# 牚

| 牚 | U+725A, &#29274; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-725A |
| ← 牙 [U+7259] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 牛 → [U+725B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

牚 (Kangxi radical 92, 牙+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火月口一竹 (FBRMH), four-corner 9024$_0$, composition ⿱𫩠牙)

#### Derived characters

* 撐, 橕, 𥊼, 𦉘, 𨅝, 𨭃, 𬭷, 𬲜, 𭣝, 𢿦, 𢿽, 𣪼

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 695, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19919
* Dae Jaweon: page 1108, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1420, character 9
* Unihan data for U+725A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 當 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 襠 | *taːŋ |
| 鐺 | *taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ |
| 簹 | *taːŋ |
| 璫 | *taːŋ |
| 檔 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 儅 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 蟷 | *taːŋ |
| 擋 | *taːŋʔ, *taːŋs |
| 黨 | *taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 讜 | *taːŋʔ |
| 欓 | *taːŋʔ |
| 譡 | *taːŋs |
| 闣 | *taːŋs |
| 瓽 | *taːŋs |
| 鏜 | *tʰaːŋ |
| 闛 | *tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ |
| 鼞 | *tʰaːŋ |
| 曭 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 儻 | *tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs |
| 戃 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 矘 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 爣 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 攩 | *hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs |
| 淌 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 倘 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 躺 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 趟 | *tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs |
| 堂 | *daːŋ |
| 坣 | *daːŋ |
| 棠 | *daːŋ |
| 糛 | *daːŋ |
| 螳 | *daːŋ |
| 隚 | *daːŋ |
| 橖 | *daːŋ |
| 掌 | *tjaŋʔ |
| 廠 | *tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs |
| 敞 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 僘 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 氅 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 常 | *djaŋ |
| 嘗 | *djaŋ |
| 裳 | *djaŋ |
| 徜 | *djaŋ |
| 尚 | *djaŋ, *djaŋs |
| 甞 | *djaŋ |
| 鋿 | *djaŋ |
| 嫦 | *djaŋ |
| 償 | *djaŋ, *djaŋs |
| 賞 | *hjaŋʔ |
| 瞠 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 撐 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 樘 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 橕 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 牚 | *rtʰaːŋs |
| 埫 | *tʰoŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rtʰaːŋs) : phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) + semantic 牙

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chèng, chēng (cheng$^4$, cheng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˋ, ㄔㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caang$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chèng
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^4$
*** Yale: chèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenq
*** Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (牚兒／牚儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chèngr
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chèngr
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: chèngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenql
*** Palladius: чэнр (čɛnr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̃ɻ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cheng
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^1$
*** Yale: chēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
*** Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caang$^3$
*** Yale: chaang
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaang$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cang$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: trhaengH
Rime :
| Character | 牚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 徹 (10) |
| Final (韻) | 庚 (109) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 他孟切 |
| Baxter | trhaengH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈʰˠæŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʰᵚaŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶʰaŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈʰaɨjŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶʰɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶʰɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶʰɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cang$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rtʰaːŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 牚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11170 |
| Phonetic component | 尚 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 牚 |
| Old Chinese | /*rtʰaːŋs/ |
| Notes | 見漢賦 |

#### Definitions

牚
* tilting pillar
* horizontal bar connecting the legs of a chair or a desk

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chēng (cheng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cheng
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^1$
*** Yale: chēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
*** Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caang$^1$
*** Yale: chāang
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːŋ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

牚
* (literary) Alternative form of 撐／撑 (chēng, “to support; to sustain”)

#### Compounds

* 牚拒 (chēngjù)
* 牚距 (chēngjù)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* prop up, support, brace

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): とう (tō)、ちょう (chō)
* Kun: はしら (hashira)

## Korean
### Hanja

牚 (eum 탱 (taeng))
* prop up
* support
* brace

## Vietnamese
### Han character

牚: Hán Nôm readings: sanh
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