡ʂə̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂəŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂə̃n¹³/
Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /t͡sən³⁵/
Chengdu /t͡sən¹³/
Guiyang /t͡sen²¹³/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂə̃²¹²/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂən⁴⁴/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂən⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡səŋ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ʈ͡ʂəŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /t͡sə̃ŋ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /zəŋ²³/
Suzhou /zən¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡zen¹³/
Wenzhou /d͡zeŋ²²/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰiʌ̃²²/
Tunxi /t͡ɕʰiɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɨn²¹/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰaŋ⁵³/
Taoyuan /tʃʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sɛŋ²²/
Nanning /t͡seŋ²²/
Hong Kong /t͡sɛŋ²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tiŋ²²/
/tĩ²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /tɑŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /tʰiaŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /tẽ¹¹/
Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡seŋ³³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (11)
Final () (121)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter drjengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖiᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖiɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖiajŋH/
Li
Rong
/ȡiɛŋH/
Wang
Li
/ȡĭɛŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zing6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhèng
Middle
Chinese
‹ drjengH ›
Old
Chinese
/*reŋ-s/
English Zhèng (a surname)

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2352
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*deŋs/

Definitions

  1. (historical) Zheng (a former state in modern-day Henan, during the Zhou dynasty)
  2. Used in 鄭重郑重 (zhèngzhòng, “solemn”).
  3. a surname
      ―  Zhèng Chénggōng  ―  Zheng Chenggong (Ming loyalist who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century)
      ―  Zhèng Xiè  ―  Zheng Xie (Qing-era Chinese official, painter and calligrapher)

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

  • English: Cheng, Zheng, Tseng, Tay, Teh, Tee, Tey
  • Tagalog: Ty, Tee (via Hokkien)

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. courteous
  2. (historical) Zheng

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 나라 이름 (nara ireum jeong))
(eumhun 성씨 (seongssi jeong))

  1. (historical) A former state in modern-day Henan
  2. a surname

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: trịnh, Trịnh

  1. chữ Hán form of trịnh (solemn).
    鄭重trịnh trọngsolemn
  2. chữ Hán form of Trịnh (a surname).
    鄭公山Trịnh Công Sơn