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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
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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奠
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*diːŋs
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鄭
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*deŋs
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擲
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*deɡ
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躑
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*deɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *deŋs) : phonetic 奠 (OC *diːŋs) + semantic 邑.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Note:
- da5/daⁿ5 - vernacular (incl. surname);
- ding5 - literary.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note:
- tēⁿ/tīⁿ - vernacular (incl. surname);
- tēng - literary.
Note: de1 - vernacular (surname).
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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鄭
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zhèng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ drjengH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*reŋ-s/
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English
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Zhèng (a surname)
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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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鄭
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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2352
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Phonetic component
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奠
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Rime group
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耕
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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鄭
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Old Chinese
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/*deŋs/
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Definitions
鄭
- (historical) Zheng (a former state in modern-day Henan, during the Zhou dynasty)
- Used in 鄭重/郑重 (zhèngzhòng, “solemn”).
- 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)
- 鄭燮/郑燮 ― Zhèng Xiè ― Zheng Xie (Qing-era Chinese official, painter and calligrapher)
Synonyms
Compounds
Descendants
References
Japanese
Kanji
鄭
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- courteous
- (historical) Zheng
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
鄭 (eumhun 나라 이름 정 (nara ireum jeong))
鄭 (eumhun 성씨 정 (seongssi jeong))
- (historical) A former state in modern-day Henan
- a surname
Vietnamese
Han character
鄭: Hán Nôm readings: trịnh, Trịnh
- chữ Hán form of trịnh (“solemn”).
- 鄭重 ― trịnh trọng ― solemn
- chữ Hán form of Trịnh (“a surname”).
- 鄭公山 ― Trịnh Công Sơn