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蒸 (Kangxi radical 140,艸+10, 13 strokes,cangjie input廿弓水火 (TNEF),four-corner44331,composition⿱艹烝)
| trad. | 蒸 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 蒸 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 炡 | |
| alternative forms | 烝 | |
| Historical forms of the character蒸 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*kljɯŋ): semantic 艸(“grass”) + phonetic 烝(OC*kljɯŋ, *kljɯŋs).
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蒸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 煑仍切 |
| Baxter | tsying |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕɨŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕieŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ciŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiəŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭəŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯əŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhēng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zing1 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蒸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhēng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsying › |
| Old Chinese | /*təŋ/ |
| English | twigs as firewood |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蒸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1406 |
| Phonetic component | 丞 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蒸 |
| Old Chinese | /*kljɯŋ/ |
蒸
{{rfdef}}.蒸:Hán Nôm readings:chưng,chừng