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Translingual
Han character
慫 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹人心 (HOP), four-corner 28338, composition ⿱從心)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 399, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11127
- Dae Jaweon: page 739, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2343, character 10
- Unihan data for U+616B
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 摐
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*sʰroːŋ, *sʰloŋ
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| 鏦
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*sʰroːŋ, *sʰloŋ
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| 豵
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*ʔsloːŋ, *ʔsloŋ
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| 嵸
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*ʔsloːŋ, *ʔsloːŋʔ
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| 蓯
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*ʔsloːŋʔ
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| 蹤
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*ʔsloŋ
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| 縱
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*ʔsloŋ, *ʔsloŋs
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| 樅
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*ʔsloŋ, *sʰloŋ
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| 磫
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*ʔsloŋ
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| 熧
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*ʔsloŋ
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| 瘲
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*ʔsloŋs
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| 暰
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*sʰloŋ
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| 瑽
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*sʰloŋ
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| 從
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*zloŋ, *zloŋ, *zloŋs
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| 从
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*zloŋ
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| 慫
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*sloŋʔ
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| 聳
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*sloŋʔ
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| 傱
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*sloŋʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sloŋʔ) : phonetic 從 (OC *zloŋ, *zloŋ, *zloŋs) + semantic 心 (“heart”).
Etymology
Probably related to 兇／凶 (xiōng, “fear”) (Schuessler, 2007, p. 480).
Pronunciation 1
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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慫
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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1860
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Phonetic
component
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从
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Rime
group
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東
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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悚
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Old
Chinese
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/*sloŋʔ/
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Definitions
慫
- (obsolete) to be afraid; to be frightened; to be alarmed
- Used in 慫恿／怂恿 (sǒngyǒng, “to instigate; to incite; to provoke”).
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
慫
- Alternative form of 㞞／𪨊 (sóng)
- 你慫了！／你怂了！ ― Nǐ sóng le! ― You are a chicken!
Japanese
Kanji
慫
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
慫 • (jong) (hangeul 종, revised jong, McCune–Reischauer chong, Yale cong)
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Vietnamese
Han character
慫: Hán Nôm readings: túng
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