憧

憧 U+61A7, 憧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61A7 ← 憦 [U+61A6] CJK Unified Ideographs 憨 → [U+61A8]

Translingual

Han character

憧 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+12, 15 strokes, Cangjie input 心卜廿土 (PYTG), four-corner 9001₄, composition ⿰忄童)

1. irresolute, indecisive
2. yearn for

Derived characters

• 𢣛, 𢤤

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 403, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11242
• Dae Jaweon: page 743, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2356, character 6
• Unihan data for U+61A7

Chinese

simp. and trad.		憧
alternative forms		偅 𢤖 𢤤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 憧
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
撞	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
幢	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
橦	*rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ
噇	*rdoːŋ
𩪘	*rdoːŋ
艟	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
憧	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
畽	*tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ
董	*toːŋʔ
蕫	*toːŋʔ, *doːŋ
箽	*toːŋʔ
懂	*toːŋʔ
湩	*toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs
曈	*tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
童	*doːŋ
僮	*doːŋ
瞳	*doːŋ
罿	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
犝	*doːŋ
潼	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
穜	*doːŋ, *doŋ
動	*doːŋʔ
慟	*doːŋs
堹	*toŋs
諥	*toŋs
蹱	*tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ
重	*doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs
緟	*doŋ, *doŋs
蝩	*doŋ
褈	*doŋ, *tʰjoŋ
鐘	*tjoŋ, *tjoŋ
鍾	*tjoŋ
籦	*tjoŋ
種	*tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs
腫	*tjoŋʔ
踵	*tjoŋʔ
歱	*tjoŋʔ
喠	*tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ
偅	*tjoŋs
衝	*tʰjoŋ
揰	*tʰjoŋs
尰	*djoŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 童 (OC *doːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chōng (chong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung¹
    • Yale: chūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chong
    • Palladius: чун (čun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cung¹
    • Yale: chūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong
    • Tâi-lô: tshiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiofng
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhowng

Rime
Character	憧
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尺容切
Baxter	tsyhowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuawŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰioŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭwoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjoŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	憧
Reading #	2/2
No.	17480
Phonetic component	重
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𧘂
Old Chinese	/*tʰjoŋ/

Definitions

憧

1. irresolute; indecisive
2. used in 憧憬 (chōngjǐng)

Compounds

• 憧憧 (chōngchōng)
• 憧憬 (chōngjǐng)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuàng (zhuang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàng
    • Wade–Giles: chuang⁴
    • Yale: jwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juanq
    • Palladius: чжуан (čžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: draewngH

Rime
Character	憧
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	直絳切
Baxter	draewngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠʌŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚɔŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡɔŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖaɨwŋH/
Li Rong	/ȡɔŋH/
Wang Li	/ȡɔŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱɔŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zong6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rdoːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	憧
Reading #	1/2
No.	17428
Phonetic component	重
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	䡴
Old Chinese	/*rdoːŋs/

Definitions

憧

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) foolish; ignorant

Compounds

• 憧憧 (chōngchōng)

Japanese

Kanji

憧

(Jōyō kanji)

1. longing, yearning

Readings

From Middle Chinese 憧 (MC tsyhowng):

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しよう (syou, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 憧 (MC draewngH):

• Go-on: どう (dō)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: どう (dō)

Readings shared by both kanji:

• Kun: あこがれる (akogareru, 憧れる, Jōyō)、あこがらす (akogarasu, 憧らす)

Compounds

• 憧憬(しょうけい) (shōkei), 憧憬(どうけい) (dōkei, “longing, yearning”)

Usage notes

• Some dictionaries apparently classify the dō reading as kan'yō-on only, despite the second borrowing from Middle Chinese 憧 (MC draewngH).

Korean

Hanja

憧 (eumhun 그리워할 동 (geuriwohal dong))

1. hanja form^? of 동 (“longing, yearning”)

Compounds

• 동경 (憧憬, donggyeong, “longing; yearning”)

Vietnamese

Han character

憧: Hán Nôm readings: sung

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References

• Nom Foundation