聳

See also: 耸

聳 U 8073, 聳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8073 ← 聲 [U 8072] CJK Unified Ideographs 聴 → [U 8074]

Translingual

Han character

聳 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳 11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹人尸十 (HOSJ), four-corner 2840₁, composition ⿱從耳)

Derived characters

• 𡄭

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 969, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29167
• Dae Jaweon: page 1420, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2795, character 3
• Unihan data for U 8073

Chinese

trad.		聳
simp.		耸
alternative forms		𢕈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
摐	*sʰroːŋ, *sʰloŋ
鏦	*sʰroːŋ, *sʰloŋ
豵	*ʔsloːŋ, *ʔsloŋ
嵸	*ʔsloːŋ, *ʔsloːŋʔ
蓯	*ʔsloːŋʔ
蹤	*ʔsloŋ
縱	*ʔsloŋ, *ʔsloŋs
樅	*ʔsloŋ, *sʰloŋ
磫	*ʔsloŋ
熧	*ʔsloŋ
瘲	*ʔsloŋs
暰	*sʰloŋ
瑽	*sʰloŋ
從	*zloŋ, *zloŋ, *zloŋs
从	*zloŋ
慫	*sloŋʔ
聳	*sloŋʔ
傱	*sloŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sloŋʔ) : phonetic 從 (OC *zloŋ, *zloŋ, *zloŋs) semantic 耳.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǒng (song³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sung²
• Eastern Min (BUC): sūng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sióng / chhàng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): song²

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵son / ³son

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǒng
    • Wade–Giles: sung³
    • Yale: sǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soong
    • Palladius: сун (sun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sung²
    • Yale: súng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng
    • Tâi-lô: sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàng
    • Tâi-lô: tshàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaxng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaŋ¹¹/

Note:

• sióng - literary;
• chhàng - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: song²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sóng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵son
    • MiniDict: son^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²son
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /soŋ³⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³son
    • MiniDict: son^上
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /soŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sjowngX

Rime
Character	聳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息拱切
Baxter	sjowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/sioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/sioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suawŋX/
Li Rong	/sioŋX/
Wang Li	/sĭwoŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sung2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sloŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聳
Reading #	1/1
No.	1861
Phonetic component	从
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	悚
Old Chinese	/*sloŋʔ/

Definitions

聳

1. ^† deaf
2. urge on
3. rise up; raise up
4. erect
5. to reward
6. to scare; to frighten
7. lofty

Compounds

• 危言聳聽／危言耸听 (wēiyánsǒngtīng)
• 弄聳／弄耸
• 毛骨聳然／毛骨耸然 (máogǔsǒngrán)
• 毛髮聳然／毛发耸然
• 聳人聽聞／耸人听闻 (sǒngréntīngwén)
• 聳動／耸动 (sǒngdòng)
• 聳壑昂霄／耸壑昂霄
• 聳峙／耸峙 (sǒngzhì)
• 聳懼／耸惧
• 聳揖／耸揖
• 聳昧／耸昧
• 聳然／耸然
• 聳直／耸直
• 聳立／耸立 (sǒnglì)
• 聳聽／耸听
• 聳肩／耸肩 (sǒngjiān)
• 聳頭聳腦／耸头耸脑
• 袂聳／袂耸
• 顛頭聳腦／颠头耸脑
• 高聳／高耸 (gāosǒng)
• 高聳聳／高耸耸

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𮋹
Kyūjitai	聳

Kanji

聳

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮋹)

1. rise
2. tower

Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
• Kun: そびえる (sobieru, 聳える)、そばだつ (sobadatsu, 聳つ)、そびやかす (sobiyakasu, 聳やかす)

Korean

Hanja

聳 (eum 용 (yong))

1. urge on
2. rise up
3. stir, excite
4. to raise up
5. lofty