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Translingual
Han character
澄 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水弓人廿 (ENOT), four-corner 32118, composition ⿰氵登)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 651, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18315
- Dae Jaweon: page 1061, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1750, character 6
- Unihan data for U+6F84
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 登
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*tɯːŋ
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| 璒
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*tɯːŋ
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| 燈
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*tɯːŋ
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| 簦
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*tɯːŋ
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| 蹬
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*tɯːŋ, *dɯːŋs
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| 磴
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*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs, *tʰɯːŋ
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| 鐙
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*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs
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| 嶝
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*tɯːŋs
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| 隥
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*tɯːŋs
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| 橙
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*tɯːŋs, *rdɯːŋ
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| 凳
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*tɯːŋs
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| 墱
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*tɯːŋs
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| 鼟
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*tʰɯːŋ
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| 膯
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*tʰɯːŋ
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| 澄
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*dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ
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| 鄧
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*dɯːŋs
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| 僜
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*dɯːŋs, *tʰɯŋ
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| 覴
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*tʰɯŋs
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| 瞪
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*dɯŋ, *dɯŋs, *rdɯːŋ
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| 憕
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*dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ, *rdɯːŋ
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| 撜
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*tjɯŋʔ
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| 證
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*tjɯŋs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 登 (OC *tɯːŋ) – clear water.
Pronunciation 1
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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澄
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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chéng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dring ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*rəŋ/
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| English
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limpid, clear
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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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澄
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澄
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| Reading #
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2/3
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3/3
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| No.
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2192
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2198
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Phonetic
component
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登
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登
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Rime
group
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蒸
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蒸
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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澂
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棖
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Old
Chinese
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/*dɯŋ/
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/*rdɯŋ/
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| Notes
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同澂
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Definitions
澄
- clear; limpid
- to make (something) become clear; to make (solid impurities) precipitate; to settle
- to clarify; to purify
- a surname
- (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 澄 (MC draeng)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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澄
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| Reading #
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1/3
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| No.
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2186
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Phonetic
component
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登
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Rime
group
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蒸
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*dɯːŋs/
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Definitions
澄
- (colloquial) to settle (a liquid); to make (the impurities in a liquid) precipitate; to precipitate out
- (colloquial) to strain (a liquid); to pour liquid out and leave the solid content behind
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
澄
(Jōyō kanji)
- clean
- pure
- (rare) serene
Readings
Korean
Hanja
澄 • (jing) (hangeul 징, revised jing, McCune–Reischauer ching, Yale cing)
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Vietnamese
Han character
澄: Hán Nôm readings: chừng, trừng, xừng
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