磫

磫 U+78EB, 磫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78EB ← 磪 [U+78EA] CJK Unified Ideographs 磬 → [U+78EC]

Translingual

Han character

磫 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一口竹人人 (MRHOO), composition ⿰石從)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 836, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24453
• Dae Jaweon: page 1253, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2453, character 9
• Unihan data for U+78EB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		磫

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (从) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
摐	*sʰroːŋ, *sʰloŋ
鏦	*sʰroːŋ, *sʰloŋ
豵	*ʔsloːŋ, *ʔsloŋ
嵸	*ʔsloːŋ, *ʔsloːŋʔ
蓯	*ʔsloːŋʔ
蹤	*ʔsloŋ
縱	*ʔsloŋ, *ʔsloŋs
樅	*ʔsloŋ, *sʰloŋ
磫	*ʔsloŋ
熧	*ʔsloŋ
瘲	*ʔsloŋs
暰	*sʰloŋ
瑽	*sʰloŋ
從	*zloŋ, *zloŋ, *zloŋs
从	*zloŋ
慫	*sloŋʔ
聳	*sloŋʔ
傱	*sloŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zōng (zong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zong
    • Wade–Giles: tsung¹
    • Yale: dzūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzong
    • Palladius: цзун (czun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zung¹
    • Yale: jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjowng

Rime
Character	磫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即容切
Baxter	tsjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suawŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sioŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭwoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsloŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磫
Reading #	1/1
No.	1846
Phonetic component	从
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	縱
Old Chinese	/*ʔsloŋ/

Definitions

磫

1. smooth-textured whetstone
2. stone path