嶸

See also: 嵘

嶸	U+5DB8, 嶸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DB8

← 嶷
[U+5DB7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嶹 →
[U+5DB9]

Translingual

Han character

嶸 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 山火火木 (UFFD), four-corner 2979₄, composition ⿰山榮)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 321, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8548
Dae Jaweon: page 621, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 803, character 10
Unihan data for U+5DB8

Chinese

trad.		嶸
simp.		嵘
alternative forms		峵巆／𫶕嵤𡵓

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鶯	*qreːŋ
罃	*qreːŋ
嫈	qreːŋ, qreːŋs, *qʷeŋ
褮	qreːŋ, qʷeŋ, *ɢʷeːŋ
覮	*pqʰʷeːŋ
謍	qʰʷreːŋ, qʷreːŋ, *ɢʷeŋ
䁝	*qʷraːŋʔ
嶸	ɢʷreːŋ, ɢʷreŋ
嵤	*ɢʷreːŋ
榮	*ɢʷreŋ
瑩	ɢʷreŋ, qʷeːŋs
蠑	*ɢʷreŋ
禜	ɢʷreŋ, ɢʷreŋs
醟	ɢʷreŋs, qʰʷeŋs
檾	kʰʷeŋʔ, kʰʷeːŋʔ
煢	*ɡʷeŋ
焭	*ɡʷeŋ
縈	*qʷeŋ
營	*ɢʷeŋ
鎣	ɢʷeŋ, qʷeːŋs
塋	*ɢʷeŋ
濴	*ɢʷeŋ
熒	*ɡʷeːŋ
螢	*ɡʷeːŋ
滎	*ɡʷeːŋ
濙	*qʷeːŋʔ
瀅	*qʷeːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷreːŋ, *ɢʷreŋ): semantic 山 + phonetic 榮 (OC *ɢʷreŋ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): róng, hóng (rong², hong²)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ, ㄏㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁴ / wang⁴ / jing⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): êng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: róng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: róng
  - Wade–Giles: jung²
  - Yale: rúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
  - Palladius: жун (žun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hóng
  - Wade–Giles: hung²
  - Yale: húng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horng
  - Palladius: хун (xun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wing⁴ / wang⁴ / jing⁴
  - Yale: wìhng / wàhng / yìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁴ / wang⁴ / jing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wing⁴ / weng⁴ / ying⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ²¹/, /wɐŋ²¹/, /jɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: êng
  - Tâi-lô: îng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: eeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: hjwaeng, hweang

Rime
Character	嶸	嶸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	庚 (112)	耕 (118)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	永兵切	戸萌切
Baxter	hjwaeng	hweang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠwiæŋ/	/ɦˠwɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚiaŋ/	/ɦʷᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuaŋ/	/ɣuɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwiajŋ/	/ɦwəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐŋ/	/ɣuɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐŋ/	/ɣwæŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɐŋ/	/ɣwæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóng	hóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wing⁴	wang⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷreŋ/, /*[ɢ]ʷˤreŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷreːŋ/, /*ɢʷreŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嶸	嶸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	róng	róng
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwæng ›	‹ hwɛng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷreŋ/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁreŋ/
English	high, distant	崢嶸 high, precipitous
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	嶸	嶸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15362	15367
Phonetic component	熒	熒
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	宏	榮
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷreːŋ/	/*ɢʷreŋ/

Definitions

嶸

used in 崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
towering and lofty

Compounds

崢嶸 / 峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
崢嶸歲月 / 峥嵘岁月 (zhēngróngsuìyuè)
嶸嶸 / 嵘嵘
歲月崢嶸 / 岁月峥嵘
頭角崢嶸 / 头角峥嵘 (tóujiǎozhēngróng)

References

“嶸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

嶸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)、おう (ō)、えい (ei)、よう (yō)
Kun: けわしい (kewashī)

Korean

Hanja

嶸 (eum 영 (yeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嶸: Hán Nôm readings: vanh

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References

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