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U+5EB8, 庸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EB8

[U+5EB7]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5EB9]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 53, 广+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈中月 (ILB), four-corner 00227, composition 广𬎾)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 347, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9378
  • Dae Jaweon: page 658, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 890, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5EB8

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp. ⿸广用
alternative forms 𠆌 ancient
ancient

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *loŋ) and ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : abbreviated semantic + phonetic (OC *loŋs).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • iông - literary;
  • sông - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (36)
Final () (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter yowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/jioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/juawŋ/
Li
Rong
/ioŋ/
Wang
Li
/jĭwoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jung4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yōng
Middle
Chinese
‹ yowng ›
Old
Chinese
/*loŋ/
English use; advantage

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 15459
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*loŋ/

Definitions

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  1. to use; to employ
  2. to need
    置疑  ―  yōngzhìyí  ―  to not need to question
  3. contribution; merit
  4. ordinary; common; (by extension) mediocre; inferior
  5. (literary, rhetorical question) how; how can it be that (used in rhetorical questions)
    Synonym: ()
  6. a surname

Synonyms

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  • (common): (píng)
  • (mediocre): (fán)

Antonyms

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Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

  1. commonplace

Readings

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  • On (unclassified): よう (, Jōyō)
  • Kun: なみ (nami)つね (tsune, )もちいる (mochiiru, 庸いる)

Compounds

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Kanji in this term
よう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Affix

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(よう) (

  1. ordinary; commonplace

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (yong))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: dong, dông, dung, giông

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References

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