鄫

鄫 U+912B, 鄫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-912B ← 鄪 [U+912A] CJK Unified Ideographs 鄬 → [U+912C]

Translingual

Han character

鄫 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金日弓中 (CANL), four-corner 8762₇, composition ⿰曾阝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1277, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39643
• Dae Jaweon: page 1777, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3798, character 2
• Unihan data for U+912B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		鄫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鄫
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
潧	*ʔsrɯn
繒	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
增	*ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs
憎	*ʔsɯːŋ
磳	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
曾	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ
矰	*ʔsɯːŋ
罾	*ʔsɯːŋ
熷	*ʔsɯːŋ
竲	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
橧	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
譄	*ʔsɯːŋ
蹭	*sʰɯːŋs
層	*zɯːŋ
贈	*zɯːŋs
僧	*sɯːŋ
鬙	*sɯːŋ
甑	*ʔsɯŋs
鄫	*zɯŋ
驓	*zɯŋ
嶒	*zɯŋ
噌	*sʰɯːŋ
鏳	*zrɯːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zēng, céng (zeng¹, ceng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄥ, ㄘㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zeng
    • Wade–Giles: tsêng¹
    • Yale: dzēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeng
    • Palladius: цзэн (czɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: céng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: céng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻêng²
    • Yale: tséng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tserng
    • Palladius: цэн (cɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzing

Rime
Character	鄫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾陵切
Baxter	dzing
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɨŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zieŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ziəŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭəŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯əŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zɯŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鄫
Reading #	1/1
No.	16632
Phonetic component	曾
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	繒
Old Chinese	/*zɯŋ/

Definitions

鄫

1. (historical) Zeng (an ancient vassal state in modern-day Shandong, China)
2. (historical) Zeng (an ancient vassal state in modern-day Henan, China)
3. a surname