塖

塖 U+5856, 塖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5856 ← 塕 [U+5855] CJK Unified Ideographs 塗 → [U+5857]

Translingual

Han character

塖 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土竹木心 (GHDP), composition ⿰土乘)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 235, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5335
• Dae Jaweon: page 473, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 472, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5856

Chinese

simp. and trad.		塖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
乘	*ɦljɯŋ, *ɦljɯŋs
溗	*ɦljɯŋ
塖	*ɦljɯŋ
騬	*ɦljɯŋ
椉	*ɦljɯŋ
剩	*ɦljɯŋs
嵊	*ɦljɯŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéng (cheng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (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: sing⁴
    • Yale: sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: zying

Rime
Character	塖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	食陵切
Baxter	zying
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑɨŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑɨŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑieŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑiŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiəŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯əŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljɯŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	塖
Reading #	1/1
No.	1454
Phonetic component	乘
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	繩
Old Chinese	/*ɦljɯŋ/

Definitions

塖

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 88

Japanese

Kanji

塖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)