箏

See also: 筝 and 琴

箏 U+7B8F, 箏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B8F ← 箎 [U+7B8E] CJK Unified Ideographs 箐 → [U+7B90]

㉇ U+3247, ㉇ CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH KOTO ← ㉆ [U+3246] Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㉈ → [U+3248]

Translingual

Han character

箏 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹月尸木 (HBSD), four-corner 8850₇, composition ⿱𥫗爭)

Derived characters

• 𬘈

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 887, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26133
• Dae Jaweon: page 1315, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 2984, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7B8F

Chinese

trad.		箏
simp.		筝

Wikipedia has an article on:

• 箏

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
琤	*sʰraːŋ, *sʰreːŋ
崢	*zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
鬇	*zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
爭	*ʔsreːŋ
箏	*ʔsreːŋ
猙	*ʔsreːŋ, *zeŋʔ
埩	*ʔsreːŋ, *zreːŋ
諍	*ʔsreːŋs
凈	*sʰreːŋ
錚	*sʰreːŋ
棦	*sʰreːŋ
竫	*zreŋʔ
睜	*zeŋʔ
淨	*zeŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsreːŋ): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 爭 (OC *ʔsreːŋ).

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possible connection with Persian چنگ (“harp”)?”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhēng (zheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zen¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zang¹ / zaang¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zang¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): zen¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chên

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zên¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): zeng¹ / ceng¹
• Northern Min (KCR): cáing
• Eastern Min (BUC): cĕng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng / chng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsen
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zen¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jheng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹
    • Yale: jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zen¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zang¹ / zaang¹
    • Yale: jāng / jāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ / dzaang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ / zang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡saːŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• zang1 - literary (common);
• zaang1 - vernacular (less common).

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saŋ³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛn⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chên
    • Hakka Romanization System: zen^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sen²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zên¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɛn⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zeng¹ / ceng¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡səŋ¹¹/, /t͡sʰəŋ¹¹/
Note: ceng1 - colloquial variant.
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cáing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saiŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng
    • Tâi-lô: tsng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsen
    • MiniDict: tsen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsreang

Rime
Character	箏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	側莖切
Baxter	tsreang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃɛŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃæŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zang1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsreːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	箏
Reading #	1/1
No.	17143
Phonetic component	争
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	爭
Old Chinese	/*ʔsreːŋ/

Definitions

箏

1. zither

   古箏／古筝  ―  gǔzhēng  ―  guzheng

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (箏):

• → Japanese: 箏(そう) (sō)
• → Korean: 쟁(箏) (jaeng)
• → Vietnamese: tranh (箏)

Compounds

• 古箏 / 古筝 (gǔzhēng)
• 撫箏 / 抚筝
• 放風箏 / 放风筝
• 斷線風箏 / 断线风筝
• 秦箏 / 秦筝 (qínzhēng)
• 箏柱 / 筝柱
• 線斷風箏 / 线断风筝
• 鈿箏 / 钿筝
• 風箏 / 风筝

See also

• 琴 (qín)