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嵩 (Kangxi radical 46,山+10, 13 strokes,cangjie input山卜口月 (UYRB),four-corner22227,composition⿱山高)
| simp. andtrad. | 嵩 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 㟣 崧 | |
| Historical forms of the character嵩 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 山(“mountain”) + 高(“tall”).
Reasoning that嵩 and崧 (sōng) are the same word and the latter's phonetic松 (OC*sɢloŋ) suggests the medial *-l-,Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs Old Chinese pronunciation *suŋ < *sluŋ, proposes that it was fromAustroasiatic and compares it toProto-Mon-Khmer*sluŋ ~ *sluuŋ(“high”). However, noteBaxter & Sagart (2014)'s reconstructions嵩 ~崧 (OC *[s]uŋ), &松 (OC *sə.ɢoŋ) without medial *-l-.
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 嵩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 息弓切 |
| Baxter | sjuwng |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sɨuŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siuŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /siuŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /suwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /siuŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭuŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si̯uŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sōng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sung1 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 嵩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | sōng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sjuwng › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s]uŋ/ |
| English | high |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 嵩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12058 |
| Phonetic component | 嵩 |
| Rime group | 終 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嵩 |
| Old Chinese | /*suŋ/ |
嵩
| Kanji in this term |
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| 嵩 |
| かさ Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
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