盅

盅 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中月廿 (LBT), four-corner 5010₇, composition ⿱中皿)

• 𢝈, 𰜒, 𨡵

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 793, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22958
• Dae Jaweon: page 1208, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2558, character 5
• Unihan data for U+76C5

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰuŋ, *duŋ, *tjoŋ): phonetic 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs) + semantic 皿 (“dish; vessel”).

From 鍾 (OC *tjoŋ, “goblet”).

盅

1. small handleless cup; goblet
2. (Hainanese) drinkware; cup (in general, with or without a handle)
3. Classifier for the amount of liquid or objects in a handleless cup.

   一盅米酒  ―  yī zhōng mǐjiǔ  ―  a goblet of rice wine

   一盅鳳爪排骨飯 [Cantonese, trad.]
   一盅凤爪排骨饭 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jat¹ zung¹ fung⁶ zaau² paai⁴ gwat¹ faan⁶ [Jyutping]

   a cup of rice with chicken feet and spareribs

4. (Hainanese) Classifier for the amount of liquid or objects in a cup.
   • 2015, “海南鸡饭 [Hǎinán jīfàn]”‎^[1]performed by 麦英:

     宰隻雞閹　捏地飯珍　沖盅kopi　落地牛奶 [Hainanese, trad.]
     宰只鸡阉　捏地饭珍　冲盅kopi　落地牛奶 [Hainanese, simp.]

     hai² ziah⁷ goi¹ iam¹, nid⁷ dih⁷ bui¹ zin¹, song¹ ziang¹ go¹ vi⁶, loh⁸ dih⁷ ghu² nin¹ [Guangdong Romanization]

     Butcher a capon, make some rice balls, make a cup of coffee, add some milk

   • (Can we date this quote?), “椰子情”, 郭坚 (lyrics):

     給我一盅椰子水　消除心中苦與累 [Hainanese, trad.]
     给我一盅椰子水　消除心中苦与累 [Hainanese, simp.]

     gib⁷ ghua³ yiag⁸ ziang¹ hhia² zi³ dui³, diao¹ su² dim¹ dong¹ hou³ gang¹ lui⁵ [Guangdong Romanization]

     Give me a cup of coconut water to remove the hardship and weariness in my heart.

盅

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of a container) empty

• “盅”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “盅”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 311.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. small cup
2. small bowl

• On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)、じゅ (ju)
• Kun: むなしい (munashii)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰuŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [충]

盅 • (chung) (hangeul 충, revised chung, McCune–Reischauer ch'ung, Yale chwung)

1. small cup
2. small bowl

盅: Hán Việt readings: chung^[1][2][3], trung^[1][4]
盅: Nôm readings: chung^[1], trung^[1]

1. chữ Hán form of chung (“small handleless cup”)