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U+57CE, 城
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57CE

[U+57CD]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+57CF]
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城 U+2F852, 城
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F852
壮
[U+2F851]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 埴
[U+2F853]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 32, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土戈竹尸 (GIHS), four-corner 43150, composition )

Derived characters

  • 𬁃, 𪾓

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 229, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5086
  • Dae Jaweon: page 465, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 438, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+57CE
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djeŋ): semantic (soil) + phonetic (OC *djeŋ) since city walls were originally made of stamped earth

Etymology

Cognate with (OC *djeŋ, “to complete; city walls”), (OC *djeŋ, “to hold with a receptacle”), (OC *djeŋs, “abundant; flourishing”), as (OC *djeŋ, “city wall”) was made of filled-in or stamped earth (Schuessler, 2007). See for more.

Its original meaning was "city walls" and was originally written as ; later, it started to indicate the city (i.e., the part of territory within the city walls) due to metonymy since a single part of a city indicates the city itself.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • sing4 - literary;
  • seng4(-2) - vernacular.

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Definitions

  1. city wall
    兵臨兵临   bīnglínchéngxià   the enemy army is just outside of the walls of the city
  2. city, town, especially (historical) walled city
       chéngxiāng   urban and rural areas
  3. walled district within a city
    紫禁   Zǐjìnchéng   Forbidden City
    滿   mǎn yíng chéng   Manchu quarter
  4. large commercial venue
    服裝服装   fúzhuāng chéng   garment mall
    美食   měishí chéng   food court/dining area
  5. (literary) to construct city walls
  6. a surname

See also

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (じょう) ()
  • Korean: 성(城) (seong)
  • Vietnamese: thành ()

Others:

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