鄭

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 擲(掷), 躑(踯), 𡂸, 𢤜(𫺫), 𤣀, 𧓸, 𧀿, 𬅈

Descendants

• 郑 (Simplified Chinese)

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

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

Pronunciation

Definitions

鄭

1. (historical) Zheng (a former state in modern-day Henan, during the Zhou dynasty)

   • 若舍鄭以為東道主，行李之往來，共其乏困，君亦無所害。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     若舍郑以为东道主，行李之往来，共其乏困，君亦无所害。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Ruò shě Zhèng yǐwéi dōngdàozhǔ, xínglǐ zhī wǎnglái, gōng qí fákùn, jūn yì wú suǒ hài.

     If you would spare Zheng as a host of the eastern roads, we are willing to provide hospitability and aid to your eastbound diplomatic missions. There could be no harm to you in this.

2. Used in 鄭重／郑重 (zhèngzhòng, “solemn”).
3. a surname

   鄭成功／郑成功  ―  Zhèng Chénggōng  ―  Zheng Chenggong (Ming loyalist who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century)

Synonyms

• (surname): (Jinhua) 耳奠鄭／耳奠郑

Compounds

Descendants

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

References

• “鄭”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. courteous
2. (historical) Zheng

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: てい (tei)^{←てい (tei, historical)}
• Kun: ねんごろ (nengoro, 鄭ろ); かさねる (kasaneru, 鄭ねる)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

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

Vietnamese

Han character

鄭: Hán Nôm readings: trịnh, Trịnh

1. chữ Hán form of trịnh (“solemn”).

   鄭重 ― trịnh trọng ― solemn

2. chữ Hán form of Trịnh (“a surname”).

   鄭公山 ― Trịnh Công Sơn