# 仉

| 仉 | U+4EC9, &#20169; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EC9 |
| ← 仈 [U+4EC8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 今 → [U+4ECA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

仉 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人竹弓 (OHN), four-corner 2721$_0$, composition ⿰亻几)

#### Derived characters

* 𡇩

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 91, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 357
* Dae Jaweon: page 194, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 109, character 2
* Unihan data for U+4EC9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Corruption of 𤓯, an ancient form of 掌. In its current form, the left part became 亻, while the right became 几.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǎng (zhang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciōng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chióng / chiáng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zion$^2$ / ziên$^2$ / ziang$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tsaon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎng
*** Wade–Giles: chang$^3$
*** Yale: jǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaang
*** Palladius: чжан (čžan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoeng$^2$
*** Yale: jéung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciōng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suoŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng
*** Tâi-lô: tsióng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciorng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng
*** Tâi-lô: tsiáng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciarng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zion$^2$ / ziên$^2$ / ziang$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsióⁿ / tsiéⁿ / tsiáng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sĩõ⁵²/, /t͡sĩẽ⁵²/, /t͡siaŋ⁵²/
* zion2/ziên2 - vernacular;
* ziang2 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: tsyangX
Rime :
| Character | 仉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 諸兩切 |
| Baxter | tsyangX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cɨaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiaŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭaŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯aŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zoeng$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjaŋʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 仉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16835 |
| Phonetic component | 仉 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 掌 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjaŋʔ/ |

### Definitions

仉
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 掌 (zhǎng)
* a surname
    仉氏 ― Zhǎng Shì ― Zhang Shi, mother of Mencius)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

仉: Hán Nôm readings: kẻ
* person, people

#### References

* Nom Foundation