矰

矰	U+77F0, 矰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77F0

← 矯
[U+77EF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

矱 →
[U+77F1]

Translingual

Han character

矰 (Kangxi radical 111, 矢+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人大金田日 (OKCWA), four-corner 8848₆, composition ⿰矢曾)

short arrow

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 825, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24017
Dae Jaweon: page 1239, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2587, character 3
Unihan data for U+77F0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		矰
alternative forms		蹭𢎒𢨉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 矰
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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 *ʔsɯːŋ): semantic 矢 (“arrow”) + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zēng (zeng¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zeng
  - Wade–Giles: tsêng¹
  - Yale: dzēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeng
  - Palladius: цзэн (czɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zang¹
  - Yale: jāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsong

Rime
Character	矰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	作滕切
Baxter	tsong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡səŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡səŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡səŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡səŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡səŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡səŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡səŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zang¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	矰
Reading #	1/1
No.	16617
Phonetic component	曾
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯːŋ/

Definitions

矰

an ancient type of arrow used for shooting birds which was tied to a silk rope

Compounds

矰弋
矰繳 / 矰缴
矰繳之說 / 矰缴之说

Japanese

Kanji

矰

(Hyōgai kanji)

arrow with attached silk cord

Readings

On (unclassified): そう (sō)

Korean

Hanja

矰 • (jeung) (hangeul 증, revised jeung, McCune–Reischauer chŭng, Yale cung)

arrow with attached silk cord