逢

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逢 U+9022, 逢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9022
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Translingual

Han character

逢 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹水十 (YHEJ), four-corner 37304, composition ⿺辶夆)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1258, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38901
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1746, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3844, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9022

Chinese

trad. 逢
simp. # 逢
2nd round simp. ⿺辶丰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 逢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (丰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
邦 *proːŋ
梆 *proːŋ
垹 *proːŋ
肨 *pʰroːŋs, *pʰroːŋs
蚌 *broːŋʔ, *breːŋʔ
玤 *broːŋʔ
棒 *broːŋʔ
蜯 *broːŋʔ
琫 *poːŋʔ
菶 *poːŋʔ, *boːŋʔ
俸 *poːŋʔ, *boŋs
髼 *boːŋ
蜂 *boːŋ, *pʰoŋ
韸 *boːŋ
蓬 *boːŋ
篷 *boːŋ
唪 *boːŋʔ, *boŋʔ
埲 *boːŋʔ
丰 *pʰoŋ
妦 *pʰoŋ
仹 *pʰoŋ
峯 *pʰoŋ
峰 *pʰoŋ
鋒 *pʰoŋ
烽 *pʰoŋ
蠭 *pʰoŋ
桻 *pʰoŋ
莑 *pʰoŋ
夆 *pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
捧 *pʰoŋʔ
逢 *boŋ
縫 *boŋ, *boŋs
漨 *boŋ
捀 *boŋ, *boŋs
奉 *boŋʔ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note:
  • hông - literary;
  • pâng - vernacular.
Rime
Character 逢
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 鍾 (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 符容切
Baxter bjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/buawŋ/
Li
Rong 		/bioŋ/
Wang
Li 		/bĭwoŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱi̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		féng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fung4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 逢
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		féng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bjowng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(r)oŋ/
English encounter (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 逢
Reading # 1/1
No. 3234
Phonetic
component 		丰
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		逢
Old
Chinese 		/*boŋ/

Definitions

逢

  1. to meet with; to encounter
    相逢  ―  xiàngféng  ―  to meet by chance
    逢包必檢 [MSC, trad.]
    逢包必检 [MSC, simp.]
    From: PRC subway notice
    féng bāo bì jiǎn
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to meet face-to-face
  3. (literary) to pander to
  4. (obsolete) big
  5. a surname
  6. (Eastern Min) any
Synonyms
  • (to meet with):

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 逢
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		péng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ buwng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*bˁoŋ/
English sound of the drum

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.

Definitions

逢

  1. (obsolete) Used in 逢逢 (“sound of drums”).
  2. (obsolete) Alternative form of 蓬 (péng)

Compounds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

逢

  1. a surname

Japanese

Kanji

逢

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. meeting; rendezvous

Readings

  • Go-on: ぶ (bu)
  • Kan-on: ほう (hō)
  • Kun: あう (au, 逢う)、むかう (mukau, 逢う)

Korean

Hanja

逢 (eumhun 만날 봉 (mannal bong))

  1. hanja form? of 봉 (“come upon, happen to meet”)
  2. hanja form? of 봉 (“flatter”)

Vietnamese

Han character

逢: Hán Nôm readings: phùng, buồng

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