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聰

See also: 聡, 聦, and 聪
聰 U+8070, 聰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8070
← 聯
[U+806F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 聱 →
[U+8071]
聰 U+2F97F, 聰
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F97F
← 𦖨
[U+2F97E] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𣍟 →
[U+2F980]

Translingual

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Traditional 聰
Shinjitai
(extended) 		聡
Simplified 聪

Han character

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聰 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸十竹田心 (SJHWP), four-corner 16130, composition ⿰耳悤)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 969, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29154
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1419, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2795, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8070

Chinese

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trad. 聰
simp. 聪
alternative forms 聦
聡
𦕻

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (囱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
牎 *sʰroːŋ
窗 *sʰroːŋ
窓 *sʰroːŋ
囱 *sʰroːŋ, *sʰloːŋ
總 *ʔsloːŋʔ
熜 *ʔsloːŋʔ
傯 *ʔsloːŋʔ
緫 *ʔsloːŋʔ
揔 *ʔsloːŋʔ
偬 *ʔsloːŋʔ, *ʔsloːŋs
囪 *sʰloːŋ
璁 *sʰloːŋ
驄 *sʰloːŋ
蔥 *sʰloːŋ
匆 *sʰloːŋ
怱 *sʰloːŋ
葱 *sʰloːŋ
楤 *sʰloːŋ
聦 *sʰloːŋ
繱 *sʰloːŋ
騘 *sʰloːŋ
鍯 *sʰloːŋ
聰 *sʰloːŋ
愡 *sʰloːŋs
檧 *sloːŋ, *sloːŋʔ
憽 *sloːŋ
幒 *sʰloŋʔ, *kjoŋ

The character derives from its proto-form 悤, which represents a heart/mind (心) with a big dot on top indicating a hole. According to Qiu Xigui (裘錫圭) and Shen Pei (沈培), it indicates an open heart and an open mind. Its original meaning was "intelligent". Later, it became Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰloːŋ) : phonetic 囪 (OC *sʰloːŋ) + semantic 心 (“heart”), hence the dot on top became the pictogram of a window.

Eventually, the character evolved into 聰, i.e., Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰloːŋ) : semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 悤 (), in which the ear symbolizes somebody willing to listen and learn fastly through hearing.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • chhong - literary;
  • chhang - vernacular.
Rime
Character 聰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 倉紅切
Baxter tshuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰəwŋ/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰuŋ/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰuŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		cōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cung1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 聰
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cōng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tshuwng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-l̥ˁoŋ/
English hear well; intelligent

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 聰
Reading # 1/1
No. 1830
Phonetic
component 		囱
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		怱
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰloːŋ/

Definitions

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聰

  1. quick at hearing
  2. hearing; sense of hearing
  3. intelligent; clever; bright
    Synonyms: 穎 / 颖 (yǐng), 慧 (huì)
  4. satoshi (bitcoin unit)

Compounds

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References

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  • “聰”, 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–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “聪”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 39.

Japanese

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Shinjitai

聡

Kyūjitai

聰

Kanji

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聰

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 聡)

  1. wise, intelligent

Readings

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  • Go-on: す (su)
  • Kan-on: そう (sō)
  • Kun: さとい (satoi, 聰い)
  • Nanori: あきら (akira)、さとし (satoshi)

Korean

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Hanja

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聰 • (chong) (hangeul 총, revised chong, McCune–Reischauer ch'ong, Yale chong)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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聰: Hán Nôm readings: thông

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