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| Stroke order | |||
|---|---|---|---|
醒 (Kangxi radical 164,酉+9, 16 strokes,cangjie input一田日竹一 (MWAHM),four-corner16614,composition⿰酉星)
| trad. | 醒 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 醒 | |
| 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs): semantic 酉(“alcohol”) + phonetic 星(OC*sleːŋ).
Cognate with清 (OC*sʰleŋ, “clear”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.
| Rime | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 醒 | 醒 | 醒 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 心 (16) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (125) | 青 (125) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 桑經切 | 蘇挺切 | 蘇佞切 |
| Baxter | seng | sengX | sengH |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /seŋ/ | /seŋX/ | /seŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /seŋ/ | /seŋX/ | /seŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sɛŋ/ | /sɛŋX/ | /sɛŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɛjŋ/ | /sɛjŋX/ | /sɛjŋH/ |
| Li Rong | /seŋ/ | /seŋX/ | /seŋH/ |
| Wang Li | /sieŋ/ | /sieŋX/ | /sieŋH/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /sieŋ/ | /sieŋX/ | /sieŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xīng | xǐng | xìng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sing1 | sing2 | sing3 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 醒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xǐng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sengX › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-tsʰˁeŋʔ/ |
| English | wake up |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 醒 | 醒 | 醒 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 11377 | 11380 | 11382 |
| Phonetic component | 生 | 生 | 生 |
| Rime group | 耕 | 耕 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 星 | 醒 | 腥 |
| Old Chinese | /*seːŋ/ | /*seːŋʔ/ | /*seːŋs/ |
醒
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 聰明,伶俐,聰敏,聰穎 | |
| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 聰明,機靈,伶俐,聰敏,聰穎,聰慧 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 聰明 |
| Taiwan | 聰明 | |
| Malaysia | 聰明,pandai | |
| Singapore | 聰明,pandai | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 聰明 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 靈,靈醒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 精靈,聰明 |
| Wuhan | 聰明 | |
| Guilin | 聰明 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 聰明 |
| Hefei | 聰明 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 聰明,醒,醒目,叻,精 |
| Hong Kong | 聰明,醒,醒目,叻,精 | |
| Taishan | 聰明,叻,參 | |
| Kaiping(Chikan) | 叻 | |
| Yangjiang | 伶俐,叻 | |
| Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) | 精,扮𠮨 | |
| Singapore(Guangfu) | 聰明,精,叻,醒目,扮𠮨 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 精靈,聰明 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 聰明,機靈 |
| Miaoli(N. Sixian) | 聰明 | |
| Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) | 聰明 | |
| Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) | 聰明 | |
| Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) | 聰明,精 | |
| Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) | 聰明,精 | |
| Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 聰明 | |
| Kuching(Hepo) | 將 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 機靈,聰明 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 聰明 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 聰明 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 聰明,伶俐 |
| Quanzhou | 聰明,骨,骨鳥 derogatory,伶俐 | |
| Zhangzhou | 聰明,伶俐 | |
| Taipei | 聰明,巧,明白 | |
| Singapore(Hokkien) | 聰明,𠢕,勥,醒目,巧 | |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 巧,勥,𠢕 | |
| Chaozhou | 聰明 | |
| Singapore(Teochew) | 聰明 | |
| Wenchang | 精 | |
| Singapore(Hainanese) | 精 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 聰明 |
| Ningbo | 聰明 | |
| Wenzhou | 靈,聰明 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 靈泛,聰明 |
| Shuangfeng | 聰明 | |
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