耵

耵 U+8035, 耵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8035 ← 耴 [U+8034] CJK Unified Ideographs 耶 → [U+8036]

Translingual

Han character

耵 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸十一弓 (SJMN), four-corner 1142₀, composition ⿰耳丁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 965, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29005
• Dae Jaweon: page 1413, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2783, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8035

Chinese

trad.		耵
simp. #		耵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
圢	*tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋʔ
町	*tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ, *deːŋʔ
打	*rteŋʔ, *teːŋʔ
盯	*rteŋʔ, *rdeŋ
朾	*rteːŋ, *rdeːŋ
丁	*rteːŋ, *teːŋ
玎	*rteːŋ, *teːŋ
虰	*rdeːŋ, *tʰeŋ, *teːŋ
揨	*rdeːŋ
釘	*teːŋ, *teːŋs
靪	*teːŋ, *teːŋʔ
仃	*teːŋ
叮	*teːŋ
疔	*teːŋ
頂	*teːŋʔ
奵	*teːŋʔ
耵	*teːŋʔ
酊	*teːŋʔ
葶	*teːŋʔ, *deːŋ
矴	*teːŋs
訂	*teːŋs, *tʰeːŋ, *deːŋʔ
飣	*teːŋs
汀	*tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋs
艼	*tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ
庁	*tʰeːŋ
婷	*deːŋ
停	*deːŋ
聤	*deːŋ
渟	*deːŋ
楟	*deːŋ
亭	*deːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *teːŋʔ) : semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 丁 (OC *rteːŋ, *teːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīng, dǐng, tīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥ, ㄉㄧㄥˇ, ㄊㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding¹, ding²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ding
    • Wade–Giles: ting¹
    • Yale: dīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ding
    • Palladius: дин (din)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ting³
    • Yale: dǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diing
    • Palladius: дин (din)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ting
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing¹
    • Yale: tīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ting
    • Palladius: тин (tin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding¹, ding²
    • Yale: dīng, díng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding¹, ding²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding¹, ding²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ⁵⁵/, /tɪŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tengX

Rime
Character	耵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都挺切
Baxter	tengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/teŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjŋX/
Li Rong	/teŋX/
Wang Li	/tieŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tieŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ding2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*teːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耵
Reading #	1/1
No.	2388
Phonetic component	丁
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	頂
Old Chinese	/*teːŋʔ/
Notes	見靈樞

Definitions

耵

1. Used in 耵聹／耵聍 (dīngníng, “earwax”).
2. a surname

Japanese

Kanji

耵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てい (tei); ちょう (chō)
• Kun: みみくそ (mimikuso)