錚

Han character edit

錚 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金月尸木 (CBSD) or 金弓尸木 (CNSD), four-corner 8215₃, composition ⿰釒争 or ⿰釒爭)

Derived characters edit

• 𮆸 (Contains ⿰釒爭)

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1310, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40553
• Dae Jaweon: page 1812, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4201, character 3
• Unihan data for U+931A

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰreːŋ) : semantic 金 + phonetic 爭 (OC *ʔsreːŋ).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

錚

1. onomatopoeia for the sound of metal objects being struck
2. (historical) an ancient type of percussion instrument, made of copper, bell-shaped, and narrow, used to pace the marching of armies

   alt. forms: 鉦／钲 (zhēng)

Compounds edit

References edit

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04315

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. gong
2. onomatopoeia for the sound of metal objects being struck

Readings edit

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: どら (dora, 錚)

Compounds edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 錚 (MC tsrheang).

Pronunciation edit

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛŋ] ~ [t͡ɕe̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [쟁/젱]

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

錚

Wikisource

錚 (eumhun 쇳소리 쟁 (soetsori jaeng))

1. metallic sound
2. gong (a type of percussion instrument used in folk music)

Compounds edit

References edit

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 錚

Han character edit

錚: Hán Nôm readings: trành, tranh

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