沖

See also 冲, and 盅

Translingual

Han character

沖 (radical 85 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水中 (EL), four-corner 3510₆, composition ⿰氵中)

1. pour, infuse, steep
2. wash away
3. abbreviation of Okinawa

References

• KangXi: page 611, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17209
• Dae Jaweon: page 1004, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1565, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6C96

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Cantonese

Hanzi

沖 (simplified 冲, Yale chung1)

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Japanese

Kanji

沖 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: おき (oki; offing), わく (waku)

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Korean

Hanja

沖 (hangeul 충, revised chung, McCune-Reischauer ch'ung, Yale chwung)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

沖 (simplified 冲, pinyin chōng (chong1), shà (sha4), suō (suo1), Wade-Giles ch'ung¹, sha⁴, so¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

沖 (trùng, xung)

Readings

• Nôm: trong , trùng, xung

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville