琮

琮	U+742E, 琮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-742E

← 琭
[U+742D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

琯 →
[U+742F]

Translingual

Han character

琮 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土十一火 (MGJMF), four-corner 1319₁, composition ⿰𤣩宗)

Derived characters

𭲙

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 735, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21071
Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1123, character 11
Unihan data for U+742E

Chinese

trad.		琮
simp. ^#		琮

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cóng (cong²)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cóng
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻung²
  - Yale: tsúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorng
  - Palladius: цун (cun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cung⁴
  - Yale: chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: dzowng

Rime
Character	琮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	冬 (5)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	藏宗切
Baxter	dzowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuoŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zoŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zawŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡zoŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡zuoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuoŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zuːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琮
Reading #	1/1
No.	17897
Phonetic component	宗
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	賨
Old Chinese	/*zuːŋ/

Definitions

琮

hollow jade cylinder with rectangular sides
a surname

Compounds

琮琤
黃琮 / 黄琮

Japanese

Kanji

琮

(Hyōgai kanji)

octagonal piece of jade with hole in middle

Readings

On (unclassified): そう (sō)、ず (zu)、す (su)

Korean

Hanja

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

octagonal piece of jade with hole in middle