撜

撜 U+649C, 撜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-649C ← 撛 [U+649B] CJK Unified Ideographs 撝 → [U+649D]

Translingual

Han character

撜 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手弓人廿 (QNOT), four-corner 5201₈, composition ⿰扌登)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 454, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12715
• Dae Jaweon: page 804, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1964, character 5
• Unihan data for U+649C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		撜

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
登	*tɯːŋ
璒	*tɯːŋ
燈	*tɯːŋ
簦	*tɯːŋ
蹬	*tɯːŋ, *dɯːŋs
磴	*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs, *tʰɯːŋ
鐙	*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs
嶝	*tɯːŋs
隥	*tɯːŋs
橙	*tɯːŋs, *rdɯːŋ
凳	*tɯːŋs
墱	*tɯːŋs
鼟	*tʰɯːŋ
膯	*tʰɯːŋ
澄	*dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ
鄧	*dɯːŋs
僜	*dɯːŋs, *tʰɯŋ
覴	*tʰɯŋs
瞪	*dɯŋ, *dɯŋs, *rdɯːŋ
憕	*dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ, *rdɯːŋ
撜	*tjɯŋʔ
證	*tjɯŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěng, chéng (zheng³, cheng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˇ, ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caang⁴, cing²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng³
    • Yale: jěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeeng
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²
    • Yale: chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caang⁴, cing²
    • Yale: chàahng, chíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaang⁴, tsing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cang⁴, qing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːŋ²¹/, /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyingX

Rime
Character	撜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie
Baxter	tsyingX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕɨŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕieŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiəŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭəŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯əŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*təŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	撜
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhěng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyingX ›
Old Chinese	/*təŋʔ/
English	lift up
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撜
Reading #	1/1
No.	2196
Phonetic component	登
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*tjɯŋʔ/
Notes	同抍原音蒸上聲無切語， 此依五音集韻補

Definitions

撜

1. ^† to touch; to come in contact with
2. ^† Alternative form of 拯 (zhěng)