宬

宬 · chéng

archives; surname

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
chéng
Cantonese
sing4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

archives; surname

Dictionary definitions & readings

宬 chéng · (literary) archive room; library (esp. in the imperial palace in the Ming and Qing dynasties)

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
20925.020:chéng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0137.010:chéng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
044.010:chéng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
chéng粵sing4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
セイ ジョウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
성:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
是征 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
JIHS Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3025.3 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0285.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
191.31 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5BAC
Radical
宀 · 40
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6900

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
dzyeng · 是征 · 梗開三平清常 · #916

PHONO-ML, source line 7290; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
418.503
kDaeJaweon
0564.110
kHanYu
20925.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
0564.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
20925.020
kIRGKangXi
0285.110
kKangXi
0285.110
kMorohashi
07151
kSBGY
191.31
kSMSZD2003Index
168.07
kCangjie
JIHS
kFourCornerCode
3025.3
kMojiJoho
MJ010149
kPhonetic
1212
kUnihanCore2020
GHKMPT
kIICore
AGKP
kIRG_GSource
G3-3B3B
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D168
kIRG_JSource
J14-2822
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E2EA
kIRG_KSource
K0-6074
kIRG_TSource
T2-2E6A
kRSUnicode
40.7
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
D168
kCCCII
217E49
kCNS1986
2-2E6A
kCNS1992
2-2E6A
kEACC
217E49
kGB3
2727
kGB8
9118
kJIS0213
2,08,02
kJis1
2651
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
1361
kTGH
2013:6900
kTaiwanTelegraph
1361
kXerox
302:313
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17527+40.3.7
kCantonese
sing4
kDefinition
archives; surname
kFanqie
是征
kHangul
성:0N
kHanyuPinyin
20925.020:chéng
kJapanese
セイ ジョウ
kJapaneseKun
KURA
kJapaneseOn
SEI JOU
kKorean
SENG
kMandarin
chéng
kSMSZD2003Readings
chéng粵sing4
kTGHZ2013
044.010:chéng
kXHC1983
0137.010:chéng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 宬0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
宀 above 成 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱宀成$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱宀成$(GHTJKP)

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