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U+5C64, 層
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C64

[U+5C63]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5C65]
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U+FA3B, 層
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA3B

[U+FA3A]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+FA3C]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 44, +12 in Chinese, 尸+11 in Japanese, 15 strokes in Chinese, 14 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 尸金田日 (SCWA), four-corner 77266, composition (GHTKV or U+FA3B) or (J))

Derived characters

  • 𡃆, 𡒸, 𡾓, 𪴕, 𭣃, 𮜠, 𥶰

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 303, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7798
  • Dae Jaweon: page 601, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 981, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5C64
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Chinese

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 層, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zɯːŋ): semantic + phonetic (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ).

Etymology 1

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The Baxter and Sagart (2014) reconstruction suggests this word is derived from (OC *s-tˤəŋ, “to increase, to expand, to add”), in turn derived from (OC *tˤəŋ, “to go up, to climb”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chân - classifier;
  • chàn - story/level, 棧 is also used.

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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

  1. to pile up; to overlap
  2. thing made of layers
  3. layer; storey; floor; stratum
  4. Classifier for things arranged in layers, storeys or levels.
  5. (Southern Min) Classifier for events.
Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (そう) ()
  • Korean: 층(層) (cheung)

Others:

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation


Note: êng5 - Jieyang.

Definitions

  1. (Teochew) Classifier for things arranged in layers, storeys or levels.

References

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Korean

Vietnamese

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