倀

See also: 伥

倀 U+5000, 倀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5000 ← 俿 [U+4FFF] CJK Unified Ideographs 倁 → [U+5001]

Translingual

Han character

倀 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人尸一女 (OSMV), four-corner 2123₂, composition ⿰亻長)

1. bewildered, confused (look)
2. reckless, rash, wildly
3. ghost of one devoured by a tiger

Derived characters

• 𥱭

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 106, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 742
• Dae Jaweon: page 227, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 170, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5000

Chinese

trad.		倀
simp.		伥

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• 倀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倀
Small seal script s05833
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
張	*taŋ, *taŋs
餦	*taŋ
粻	*taŋ
漲	*taŋ, *taŋʔ, *taŋs
長	*taŋʔ, *daŋ, *daŋs
脹	*taŋs
痮	*taŋs
帳	*taŋs
賬	*taŋs
倀	*tʰaŋ, *rtaːŋs
鼚	*tʰaŋ
鋹	*tʰaŋʔ
悵	*tʰaŋs
韔	*tʰaŋs
萇	*daŋ
瓺	*daŋ, *daŋs
棖	*rdaːŋ
掁	*rdaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰaŋ, *rtaːŋs): semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 長 (OC *taŋʔ, *daŋ, *daŋs)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāng (chang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng¹ / caang¹ / zan³ / caang⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cyorng¹ / cyoeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhêng / tiòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang¹
    • Yale: chāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chang
    • Palladius: чан (čan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: coeng¹ / caang¹ / zan³ / caang⁴
    • Yale: chēung / chāang / jan / chàahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹ / tsaang¹ / dzan³ / tsaang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng¹ / cang¹ / zen³ / cang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰaːŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sɐn³³/, /t͡sʰaːŋ²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cyorng¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chio̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyɒŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cyoeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyøŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhêng / tiòng
    • Tâi-lô: tshîng / tiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheeng, dioxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²⁴/, /tiɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²⁴/, /tiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ¹³/, /tiɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²⁴/, /tiɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²³/, /tiɔŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjang

Rime
Character	倀
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	禇羊切
Baxter	trhjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiaŋ/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	倀
Reading #	1/2
No.	1271
Phonetic component	長
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𦳝
Old Chinese	/*tʰaŋ/

Definitions

倀

1. insane person
2. ghost of one devoured by a tiger who becomes a servant of the tiger and helps it find more victims

Compounds

• 倀倀 / 伥伥
• 倀鬼 / 伥鬼 (chāngguǐ)
• 為虎作倀 / 为虎作伥
• 虎倀 / 虎伥

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèng (zheng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴
    • Yale: jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenq
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: traengH

Rime
Character	倀
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	猪孟切
Baxter	traengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈaɨjŋH/
Li Rong	/ȶɐŋH/
Wang Li	/ȶɐŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zang3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rtaːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	倀
Reading #	2/2
No.	1281
Phonetic component	長
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	倀
Old Chinese	/*rtaːŋs/

Definitions

倀

1. only used in 倀悙／伥悙

References

• “倀”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “伥”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 26.

Japanese

Kanji

倀

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ちょう (chō)、とう (tō)、じょう (jō)
• Kun: くるう (kuruu, 倀う)、たおれる (taoreru, 倀れる)

Korean

Hanja

倀 (eum 창 (chang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倀: Hán Nôm readings: trành

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