See also: , , and 𡃁
U+975A, 靚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-975A

[U+9759]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+975B]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 174, +7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手月月山山 (QBBUU), four-corner 56210, composition or 見)

References

  • KangXi: page 1381, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42575
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4048, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+975A

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sʰlɯː
*sʰleːns
*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
*sʰleːns
*sʰeːns
*sʰeːns
*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
*sreŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋ, *sreŋs
*sreŋ, *seːŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋʔ
*sreŋs
*zreːŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ
*sʰleŋ
*sʰleŋ
*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
*sʰleŋs
*zleŋs, *zleŋ
*zleŋs
*zleŋ
*zleŋ
*zleŋ
*zleŋʔ
*zleŋʔ
*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
*sleŋs
*sleŋs
*l̥ʰeŋs
*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
*sʰleːŋ
*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
*sʰleːŋs
*sleːŋ
*sleːŋ
*sleːŋ
*sleːŋ
*seːŋ, *seːŋs
*seːŋ
*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
*seːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zleŋs) : phonetic  (OC *sʰleːŋ) + semantic .

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (15)
Final () (121)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ziᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ziɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ziæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ziajŋH/
Li
Rong
/d͡ziɛŋH/
Wang
Li
/d͡zĭɛŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jìng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 11345
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zleŋs/
Notes

Definitions

  1. to call in a subordinate; to invite
  2. to dress up; to get dressed up
  3. gentle and refined; fair and quiet
  4. beautiful; gorgeous; magnificent
  5. bright
  6. Alternative term for (jìng, “calm; quiet”).
  7. Alternative term for (jìng, “to reflect on”).

Compounds

Etymology 2

Also compare Zhuang lengj.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua) pretty; beautiful
    / [Cantonese]   leng3 zai2 [Jyutping]   handsome man
    / [Cantonese]   leng3 saam1 [Jyutping]   pretty clothes
    / [Cantonese]   leng3 soeng1 [Jyutping]   nice pictures
  2. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) good; fine
    今晚 [Cantonese, trad.]
    今晚 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Gam1 maan5 bou1 tong1 gau3 saai3 leng3! [Jyutping]
    Tonight's soup is great!
    質地 [Cantonese, trad.]
    质地 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Gin6 saam1 di1 zat1 dei6-2 dou1 gei2 leng3 wo3. [Jyutping]
    The material of this shirt is pretty good.
  3. (dialectal Cantonese) orderly
Synonyms
  • (pretty):
Dialectal synonyms of 漂亮 (“good-looking; beautiful”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 漂亮
Mandarin Beijing 好看, 漂亮,
Taiwan 好看, 漂亮,
Tianjin , 漂亮, 好看
Jinan 好看, 漂亮,
Xi'an 好看, 排場, 心疼
Wuhan 好看, 漂亮,
Yangzhou 好看, 標緻
Hefei 好看, 漂亮, 排場
Cantonese Guangzhou 好睇,
Hong Kong 好睇,
Yangjiang 好看, 好樣, , 整齊
Gan Nanchang 客氣, 好看
Hakka Meixian 好看, , ,
Jin Taiyuan 好看, 惜人, 客戲
Min Bei Jian'ou 好覷, 雅式, 生得好
Min Dong Fuzhou , 生得好, 卓佳
Min Nan Xiamen , 好看, 緣投
Quanzhou , 好看, 緣投,
Philippines (Manila) , 好看, 緣投,
Chaozhou , 好睇
Shantou
Haifeng
Wu Shanghai 漂亮, 好看
Suzhou 好看, 標緻, 漂亮
Wenzhou 好眙, 生好, 骨切
Xiang Changsha 好看, 漂亮
Shuangfeng 好看, 漂亮

Compounds

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 𡃁 (“(Cantonese) little girl or boy”).
(This character, , is a variant form of 𡃁.)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. make up face
  2. ornament
  3. quiet

Readings

  • Go-on: しょう (shō)しやう (syau, historical)
  • Kan-on: せい (sei)

Korean

Hanja

(jeong) (hangeul , revised jeong, McCuneReischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

  1. make up face
  2. ornament
  3. quiet
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