凈

See also: 净

凈 U+51C8, 凈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51C8 ← 凇 [U+51C7] CJK Unified Ideographs 凉 → [U+51C9]

Translingual

Han character

凈 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈一月尸木 (IMBSD), four-corner 3215₇, composition ⿰冫爭)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 132, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1664
• Dae Jaweon: page 296, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 299, character 6
• Unihan data for U+51C8

Chinese

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
琤	*sʰraːŋ, *sʰreːŋ
崢	*zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
鬇	*zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
爭	*ʔsreːŋ
箏	*ʔsreːŋ
猙	*ʔsreːŋ, *zeŋʔ
埩	*ʔsreːŋ, *zreːŋ
諍	*ʔsreːŋs
凈	*sʰreːŋ
錚	*sʰreːŋ
棦	*sʰreːŋ
竫	*zreŋʔ
睜	*zeŋʔ
淨	*zeŋs

Characters in the same phonetic series (爭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 凈 – see 淨 (“clean; unspoilt; pure; with nothing else; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 淨).

Etymology 2

trad.		凈/净*
simp.		净*

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	凈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	楚耕切
Baxter	tsrheang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰɛŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cang1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	凈
Reading #	1/1
No.	17147
Phonetic component	争
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	琤
Old Chinese	/*sʰreːŋ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēng (cheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹
    • Yale: chēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrheang

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰreːŋ/

Definitions

凈

1. ^‡ cold; appearance of cold

Japanese

Kanji

凈

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Alternative form of 浄 ^[1]

Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō)、しょう (shō)
• Kun: ひややかなさま (hiyayakanasama)

References

1. Akiyasu Tōdō [et al.] (2002) 漢字源, →ISBN: “浄 凈淨”

Korean

Hanja

凈 (eum 정 (jeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

凈: Hán Nôm readings: tĩnh, tịnh

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References

• Nom Foundation