# 禎

| 禎 | U+798E, &#31118; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-798E |
| ← 禍 [U+798D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 福 → [U+798F] |
| 禎 | U+FA53, &#64083; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA53 |
| ← 禍 [U+FA52] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 穀 → [U+FA54] |

## Translingual
### Han character

禎 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈火卜月金 (IFYBC), four-corner 3128$_6$, composition ⿰礻貞 or ⿰示貞)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 845, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24767
* Dae Jaweon: page 1265, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2404, character 5
* Unihan data for U+798E
* Unihan data for U+FA53

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 禎
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 偵 | *rtaːŋs, *tʰeŋ, *tʰeŋs |
| 幀 | *rtɯːŋs |
| 湞 | *rdeːŋ, *teŋ |
| 貞 | *teŋ |
| 楨 | *teŋ |
| 禎 | *teŋ |
| 赬 | *tʰeŋ |
| 遉 | *tʰeŋs |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhēn, zhēng (zhen$^1$, zheng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ, ㄓㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zing$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n
    (Hailu, HRS): zhin$^ˋ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): cheng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhen
*** Wade–Giles: chên$^1$
*** Yale: jēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
*** Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, dated)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jheng
*** Wade–Giles: chêng$^1$
*** Yale: jēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
*** Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zing$^1$
*** Yale: jīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzing$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n
*** Hakka Romanization System: ziin$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zhin$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃin⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
*** Tâi-lô: tsing
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zêng$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡seŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsen
*** MiniDict: tsen$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tsen
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: trjeng
Rime :
| Character | 禎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 陟盈切 |
| Baxter | trjeng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈiᴇŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈiɛŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiæŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈiajŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶiɛŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭɛŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶi̯ɛŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhēng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zing$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*teŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 禎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17029 |
| Phonetic component | 貞 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 貞 |
| Old Chinese | /*teŋ/ |

### Definitions

禎
* lucky; auspicious
* good omen

#### Compounds

* 崇禎／崇祯 (Chóngzhēn)
* 徐禎卿／徐祯卿
* 禎祥／祯祥 (zhēnxiáng)
* 禎符／祯符

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 禎 |
| Kyūjitai | 禎 &#xFA53; or 禎+&#xFE00; |
| Kyūjitai | 禎󠄁 禎+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 禎󠄃 禎+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 禎)
* (さいわい) divine grace
    Synonym: 禔
* (さいわい) auspicious
* (ただしい) straight, unwarped
    Synonym: 貞

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちょう (chō)
* Kan-on: てい (tei)
* Kun: さいわい (saiwai, 禎い)、ただしい (tadashii, 禎しい)
* Nanori: さだ (sada)、さだむ (sadamu)、さち (sachi)、ただ (tada)、ただし (tadashi)、つぐ (tsugu)、とも (tomo)、よし (yoshi)

### References

* ↑ “禎”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

## Korean
### Hanja

禎 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)
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