猩

See also: 狌

猩 U+7329, 猩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7329 ← 猨 [U+7328] CJK Unified Ideographs 猪 → [U+732A]

Translingual

Han character

猩 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹日竹一 (KHAHM), four-corner 4621₄, composition ⿰犭星)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 714, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20528
• Dae Jaweon: page 1126, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1356, character 17
• Unihan data for U+7329

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
猜	*sʰlɯː
輤	*sʰleːns
綪	*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩	*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈	*sʰleːns
蒨	*sʰeːns
篟	*sʰeːns
生	*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲	*sreŋ
笙	*sreŋ
甥	*sreŋ
鉎	*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄	*sreŋ
鼪	*sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩	*sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌	*sreŋ
眚	*sreŋʔ
貹	*sreŋs
崝	*zreːŋ
精	*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁	*ʔsleŋ
鶄	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱	*ʔsleŋ
婧	*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐	*ʔsleŋ
聙	*ʔsleŋ
旌	*ʔsleŋ
清	*sʰleŋ
圊	*sʰleŋ
請	*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊	*sʰleŋs
䝼	*zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚	*zleŋs
情	*zleŋ
晴	*zleŋ
夝	*zleŋ
靜	*zleŋʔ
靖	*zleŋʔ
睲	*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺	*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性	*sleŋs
姓	*sleŋs
靗	*l̥ʰeŋs
鯖	*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青	*sʰleːŋ
靘	*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅	*sʰleːŋs
胜	*sleːŋ
曐	*sleːŋ
星	*sleːŋ
鮏	*sleːŋ
腥	*seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹	*seːŋ
醒	*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂	*seːŋ

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		猩
alternative forms		狌

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīng (xing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): seng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sing
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹
    • Yale: syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shing
    • Palladius: син (sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹
    • Yale: sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng
    • Tâi-lô: sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: sraeng

Rime
Character	猩
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所庚切
Baxter	sraeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ʃɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ʃɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sang1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	猩
Reading #	1/2
No.	11319
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	生
Old Chinese	/*sreŋ/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

猩

1. Used in 猩猩 (xīngxing); also used as its short form.
2. Synonym of 猩紅／猩红 (xīnghóng, “scarlet; bright red”)

Compounds

• 大猩猩 (dàxīngxing)
• 猩唇
• 猩朱
• 猩狒
• 猩猩 (xīngxing)
• 猩猩屐
• 猩猩木 (xīngxīngmù)
• 猩猩脣／猩猩唇
• 猩猩色
• 猩猩草
• 猩猩血
• 猩紅／猩红 (xīnghóng)
• 猩紅熱／猩红热 (xīnghóngrè)
• 猩脣／猩唇
• 猩色
• 猩血
• 猩袍
• 金剛猩猩／金刚猩猩
• 鸚猩／鹦猩
• 黃猩子／黄猩子
• 黑猩猩 (hēixīngxing)

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		猩

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *priŋ ~ *b-riŋ (“to bark”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīng (xing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sing
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹
    • Yale: syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shing
    • Palladius: син (sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹
    • Yale: sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: seng

Rime
Character	猩
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	桑經切
Baxter	seng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/seŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/seŋ/
Wang Li	/sieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/sieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*seːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	猩
Reading #	2/2
No.	11374
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	星
Old Chinese	/*seːŋ/
Notes	說文吠

Definitions

猩

1. (obsolete, rare) to bark

Japanese

Kanji

猩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: しょうじょう (shōjō, 猩); あかいろ (akairo)

Compounds

• 黒(くろ)猩(しょう)々(じょう) (kuroshōjō, “chimpanzee”)
• 猩(しょう)紅(こう)熱(ねつ) (shōkōnetsu, “scarlet fever”)
• 猩(しょう)々(じょう) (shōjō, “orangutan; heavy drinker”)
• 猩(しょう)々(じょう)蠅(ばえ) (shōjōbae, “fruit fly”)
• 猩(しょう)々(じょう)緋(ひ) (shōjōhi)

Korean

Hanja

猩 (eum 성 (seong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

猩: Hán Nôm readings: tinh

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References

• Nom Foundation