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| Traditional | 證 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 証 |
| Simplified | 证 |
証 (Kangxi radical 149,言+5, 12 strokes,cangjie input卜口一卜一 (YRMYM),four-corner01611,composition⿰訁正)
Simplified from證 (登 →正).Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*tjeŋs): semantic 言(“speech”) + phonetic 正(OC*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs). The character originally conveyed the meaning of "to admonish" and was later used in the sense of "proof" or "evidence."[1]
| For pronunciation and definitions of証 – see證 (“toprove; totestify; toverify;proof;evidence; etc.”). (This character is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified and variant form of證). |
Notes:
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| trad. | 証 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 证* | |
Etymologically related to正 (OC*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs).
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 証 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 之盛切 |
| Baxter | tsyengH |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiᴇŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiɛŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiæŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ciajŋH/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiɛŋH/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭɛŋH/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯ɛŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zing3 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 証 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhèng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyengH › |
| Old Chinese | /*teŋ-s/ |
| English | remonstrate |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 証 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17179 |
| Phonetic component | 正 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 政 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjeŋs/ |
証
| 証 | |
| 證 |
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji,kyūjitai form證)
| Kanji in this term |
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| 証 |
| あかし Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
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| 證(kyūjitai) 証し |
From the連用形(ren'yōkei,“stem orcontinuative form”) of the verb明かす(akasu,“toilluminate; toreveal”).
| Kanji in this term |
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| 証 |
| しょう Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 證(kyūjitai) |
FromMiddle Chinese證 (MC tsyingH)
証• (jeong) (hangeul정,revised jeong,McCune–Reischauer chŏng,Yale ceng)
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