琮

琮 U+742E, 琮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-742E ← 琭 [U+742D] CJK Unified Ideographs 琯 → [U+742F]

Translingual

Han character

琮 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土十一火 (MGJMF), four-corner 1319₁, composition ⿰𤣩宗)

Derived characters

• 𭲙

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 735, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21071
• Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1123, character 11
• Unihan data for U+742E

Chinese

trad.		琮
simp. #		琮

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 琮 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Cong (jade) (English)

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
淙	*zuːŋ, *sruːŋs, *zuːŋ
鬃	*zuːŋ, *ʔsoːŋ, *zuːŋ
漴	*zruːŋs
粽	*ʔsoːŋs
宗	*ʔsuːŋ
倧	*ʔsuːŋ
綜	*ʔsuːŋs
錝	*ʔsuːŋs
賨	*zuːŋ
琮	*zuːŋ
悰	*zuːŋ
孮	*zuːŋ
誴	*zuːŋ
崇	*zruŋ
崈	*zruŋ
踪	*ʔsoŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cóng (cong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cóng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung²
    • Yale: tsúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorng
    • Palladius: цун (cun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cung⁴
    • Yale: chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzowng

Rime
Character	琮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	冬 (5)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	藏宗切
Baxter	dzowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuoŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zoŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zawŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡zoŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡zuoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuoŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zuːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琮
Reading #	1/1
No.	17897
Phonetic component	宗
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	賨
Old Chinese	/*zuːŋ/

Definitions

琮

1. hollow jade cylinder with rectangular sides
2. a surname

Compounds

• 琮琤
• 黃琮 / 黄琮

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

ソウ (玉器)

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji

琮

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. octagonal piece of jade with hole in middle

Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō)、ず (zu)、す (su)

Korean

Hanja

琮 • (jong) (hangeul 종, revised jong, McCune–Reischauer chong, Yale cong)

1. octagonal piece of jade with hole in middle