晟

晟 U+665F, 晟 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 6025₃, composition ⿱日成)

1. clear, bright
2. 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

simp. and trad.		晟

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

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

Pronunciation

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	/d͡ʑiᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajŋH/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛŋH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing6

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/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéng, shèng (cheng², sheng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ, ㄕㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²
    • Yale: chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴
    • Yale: shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenq
    • Palladius: шэн (šɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sing⁴
    • Yale: sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹/
• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyengH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djeŋs/

Definitions

晟

1. bright
2. a surname

3. 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).

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	晟
Kyūjitai [1]	晟󠄁 晟+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	晟󠄅 晟+󠄅? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

晟

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• 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

1. “晟”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

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

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