酲

酲 · chéng

hangover; uncomfortable

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
chéng
Cantonese
cing4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

hangover; uncomfortable

Dictionary definitions & readings

酲 chéng · (literary) inebriated; hungover

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63583.070:chéng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0138.080:chéng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
044.130:chéng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
chéng粵cing4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
テイ ジョウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
정:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
xành Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
直貞 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MWRHG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1661.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1283.090 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
192.07 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0835v Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9172
Radical
酉 · 164
Strokes
14
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7657

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

14 strokes
酲
Strokes
14
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

14 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
drjeng · 直貞 · 梗開三平清澄 · #917

PHONO-ML, source line 7297; 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
1352.101
kDaeJaweon
1783.050
kGSR
0835v
kHanYu
63583.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1783.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63583.070
kIRGKangXi
1283.090
kKangXi
1283.090
kLau
322
kMatthews
378
kMeyerWempe
306f
kMorohashi
39865 39865:E0102
kSBGY
192.07
kSMSZD2003Index
711.03
kCangjie
MWRHG
kFourCornerCode
1661.4
kMojiJoho
MJ026478 MJ026478:E0102 MJ026479:E0103
kPhonetic
204
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7528
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E473
kIRG_JSource
J0-6E4B
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7F16
kIRG_KSource
K1-6C62
kIRG_TSource
T2-4E5B
kIRG_VSource
V1-6A23
kRSUnicode
164.7
kTotalStrokes
14
kBigFive
E473
kCCCII
234068
kCNS1986
2-4E5B
kCNS1992
2-4E5B
kEACC
234068
kGB0
8508
kGB1
8508
kJis0
7843
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6805
kTGH
2013:7657
kTaiwanTelegraph
6805
kXerox
301:043
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6952+164.7.7 V+13614+164.7.7
kCantonese
cing4
kDefinition
hangover; uncomfortable
kFanqie
直貞
kHangul
정:1N
kHanyuPinyin
63583.070:chéng
kJapanese
テイ ジョウ
kJapaneseKun
WARUYOI AKIRU SAMERU
kJapaneseOn
TEI
kKorean
CENG
kMandarin
chéng
kSMSZD2003Readings
chéng粵cing4
kTGHZ2013
044.130:chéng
kVietnamese
xành
kXHC1983
0138.080:chéng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 酲0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
酉 beside 呈 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰酉呈$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰酉呈$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.