聳

See also: 耸

聳	U+8073, 聳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8073

← 聲
[U+8072]

CJK Unified Ideographs

聴 →
[U+8074]

Translingual

Han character

聳 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹人尸十 (HOSJ), four-corner 2840₁, composition ⿱從耳)

Derived characters

𡄭

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 969, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29167
Dae Jaweon: page 1420, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2795, character 3
Unihan data for U+8073

Chinese

trad.		聳
simp.		耸
alternative forms		𢕈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
摐	sʰroːŋ, sʰloŋ
鏦	sʰroːŋ, sʰloŋ
豵	ʔsloːŋ, ʔsloŋ
嵸	ʔsloːŋ, ʔsloːŋʔ
蓯	*ʔsloːŋʔ
蹤	*ʔsloŋ
縱	ʔsloŋ, ʔsloŋs
樅	ʔsloŋ, sʰloŋ
磫	*ʔsloŋ
熧	*ʔsloŋ
瘲	*ʔsloŋs
暰	*sʰloŋ
瑽	*sʰloŋ
從	zloŋ, zloŋ, *zloŋs
从	*zloŋ
慫	*sloŋʔ
聳	*sloŋʔ
傱	*sloŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sloŋʔ): phonetic 從 (OC *zloŋ, *zloŋ, *zloŋs) + semantic 耳.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǒng (song³)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sung²
Eastern Min (BUC): sūng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sióng / chhàng

(Teochew, Peng'im): song²
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵son / ³son

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǒng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǒng
  - Wade–Giles: sung³
  - Yale: sǔng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soong
  - Palladius: сун (sun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sung²
  - Yale: súng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sung²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sung²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ³⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sūng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng
  - Tâi-lô: sióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siorng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàng
  - Tâi-lô: tshàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaxng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaŋ¹¹/

Note:

sióng - literary;
chhàng - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: song²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sóng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /soŋ⁵²/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵son
  - MiniDict: son^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²son
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /soŋ³⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³son
  - MiniDict: son^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /soŋ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: sjowngX

Rime
Character	聳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息拱切
Baxter	sjowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨoŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/sioŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/sioŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suawŋ^X/
Li Rong	/sioŋ^X/
Wang Li	/sĭwoŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯woŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sung²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sloŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聳
Reading #	1/1
No.	1861
Phonetic component	从
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	悚
Old Chinese	/*sloŋʔ/

Definitions

聳

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) deaf
urge on
rise up; raise up
erect
to reward
to scare; to frighten
lofty

Compounds

危言聳聽 / 危言耸听 (wēiyánsǒngtīng)
弄聳 / 弄耸
毛骨聳然 / 毛骨耸然 (máogǔsǒngrán)
毛髮聳然 / 毛发耸然
聳人聽聞 / 耸人听闻 (sǒngréntīngwén)
聳動 / 耸动 (sǒngdòng)
聳壑昂霄 / 耸壑昂霄
聳峙 / 耸峙 (sǒngzhì)
聳懼 / 耸惧
聳揖 / 耸揖
聳昧 / 耸昧
聳然 / 耸然
聳直 / 耸直
聳立 / 耸立 (sǒnglì)
聳聽 / 耸听
聳肩 / 耸肩 (sǒngjiān)
聳頭聳腦 / 耸头耸脑
袂聳 / 袂耸
顛頭聳腦 / 颠头耸脑
高聳 / 高耸 (gāosǒng)
高聳聳 / 高耸耸

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𮋹
Print standard	聳

Kanji

聳

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮋹)

rise
tower

Readings

On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
Kun: そびえる (sobieru, 聳える)、そばだつ (sobadatsu, 聳つ)、そびやかす (sobiyakasu, 聳やかす)

Korean

Hanja

聳 (eum 용 (yong))

urge on
rise up
stir, excite
to raise up
lofty