寵

See also: 𫳭 and 宠

寵 U+5BF5, 寵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BF5 ← 寴 [U+5BF4] CJK Unified Ideographs 寶 → [U+5BF6]

Translingual

Traditional	寵
Shinjitai (extended)	𫳭
Simplified	宠

Han character

寵 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 十卜月心 (JYBP), four-corner 3021₁, composition ⿱宀龍)

Derived characters

• 𠑙, 𰝳, 𨰧, 𡬈

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 293, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7368
• Dae Jaweon: page 579, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 957, character 19
• Unihan data for U+5BF5

Chinese

trad.		寵
simp.		宠
alternative forms		𠖥／𮰄

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
驡	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐	*broːŋ
瀧	*rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅	*roːŋ
朧	*roːŋ, *roŋs
龓	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾	*roːŋ
礱	*roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨	*roːŋ
蘢	*roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳	*roːŋ
襱	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏	*roːŋ
曨	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗	*roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪	*roːŋ
巃	*roːŋʔ
竉	*roːŋʔ
攏	*roːŋʔ
儱	*roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍	*b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘	*roŋ, *roŋs
隴	*roŋʔ
壠	*roŋʔ
壟	*roŋʔ
寵	*r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏	*kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *r̥ʰoŋʔ): semantic 宀 + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǒng (chong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cung²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cuung²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhúng

  (Hailu, HRS): chung^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cung³

• Northern Min (KCR): tě̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): tṳ̄ng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): toeng³ / tyoeng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): théng / thióng / chhóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tong²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǒng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung³
    • Yale: chǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choong
    • Palladius: чун (čun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cung²
    • Yale: chúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cuung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhúng
    • Hakka Romanization System: cung^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cung³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: chung^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰuŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cung³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰʊŋ³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tě̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰœyŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tṳ̄ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: toeng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tê̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰœŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tyoeng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyøŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: théng
    • Tâi-lô: thíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thióng
    • Tâi-lô: thióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiorng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /tʰiɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhóng
    • Tâi-lô: tshóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhorng
    • IPA (Longyan): /t͡sʰoŋ²¹/

Note:

• théng - vernacular;
• thióng - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tong²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshon
    • MiniDict: tshon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰoŋ³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 寵
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ²¹³/
	Tianjin	/t͡sʰuŋ¹³/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁵³/
	Xi'an	/p͡fʰəŋ⁵³/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fʰə̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰoŋ⁴²/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵³/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰoŋ⁴²/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂʰoŋ⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂʰoŋ²¹²/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰuəŋ⁵³/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰuŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰũŋ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sʰoŋ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕʰoŋ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰʌ̃³⁵/
	Tunxi	/t͡sʰan³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂʰoŋ⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰuŋ²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰuŋ³¹/
	Taoyuan	/tʃʰuŋ³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰoŋ³⁵/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰuŋ³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰoŋ³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/tʰiɔŋ⁵³/ /tʰiŋ⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/tʰuŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/tʰœyŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/tʰoŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/sɔŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjowngX

Rime
Character	寵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑隴切
Baxter	trhjowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰuawŋX/
Li Rong	/ȶʰioŋX/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭwoŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*r̥oŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*r̥ʰoŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	寵
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chǒng
Middle Chinese	‹ trhjowngX ›
Old Chinese	/*r̥oŋʔ/
English	favor, grace
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	寵
Reading #	1/1
No.	8448
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	寵
Old Chinese	/*r̥ʰoŋʔ/

Definitions

寵

1. to spoil; to pamper; to favour

   寵物／宠物  ―  chǒngwù  ―  pet

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) respect; honour; glory
3. favour; love
4. favourite

   • 線上教育，也曾經是新創公司的一時之寵。 [MSC, trad.]
     线上教育，也曾经是新创公司的一时之宠。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016 October 9, 賴昭男, 陸新創電商死亡潮？

     Xiànshàng jiàoyù, yě céngjīng shì xīnchuàng gōngsī de yīshí zhī chǒng. [Pinyin]

     Online education used to be a favourite of new companies at one point.

5. concubine

   • 周將軍請坐，聞你新納一寵甚美，有人要暗筭你，不可不防。 [MSC, trad.]
     周将军请坐，闻你新纳一宠甚美，有人要暗筭你，不可不防。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1743, 蔣士銓 (Jiang Shiquan), 臨川夢, 雙噬

     Zhōu jiāngjūn qǐngzuò, wén nǐ xīn nà yī chǒng shèn měi, yǒurén yào ànsuàn nǐ, bùkě bù fáng. [Pinyin]

     Please be seated, General Zhou. I have heard that the concubine that you have taken recently is quite beautiful and that someone is plotting against you, so you must take preventive measures.

