# 蹭

| 蹭 | U+8E6D, &#36461; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E6D |
| ← 蹬 [U+8E6C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蹮 → [U+8E6E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蹭 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口一金田日 (RMCWA), four-corner 6816$_6$, composition ⿰𧾷曾)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1233, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37863
* Dae Jaweon: page 1705, character 32
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3742, character 1
* Unihan data for U+8E6D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 蹭
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
* Small seal scripts01576
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰɯːŋs) : semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cèng (ceng$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄥˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sang$^3$ / cang$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): cang$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chen
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zên$^4$ / cên$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ceng$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhèng / chhǹg
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cèng
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻêng$^4$
*** Yale: tsèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsenq
*** Palladius: цэн (cɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɤŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sang$^3$ / cang$^3$
*** Yale: sang / chang
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sang$^3$ / tsang$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seng$^3$ / ceng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐŋ³³/, /t͡sʰɐŋ³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: cang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaŋ³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chen
*** Hakka Romanization System: zen
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sen⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zên$^4$ / cên$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɛn⁵³/, /t͡sʰɛn¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ceng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng
*** Tâi-lô: tshìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhexng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhǹg
*** Tâi-lô: tshǹg
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhngx
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zêng$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsèng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡seŋ²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tshen
*** MiniDict: tshen$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tshen
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tshongH
Rime :
| Character | 蹭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 登 (129) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 千鄧切 |
| Baxter | tshongH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰəŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰəŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰəŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰəŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰəŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰəŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡sʰəŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cang$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰɯːŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蹭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16624 |
| Phonetic component | 曾 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蹭 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰɯːŋs/ |

### Definitions

蹭
* to rub against
* to be smeared with; to get stained by rubbing
* to shuffle; to drag the feet in walking
* to dawdle; to delay
* (colloquial, dialectal) to freeload; to scrounge
    蹭飯／蹭饭 ― cèngfàn ― to freeload for a meal
       Gēgē zhǐyǒu zài zìjǐ zhēn méi qián de shíhòu cái huì cèng wǒ de qián. [Pinyin]
       My elder brother only freeloads on my money when he really does not have any money of his own.

### Compounds

* 扎蹭
* 磨蹭 (mócèng)
* 踜蹭
* 蹊蹭
* 蹭坐
* 蹭戲／蹭戏
* 蹭窩／蹭窝
* 蹭課／蹭课 (cèngkè)
* 蹭踏
* 蹬蹭
* 蹭蹬 (cèngdèng)
* 蹭躅
* 蹭飯／蹭饭 (cèngfàn)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): そう (sō)、しょう (shō)、じょう (jō)
* Kun: よろめく (yoromeku)

## Korean
### Hanja

蹭 • (cheung) (hangeul 층, revised cheung, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŭng, Yale chung)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蹭: Hán Nôm readings: thặng, tắng
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