# 晟

| 晟 | U+665F, &#26207; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-665F |
| ← 晞 [U+665E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 晠 → [U+6660] |

## Translingual
### Han character

晟 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 日戈竹尸 (AIHS), four-corner 6025$_3$, composition ⿱日成)
* clear, bright
* splendor, brightness

#### Derived characters

* 𫮕, 𤺁

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 495, character 45
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13950
* Dae Jaweon: page 862, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1506, character 14
* Unihan data for U+665F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 晟 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 成 | *djeŋ |
| 城 | *djeŋ |
| 誠 | *djeŋ |
| 宬 | *djeŋ |
| 郕 | *djeŋ |
| 筬 | *djeŋ |
| 盛 | *djeŋ, *djeŋs |
| 珹 | *djeŋ |
| 晟 | *djeŋs |
| 墭 | *djeŋs |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chéng, shèng (cheng$^2$, sheng$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ, ㄕㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sing$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sìng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sēng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chéng
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chéng
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^2$
*** Yale: chéng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherng
*** Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shèng
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^4$
*** Yale: shèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenq
*** Palladius: шэн (šɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sing$^4$
*** Yale: sìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sing$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xing$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sìng
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sing$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sīng
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sēng
*** Tâi-lô: sīng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: dzyengH
Rime :
| Character | 晟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 承正切 |
| Baxter | dzyengH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑiᴇŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑiɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑiæŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑiajŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑiɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑi̯ɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sing$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*djeŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 晟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1426 |
| Phonetic component | 成 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 盛 |
| Old Chinese | /*djeŋs/ |

### Definitions

晟
* bright
* a surname

### Pronunciation 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 晟 – see 盛 (“to put in container; to hold; to contain; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 盛).

### Pronunciation 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 晟 – see 晶 (“brilliant; glittering; crystal; quartz; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 晶).

### References

* “晟”, 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–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “晟”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 209.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 晟 |
| Kyūjitai | 晟󠄁 晟+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 晟󠄅 晟+&#xE0105; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: じょう (jō)
* Kan-on: せい (sei)
* Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 晟らか)、さかん (sakan)、めしびつ (meshibitsu)
* Nanori: あきら (akira)、てる (teru)、まさ (masa)

### References

* ↑ “晟”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

晟 • (seong) (hangeul 성, revised seong, McCune–Reischauer sŏng, Yale seng)
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