爽

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 大 + 㸚: bright

Han character

爽 (radical 89 爻+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大大大大 (KKKK), four-corner 4003₄)

1. happy, cheerful
2. refreshing

Derived terms

• 鷞, 㼽

References

• KangXi: page 690, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19746
• Dae Jaweon: page 1104, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 543, character 15
• Unihan data for U+723D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

爽 (Yale song2)

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Japanese

Kanji

爽 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: しょう (shō), そう (sō)
• Kun: あきらか (爽らか akiraka), さわやか (爽やか, sawayaka), たがう (tagau)

Compounds

• 爽やか (sawayaka): refreshing, clear
• 爽快 (sōkai): refreshing, invigorating
• 昧爽 (maisō): dawn, daybreak

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Korean

Hanja

爽 (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune-Reischauer sang, Yale sang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

爽 (pinyin shuǎng (shuang3), Wade-Giles shuang³)

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ sɔŋ˥˧ ]

Adjective

爽 (traditional and simplified, POJ sóng)

1. joyful

See also

• (Mandarin) 痛快 (tòngkuài)

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Vietnamese

Han character

爽 (sảng, sửng, sượng, sững)