檉

See also: 柽

檉 U+6A89, 檉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A89 ← 檈 [U+6A88] CJK Unified Ideographs 檊 → [U+6A8A]

Translingual

Han character

檉 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 木尸口土 (DSRG), four-corner 4691₄, composition ⿰木聖)

1. type of willow
2. tamarisk

References

• KangXi: page 556, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15650
• Dae Jaweon: page 945, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1299, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6A89

Chinese

trad.		檉
simp.		柽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
檉	*l̥ʰeŋ
蟶	*l̥ʰeŋ
聖	*hljeŋs
聽	*l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs
廳	*l̥ʰeːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l̥ʰeŋ): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 聖 (OC *hljeŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēng (cheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹
    • Yale: chēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹
    • Yale: chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈʰiᴇŋ/

Rime
Character	檉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑貞切
Baxter	trhjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰeŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	檉
Reading #	1/1
No.	11389
Phonetic component	聖
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	檉
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰeŋ/

Definitions

檉

1. Synonym of 檉柳／柽柳 (chēngliǔ, “tamarisk”).
2. (historical) A place name.

Compounds

• 檉柏／柽柏

• 檉柳／柽柳 (chēngliǔ)

Japanese

Kanji

檉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てい (tei); ちょう (chō)
• Kun: かわらやなぎ (kawarayanagi)

Korean

Hanja

檉 (eum 정 (jeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

檉: Hán Nôm readings: sanh

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References

• Nom Foundation