   • 拙夫意欲納寵，真是眠思夢想，已非一日，惟恐夫人見怪，不敢啟齒。 [MSC, trad.]
     拙夫意欲纳宠，真是眠思梦想，已非一日，惟恐夫人见怪，不敢启齿。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1827, 李汝珍 (Li Ruzhen), 鏡花緣 (Flowers in the Mirror), chapter 50

     Zhuōfū yìyù nàchǒng, zhēnshì miánsīmèngxiǎng, yǐ fēi yīrì, wéikǒng fūrén jiànguài, bùgǎn qǐchǐ. [Pinyin]

     My husband desires to take a concubine, which has really bothered me in my thoughts and dreams for more than a day, but for fear that my lady would take offence, I did not dare open my mouth about this.

   • 但此時他新納的愛寵老九也就替他揮霍得可觀。 [MSC, trad.]
     但此时他新纳的爱宠老九也就替他挥霍得可观。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1933, 茅盾 (Mao Dun), 子夜 (zǐyè) (Midnight)

     Dàn cǐshí tā xīn nà de àichǒng lǎojiǔ yě jiù tì tā huīhuò de kěguān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. (used in compounds) short for 寵物 / 宠物 (chǒngwù, “pet”)

   愛寵／爱宠  ―  àichǒng  ―  one's beloved pet

   萌寵／萌宠  ―  méngchǒng  ―  cute pet

   異寵／异宠  ―  yìchǒng  ―  exotic pet

7. a surname

Compounds

• 假寵 / 假宠
• 光寵 / 光宠
• 內寵 / 内宠
• 受寵 / 受宠 (shòuchǒng)
• 受寵若驚 / 受宠若惊 (shòuchǒngruòjīng)
• 向寵 / 向宠
• 失寵 / 失宠 (shīchǒng)
• 嬌寵 / 娇宠 (jiāochǒng)
• 寵任 / 宠任
• 寵信 / 宠信 (chǒngxìn)
• 寵光 / 宠光
• 寵兒 / 宠儿 (chǒng'ér)
• 寵利 / 宠利
• 寵召 / 宠召
• 寵命 / 宠命
• 寵妾 / 宠妾
• 寵姬 / 宠姬
• 寵嬖 / 宠嬖
• 寵幸 / 宠幸 (chǒngxìng)
• 寵愛 / 宠爱 (chǒng'ài)
• 寵物 / 宠物 (chǒngwù)
• 寵異 / 宠异
• 寵祿 / 宠禄
• 寵秩 / 宠秩
• 寵綏 / 宠绥
• 寵貴 / 宠贵
• 寵貺 / 宠贶
• 寵辱不驚 / 宠辱不惊 (chǒngrǔbùjīng)
• 寵辱無驚 / 宠辱无惊
• 寵辱若驚 / 宠辱若惊
• 寵遇 / 宠遇
• 寵錫 / 宠锡
• 專寵 / 专宠
• 席寵 / 席宠
• 得寵 / 得宠 (déchǒng)
• 怙寵 / 怙宠
• 恩寵 / 恩宠 (ēnchǒng)
• 恃寵而驕 / 恃宠而骄 (shì chǒng ér jiāo)
• 愛寵 / 爱宠 (àichǒng)
• 懷寵尸位 / 怀宠尸位
• 承寵 / 承宠
• 持祿固寵 / 持禄固宠
• 新寵 / 新宠 (xīnchǒng)
• 斷袖之寵 / 断袖之宠
• 榮寵 / 荣宠
• 權寵 / 权宠 (quánchǒng)
• 殊寵 / 殊宠
• 爭寵 / 争宠 (zhēngchǒng)
• 矜功恃寵 / 矜功恃宠
• 矜寵 / 矜宠
• 竊幸乘寵 / 窃幸乘宠
• 納寵 / 纳宠
• 繫臂之寵 / 系臂之宠
• 蒙主寵召 / 蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào)
• 蔽賢寵頑 / 蔽贤宠顽
• 被寵若驚 / 被宠若惊
• 要寵召禍 / 要宠召祸
• 譁世取寵 / 哗世取宠
• 譁眾取寵 / 哗众取宠 (huázhòngqǔchǒng)
• 貪冒榮寵 / 贪冒荣宠
• 貪榮冒寵 / 贪荣冒宠
• 貫魚承寵 / 贯鱼承宠
• 貴寵 / 贵宠
• 驕寵 / 骄宠

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𫳭
Print standard	寵

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 寵

寵

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𫳭)

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Readings

• Go-on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←ちよう (tyou, historical)}
• Kun: めぐむ (megumu, 寵む)、めぐみ (megumi, 寵み)

Korean

Hanja

寵 • (chong, ryong) (hangeul 총, 룡, revised chong, ryong, McCune–Reischauer ch'ong, ryong, Yale chong, lyong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

寵: Hán Nôm readings: sủng, sũng, sổng

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