# 繒

| 繒 | U+7E52, &#32338; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E52 |
| ← 繑 [U+7E51] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 繓 → [U+7E53] |

## Translingual
### Han character

繒 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女火金田日 (VFCWA), four-corner 2896$_6$, composition ⿰糹曾)

#### Derived characters

* 𡾽, 𡿘

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 938, character 25
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27888
* Dae Jaweon: page 1377, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3454, character 8
* Unihan data for U+7E52

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 繒 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zēng (zeng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zeng
*** Wade–Giles: tsêng$^1$
*** Yale: dzēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeng
*** Palladius: цзэн (czɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zang$^1$
*** Yale: jāng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zeng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: dzing
Rime :
| Character | 繒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 疾陵切 |
| Baxter | dzing |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zɨŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zɨŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zieŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ziŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ziəŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zĭəŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi̯əŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qíng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cing$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]əŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯːŋ/, /*zɯŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 繒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zēng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzing › |
| Old Chinese | /*[dz]əŋ/ |
| English | silk |
| 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 | 繒 | 繒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 16612 | 16631 |
| Phonetic component | 曾 | 曾 |
| Rime group | 蒸 | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | | 繒 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsɯːŋ/ | /*zɯŋ/ |

### Definitions

繒
* silk fabrics; silk products
    From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 4, part 20
    Yòu dōng yǒu Báimán, zhàngfū fùrén yǐ bái zēng wéi yī, xià bù guò xī. [Pinyin]
    Further to the east are the White Barbarians, whose men and women use white silk for clothing, which does not descend beneath the knee.
* Alternative form of 鄫 (Zēng, “Zeng, an ancient state”)
* a surname

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しょう (shō)、ぞう (zō)、そう (sō)
* Kun: きぬ (kinu)

## Korean
### Hanja

繒 (eum 증 (jeung))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

繒: Hán Nôm readings: tăng
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#### References

* Nom Foundation