宬

宬 U+5BAC, 宬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BAC ← 宫 [U+5BAB] CJK Unified Ideographs 宭 → [U+5BAD]

Translingual

Han character

宬 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十戈竹尸 (JIHS), four-corner 3025₃, composition ⿱宀成)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 285, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7151
• Dae Jaweon: page 564, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 925, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5BAC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		宬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 宬
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
成	*djeŋ
城	*djeŋ
誠	*djeŋ
宬	*djeŋ
郕	*djeŋ
筬	*djeŋ
盛	*djeŋ, *djeŋs
珹	*djeŋ
晟	*djeŋs
墭	*djeŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djeŋ): semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 成 (OC *djeŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéng (cheng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sing⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sen³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²
    • Yale: chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: sing⁴
    • Yale: sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sen²²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyeng

Rime
Character	宬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	是征切
Baxter	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djeŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宬
Reading #	1/1
No.	1420
Phonetic component	成
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	成
Old Chinese	/*djeŋ/

Definitions

宬

1. (archaic) library, archives

Compounds

• 皇史宬

References

• “宬”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

宬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せい (sei)、じょう (jō)
• Kun: くら (kura)

Korean

Hanja

宬 • (seong) (hangeul 성)

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