# 忪

| 忪 | U+5FEA, &#24554; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FEA |
| ← 忩 [U+5FE9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 快 → [U+5FEB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

忪 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心金戈 (PCI), four-corner 9803$_2$, composition ⿰忄公)
* quiet, calm, tranquil, peaceful

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 377, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10367
* Dae Jaweon: page 705, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2277, character 13
* Unihan data for U+5FEA

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 慃 | *qroːŋʔ |
| 袞 | *kluːnʔ |
| 蔉 | *kluːnʔ |
| 滾 | *kluːnʔ |
| 忩 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 鬆 | *sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰluːŋ, *skʰloŋ, *sqʰloŋ |
| 凇 | *sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ |
| 公 | *kloːŋ |
| 蚣 | *kloːŋ, *kljoŋ |
| 翁 | *qloːŋ |
| 螉 | *qloːŋ |
| 蓊 | *qloːŋ, *qloːŋʔ |
| 嗡 | *qloːŋ |
| 滃 | *qloːŋʔ |
| 暡 | *qloːŋʔ |
| 勜 | *qloːŋʔ |
| 塕 | *qloːŋʔ |
| 瓮 | *qloːŋs |
| 崧 | *sqʰluŋ |
| 菘 | *sqʰluŋ |
| 硹 | *sqʰluŋ |
| 淞 | *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ |
| 蜙 | *sqʰloŋ |
| 倯 | *sqʰloŋ |
| 松 | *sɢloŋ |
| 訟 | *sɢloŋ, *sɢloŋs |
| 頌 | *sɢloŋs, *loŋ |
| 忪 | *kljoŋ |
| 彸 | *kljoŋ |
| 衳 | *kljoŋ |
| 伀 | *kljoŋ |
| 妐 | *kljoŋ |
| 炂 | *kljoŋ |
| 鈆 | *kljoŋ, *lon |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhōng (zhong$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zung$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhong
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^1$
*** Yale: jūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jong
*** Palladius: чжун (čžun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^1$
*** Yale: jūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsyowng
Rime :
| Character | 忪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 鍾 (7) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 職容切 |
| Baxter | tsyowng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨoŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕioŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕioŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cuawŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕioŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭwoŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯woŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhōng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zung$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kljoŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 忪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4120 |
| Phonetic component | 公 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鍾 |
| Old Chinese | /*kljoŋ/ |

#### Definitions

忪
* terrified; frightened
    怔忪 ― zhēngsōng ― frightened

#### Compounds

* 忪懞／忪蒙
* 忪蒙
* 怔忪 (zhēngzhōng)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sōng (song$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sung$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: song
*** Wade–Giles: sung$^1$
*** Yale: sūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: song
*** Palladius: сун (sun)
*** Sinological IPA : /sʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sung$^1$
*** Yale: sūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sʊŋ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

忪
* Used in 惺忪 (xīngsōng).

#### Compounds

* 惺忪 (xīngsōng)
* 睡眼惺忪 (shuìyǎnxīngsōng)

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01060
* “忪”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しょう (shō)、しゅ (shu)
* Kun: おどろく (odoroku)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

忪: Hán Nôm readings: tùng
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#### References

* Nom Foundation