蹭

蹭 U+8E6D, 蹭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E6D ← 蹬 [U+8E6C] CJK Unified Ideographs 蹮 → [U+8E6E]

Translingual

Han character

蹭 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口一金田日 (RMCWA), four-corner 6816₆, composition ⿰𧾷曾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1233, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37863
• Dae Jaweon: page 1705, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3742, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8E6D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蹭
alternative forms		𭣃

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蹭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s01576
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
潧	*ʔsrɯn
繒	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
增	*ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs
憎	*ʔsɯːŋ
磳	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
曾	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ
矰	*ʔsɯːŋ
罾	*ʔsɯːŋ
熷	*ʔsɯːŋ
竲	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
橧	*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
譄	*ʔsɯːŋ
蹭	*sʰɯːŋs
層	*zɯːŋ
贈	*zɯːŋs
僧	*sɯːŋ
鬙	*sɯːŋ
甑	*ʔsɯŋs
鄫	*zɯŋ
驓	*zɯŋ
嶒	*zɯŋ
噌	*sʰɯːŋ
鏳	*zrɯːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰɯːŋs): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cèng (ceng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄥˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sang³ / cang³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cang¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chen

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zên⁴ / cên²

• Jin (Wiktionary): ceng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhèng / chhǹg

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cèng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻêng⁴
    • Yale: tsèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsenq
    • Palladius: цэн (cɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: sang³ / cang³
    • Yale: sang / chang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang³ / tsang³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng³ / ceng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ³³/, /t͡sʰɐŋ³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chen
    • Hakka Romanization System: zen
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zen⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sen⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zên⁴ / cên²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɛn⁵³/, /t͡sʰɛn¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ceng³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng
    • Tâi-lô: tshìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhexng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhǹg
    • Tâi-lô: tshǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhngx
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshen
    • MiniDict: tshen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tshongH

Rime
Character	蹭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	千鄧切
Baxter	tshongH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰəŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰəŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəŋH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰəŋH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰəŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰəŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cang3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰɯːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蹭
Reading #	1/1
No.	16624
Phonetic component	曾
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蹭
Old Chinese	/*sʰɯːŋs/

Definitions

蹭

1. to rub against
2. to be smeared with; to get stained by rubbing
3. to shuffle; to drag the feet in walking
4. to dawdle; to delay
5. (colloquial, dialectal) to freeload; to scrounge

   蹭飯／蹭饭  ―  cèngfàn  ―  to freeload for a meal

   哥哥只有在自己真沒錢的時候才會蹭我的錢。 [MSC, trad.]
   哥哥只有在自己真没钱的时候才会蹭我的钱。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gēgē zhǐyǒu zài zìjǐ zhēn méi qián de shíhòu cái huì cèng wǒ de qián. [Pinyin]

   My elder brother only freeloads on my money when he really does not have any money of his own.

Compounds

• 扎蹭
• 磨蹭 (mócèng)
• 踜蹭
• 蹊蹭
• 蹭坐
• 蹭戲 / 蹭戏
• 蹭窩 / 蹭窝
• 蹭課 / 蹭课 (cèngkè)
• 蹭踏
• 蹬蹭
• 蹭蹬 (cèngdèng)
• 蹭躅
• 蹭飯 / 蹭饭 (cèngfàn)

Japanese

Kanji

蹭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō)、しょう (shō)、じょう (jō)
• Kun: よろめく (yoromeku)

Korean

Hanja

蹭 • (cheung) (hangeul 층, revised cheung, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŭng, Yale chung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蹭: Hán Nôm readings: thặng, tắng

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