冗

See also: 宂

冗	U+5197, 冗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5197

← 冖
[U+5196]

CJK Unified Ideographs

冘 →
[U+5198]

冗	U+2F817, 冗 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F817

← 𠕋
[U+2F816]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

冤 →
[U+2F818]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

冗 (Kangxi radical 14, 冖+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 月竹弓 (BHN) or 難月竹弓 (XBHN) or 月竹山 (BHU), four-corner 3721₇, composition ⿱冖几(U+5197) or ⿱冖儿(U+2F817))

Derived characters

㕴, 坈, 㚮, 䤟, 䢆, 棾
𢪚, 𣏝, 𤴺, 𥓣
伔 (Exception: Contains ⿱冖儿 in Korea and ⿱冖几 in other regions)
沉 (Exception: Contains ⿱冖儿 in Taiwan, Hong Kong and ⿱冖几 in other regions)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 130, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1566
Dae Jaweon: page 292, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 302, character 16
Unihan data for U+5197

Unihan data for U+2F817

Chinese

trad.		冗/宂^*
simp.		冗
alternative forms		冘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冗
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
宂	*njoŋʔ
冗	*njoŋʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 宀 (“roof”) + 儿 (“person”) — a person at home without work to do.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rǒng (rong³)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jung² / jung⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lēng / liōng / lióng / jióng

(Teochew, Peng'im): rong²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rǒng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rǒng
  - Wade–Giles: jung³
  - Yale: rǔng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roong
  - Palladius: жун (žun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jung² / jung⁵
  - Yale: yúng / yúhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung² / jung⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung² / yung⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵/, /jʊŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēng
  - Tâi-lô: līng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liōng
  - Tâi-lô: liōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liong
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng
  - Tâi-lô: lióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liorng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jióng
  - Tâi-lô: jióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jiorng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɔŋ⁵³/

Note:

lēng - verncaular;
liōng - 量 in the Mainland;
lióng/jióng - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: rong²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jóng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zoŋ⁵²/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*njoŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	冗
Reading #	1/1
No.	10862
Phonetic component
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宂
Old Chinese	/*njoŋʔ/
Notes	宂注俗體

Definitions

冗

superfluous; unnecessary; surplus; uncalled-for; spare; excessive; redundant
complicated and tedious; overloaded with details
busy routine

Synonyms

(superfluous):

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冗長 / 冗长 (rǒngzhàng) (archaic)
冗餘 / 冗余 (rǒngyú)
剩 (shèng) (literary, or in compounds)
噠浪 / 哒浪 (dag⁴ nng⁷) (Teochew)
多餘 / 多余 (duōyú)

(complicated and tedious):

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龐雜 / 庞杂 (pángzá)
曲折 (qūzhé)
繁瑣 / 繁琐 (fánsuǒ)
繁雜 / 繁杂 (fánzá)
繁難 / 繁难 (fánnán)
複雜 / 复杂

Compounds

冗兵 (rǒngbīng)
冗冗
冗員 / 冗员 (rǒngyuán)
冗官 (rǒngguān)
冗忙 (rǒngmáng)
冗散
冗早 (liōng-chá) (Min Nan)
冗筆 / 冗笔
冗繁 (rǒngfán)
冗言 (rǒngyán)
冗詞贅句 / 冗词赘句
冗費 / 冗费 (rǒngfèi)
冗賦 / 冗赋 (rǒngfù)
冗贅 / 冗赘 (rǒngzhuì)
冗長 / 冗长
冗雜 / 冗杂 (rǒngzá)
冗食
冗餘 / 冗余 (rǒngyú)
心勞意冗 / 心劳意冗
撥冗 / 拨冗 (bōrǒng)
浮冗
煩冗 / 烦冗 (fánrǒng)
窮冗 / 穷冗
繁冗 (fánrǒng)
荒冗冗
閑冗 / 闲冗

Japanese

Kanji

冗

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: にゅう (nyū)
Kan-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)
Kun: むだ (muda, 冗)

Compounds

Derived terms

冗(じょう)句(く) (jōku)
冗(じょう)談(だん) (jōdan, “joke”)
冗(じょう)長(ちょう) (jōchō)
冗(じょう)漫(まん) (jōman)

Korean

Hanja

冗 (eum 용 (yong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

冗: Hán Việt readings: nhũng^[1]^[2]^[3]
冗: Nôm readings: nũng^[1]^[3], nhõng^[3]^[4], nhũng^[2], đem^[2], nhùng^[4]

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Nguyễn (2014).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Trần (2004).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Hồ (1976).

[tdcndg-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Trần (2004).

[btcn-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Hồ (1976).

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