綜

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See also: 综
綜 U+7D9C, 綜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D9C
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 綝 →

Translingual

Han character

綜 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火十一火 (VFJMF), four-corner 23991, composition ⿰糹宗)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 926, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27535
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1363, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3419, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+7D9C

Bailang

Etymology

Related to Burmese ဆောင်း (hcaung:, “winter”).

Noun

綜 (*tsoungh)

  1. winter

References

  • Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient‎, volume 103, pages 386—429

Chinese

trad. 綜
simp. 综

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (宗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
淙 *zuːŋ, *sruːŋs, *zuːŋ
鬃 *zuːŋ, *ʔsoːŋ, *zuːŋ
漴 *zruːŋs
粽 *ʔsoːŋs
宗 *ʔsuːŋ
倧 *ʔsuːŋ
綜 *ʔsuːŋs
錝 *ʔsuːŋs
賨 *zuːŋ
琮 *zuːŋ
悰 *zuːŋ
孮 *zuːŋ
誴 *zuːŋ
崇 *zruŋ
崈 *zruŋ
踪 *ʔsoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsuːŋs) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 宗 (OC *ʔsuːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 綜
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 冬 (5)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 子宋切
Baxter tsowngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡suoŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡suoŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡soŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sawŋH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡soŋH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡suoŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡suoŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zung3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 綜
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zòng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsowngH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁuŋ-s/
English collect (v.)

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 綜
Reading # 1/1
No. 17894
Phonetic
component 		宗
Rime
group 		終
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		綜
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsuːŋs/

Definitions

綜

  1. to put together; to assemble; to gather
  2. to synthesize; to sum up
  3. to manage; to administer
  4. to be proficient in
  5. Classifier for threads or hairs: strand
  6. to become crumpled; to crease

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 綜
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 冬 (5)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 子宋切
Baxter tsowngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡suoŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡suoŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡soŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sawŋH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡soŋH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡suoŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡suoŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zung3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 綜
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zòng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsowngH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁuŋ-s/
English collect (v.)

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 綜
Reading # 1/1
No. 17894
Phonetic
component 		宗
Rime
group 		終
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		綜
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsuːŋs/

Definitions

綜

  1. heddle (on a loom)

Japanese

Kanji

綜

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. rule
  2. synthesize

Readings

  • Go-on: そ (so)
  • Kan-on: そう (sō)
  • Kun: おさめる (osameru, 綜める)、すべる (suberu, 綜べる)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
綜
あぜ
Jinmeiyō
irregular

First attested in the Myōgoki (1275); of uncertain origin; but one theory suggests cognancy with 畔・畦 (aze).[1]

Noun

綜(あぜ) • (aze) 

  1. (obsolete or Chūgoku) a heddle, a tool for separating out warp threads
    Synonym: 綜絖 (sōkō)

References

  1. ^ “あぜ 【綜】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja

綜 • (jong) (hangeul 종, revised jong, McCune–Reischauer chong, Yale cong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

綜: Hán Nôm readings: tổng, tống

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