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Translingual
Note difference between Chinese form, which uses 曾 , and Japanese shinjitai which uses 曽 .
Han character
憎 (Kangxi radical 61, 心 +12 in Chinese , 心+11 in Japanese , 15 strokes in Chinese , 14 strokes in Japanese , cangjie input 心金田日 (PCWA ), four-corner 98066 , composition ⿰忄 曾 (G H T K ) or ⿰忄 曽 (J ))
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 402 , character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11188
Dae Jaweon: page 742, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2356, character 8
Unihan data for U+618E
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
潧
*ʔsrɯn
繒
*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
增
*ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs
憎
*ʔsɯːŋ
磳
*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
曾
*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ
矰
*ʔsɯːŋ
罾
*ʔsɯːŋ
熷
*ʔsɯːŋ
竲
*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
橧
*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
譄
*ʔsɯːŋ
蹭
*sʰɯːŋs
層
*zɯːŋ
贈
*zɯːŋs
僧
*sɯːŋ
鬙
*sɯːŋ
甑
*ʔsɯŋs
鄫
*zɯŋ
驓
*zɯŋ
嶒
*zɯŋ
噌
*sʰɯːŋ
鏳
*zrɯːŋ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *ʔsɯːŋ ) : semantic 忄 ( “ heart ” ) + phonetic 曾 ( OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ) .
Etymology
Possibly the same word as 增 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ , “to increase”), as in emotional accumulation (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
憎
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
zēng
Middle Chinese
‹ tsong ›
Old Chinese
/*ˁəŋ/
English
hate
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
憎
Reading #
1/1
No.
16614
Phonetic component
曾
Rime group
蒸
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese
/*ʔsɯːŋ/
Definitions
憎
( literary or Cantonese ) to hate ; to detest ; to abhor
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
討厭 (“to dislike; to loathe; to hate”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
討厭 , 厭惡 , 憎惡
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
討厭 , 不待見
Taiwan
討厭
Singapore
討厭
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
討厭 , 惡素
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
格癢
Central Plains Mandarin
Xi'an
討厭
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
討厭 , 見不得 , 嫌
Wuhan
嫌 , 討厭
Jianghuai Mandarin
Yangzhou
嫌 , 惡嫌 , 討厭
Hefei
討厭 , 格厭
Cantonese
Guangzhou
憎
Hong Kong
憎
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
厭
Macau
憎
Guangzhou (Panyu)
憎
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
憎
Guangzhou (Conghua)
憎
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
憎
Foshan
憎
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
憎
Foshan (Shunde)
憎
Foshan (Sanshui)
憎
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
憎
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
憎
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
憎
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
憎
Jiangmen (Baisha)
憎
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
憎
Taishan
憎 , 煩
Kaiping (Chikan)
憎 , 煩
Enping (Niujiang)
憎
Heshan (Yayao)
憎
Dongguan
憎
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
憎
Yangjiang
嬲
Gan
Nanchang
討厭 , 討嫌 , 嫌
Hakka
Meixian
惱
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
討厭 , 嬲
Dongguan (Qingxi)
嬲
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
憎
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
惱
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
惱
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
惱
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
惱
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
惱
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
慼
Jin
Taiyuan
討厭
Northern Min
Jian'ou
討厭 , 怒
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
嫌 , 顣 , 怒
Southern Min
Xiamen
猌 , 㤉 , 沖 , 沖神 , 沖𡳞 , 猌神 , 㤉𡳞 vulgar , 㤉潲 vulgar , 猌𡳞 vulgar , 鑿𡳞 vulgar , 揬𡳞 vulgar
Quanzhou
㤉 , 㤉神 , 㤉𡳞 vulgar , 㤉潲 vulgar , 揬𡳞 vulgar
Jinjiang
㤉 , 㤉神 , 㤉潲 vulgar
Zhangzhou
猌 , 㤉 , 猌神 , 㤉𡳞 vulgar , 㤉潲 vulgar , 鑿𡳞 vulgar , 揬𡳞 vulgar
Penang (Hokkien)
滷
Singapore (Hokkien)
滷
Manila (Hokkien)
㤉 , 㤉神 , 㤉潲 vulgar
Chaozhou
滷
Jieyang
滷
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
憎
Wu
Suzhou
討厭 , 注
Ningbo
刻忖 , 嫌鄙 , 討厭 , 難看 , 難相
Wenzhou
討厭 , 惡
Xiang
Changsha
討嫌 , 厭眼
Shuangfeng
討嫌
Dialectal synonyms of
恨 (“to hate”)
Compounds
Descendants
Japanese
Shinjitai
憎
Kyūjitai [ 1]
憎 憎
or憎 +︀
?
憎󠄀 憎 +󠄀
? (Adobe-Japan1 )
憎󠄃 憎 +󠄃
? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
憎
(Jōyō kanji , shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 憎 )
hate
Readings
Go-on : そう ( sō )
Kan-on : そう ( sō )
Kan’yō-on : ぞう ( zō , Jōyō )
Kun : にくい ( niku i , 憎い , Jōyō ) 、にくしみ ( niku shimi , 憎しみ , Jōyō ) 、にくむ ( niku mu , 憎む , Jōyō ) 、にくらしい ( niku rashii , 憎らしい , Jōyō ) ←にくらし ( niku rasi , 憎らし , historical )
Compounds
References
Korean
Hanja
憎 • (jeung ) (hangeul 증 , revised jeung, McCune–Reischauer chŭng, Yale cung)
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Vietnamese
Han character
憎 : Hán Nôm readings: tăng
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