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澄 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水弓人廿 (ENOT), four-corner 32118, composition)

Derived characters

  • 𭟕

澄 - Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Old Chinese
*tɯːŋ
*tɯːŋ
*tɯːŋ
*tɯːŋ
*tɯːŋ, *dɯːŋs
*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs, *tʰɯːŋ
*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs
*tɯːŋs
*tɯːŋs
*tɯːŋs, *rdɯːŋ
*tɯːŋs
*tɯːŋs
*tʰɯːŋ
*tʰɯːŋ
*dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ
*dɯːŋs
*dɯːŋs, *tʰɯŋ
*tʰɯŋs
*dɯŋ, *dɯŋs, *rdɯːŋ
*dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ, *rdɯːŋ
*tjɯŋʔ
*tjɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ) : semantic (water) + phonetic (OC *tɯːŋ) – clear water.

Pronunciation 1

  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): cing4
  • Hakka
    • (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀n
    • (Meixian, Guangdong): cen2
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ): têng
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): têng5
  • Middle Chinese: /ɖɨŋ/, /ɖˠæŋ/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]rəŋ/
    • (Zhengzhang): /*dɯŋ/, /*rdɯŋ/

Definitions

  1. clear; limpid
  2. to make (something) become clear; to make (solid impurities) precipitate; to settle
  3. to clarify; to purify
  4. a surname
  5. () (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of (MC ɖˠæŋ)

Compounds

  • 澄清天下
  • 澄清湖
  • 澄源正本
  • 澄澈 (chéngchè)
  • 澄澹精致
  • 澄空
  • 端本澄源
  • 佛圖澄佛图澄
  • 攬轡澄清揽辔澄清
  • 淘澄飛跌淘澄飞跌
  • 澄心堂紙澄心堂纸
  • 澄思寂慮澄思寂虑
  • 澄泥硯澄泥砚
  • 澄淨澄净
  • 澄瑩澄莹
  • 澄觀澄观
  • 澄邁澄迈 (Chéngmài)
  • 空水澄鮮空水澄鲜

Pronunciation 2

  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): dang6
  • Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): cen2
  • Old Chinese
    • (Zhengzhang): /*dɯːŋs/

Definitions

  1. (colloquial) to settle (a liquid); to make (the impurities in a liquid) precipitate; to precipitate out
  2. (colloquial) to strain (a liquid); to pour liquid out and leave the solid content behind

Compounds

  • 澄沙
  • 澄澄
  • 澄粉 (chéngfěn)
  • 碧澄澄
  • 澄漿泥澄浆泥
  • 澄麵澄面 (chéngmiàn)

澄 - Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. clean
  2. pure
  3. (rare) serene

Readings

澄 - Korean

Hanja

(jing) (hangeul , revised jing, McCuneReischauer ching, Yale cing)

澄 - Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: chừng, trừng, xừng

Meaning and Definition of 澄
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