撐

See also: 撑

撐	U+6490, 撐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6490

← 撏
[U+648F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

撑 →
[U+6491]

Translingual

Han character

撐 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手火月竹 (QFBH) or 手火月手 (QFBQ), four-corner 5905₂, composition ⿰扌牚)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 454, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12693
Dae Jaweon: page 803, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1956, character 6
Unihan data for U+6490

Chinese

trad.		撐
simp.		撑
alternative forms		牚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
當	taːŋ, taːŋs
襠	*taːŋ
鐺	taːŋ, sʰraːŋ
簹	*taːŋ
璫	*taːŋ
檔	taːŋ, taːŋs
儅	taːŋ, taːŋs
蟷	*taːŋ
擋	taːŋʔ, taːŋs
黨	taːŋʔ, tʰaːŋʔ
讜	*taːŋʔ
欓	*taːŋʔ
譡	*taːŋs
闣	*taːŋs
瓽	*taːŋs
鏜	*tʰaːŋ
闛	tʰaːŋ, daːŋ
鼞	*tʰaːŋ
曭	*tʰaːŋʔ
儻	tʰaːŋʔ, tʰaːŋs
戃	*tʰaːŋʔ
矘	*tʰaːŋʔ
爣	*tʰaːŋʔ
攩	hl'aːŋʔ, ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs
淌	*tʰaːŋʔ
倘	*tʰaːŋʔ
躺	*tʰaːŋʔ
趟	tʰaːŋs, rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs
堂	*daːŋ
坣	*daːŋ
棠	*daːŋ
糛	*daːŋ
螳	*daːŋ
隚	*daːŋ
橖	*daːŋ
掌	*tjaŋʔ
廠	tʰjaŋʔ, tʰjaŋs
敞	*tʰjaŋʔ
僘	*tʰjaŋʔ
氅	*tʰjaŋʔ
常	*djaŋ
嘗	*djaŋ
裳	*djaŋ
徜	*djaŋ
尚	djaŋ, djaŋs
甞	*djaŋ
鋿	*djaŋ
嫦	*djaŋ
償	djaŋ, djaŋs
賞	*hjaŋʔ
瞠	*rtʰaːŋ
撐	*rtʰaːŋ
樘	*rtʰaːŋ
橕	*rtʰaːŋ
牚	*rtʰaːŋs
埫	*tʰoŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rtʰaːŋ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 牚 (OC *rtʰaːŋs)

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chēng (cheng¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caang¹ / caang³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhang
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhng / theng / the / theⁿ
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹tshan / ⁵tshan / ¹tshen

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: caang¹ / caang³
  - Yale: chāang / chaang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaang¹ / tsaang³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cang¹ / cang³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰaːŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhang
  - Hakka Romanization System: cang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhng
  - Tâi-lô: tshng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: theng
  - Tâi-lô: thing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tefng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: the
  - Tâi-lô: the
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tef
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tʰe⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: theⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tʰẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰẽ⁴⁴/

Note:

chhng/theng - literary;
the/theⁿ - vernacular.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹tshan
  - MiniDict: tshan^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰã⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰã⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshan
  - MiniDict: tshan^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰã³⁴/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹tshen
  - MiniDict: tshen^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sʰen³³⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 撐
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁴⁴/ ～傘 /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²¹³/ 支～
	Tianjin	/t͡sʰəŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/t͡sʰəŋ²¹/
	Xining	/t͡sʰə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰə̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sʰɤŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰən⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰən⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰen⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/t͡sʰə̃/
	Nanjing	/t͡sʰən³¹/
	Hefei	/t͡sʰən²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰəŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sʰã⁵³/ /t͡sʰã³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡sʰã⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sʰen³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sʰiɛ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰʌ̃³¹/ /t͡sʰɛ³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡ɕʰiɛ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂʰən³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡sʰən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰɑŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰaŋ⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰaŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sʰaiŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/tʰẽ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/seŋ²³/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rtʰaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撐
Reading #	1/1
No.	11167
Phonetic component	尚
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	瞠
Old Chinese	/*rtʰaːŋ/
Notes	橕分化字見漢書，今更作撐

Definitions

撐

to prop up; to support
to push off (with a pole)
撐船／撑船 ― chēngchuán ― to pole a boat
to sustain; to maintain
- 文清，你跑了，扔下這一大家子，叫我一個人撐，我怎麼辦得了啊？ [MSC, trad.]
  文清，你跑了，扔下这一大家子，叫我一个人撑，我怎么办得了啊？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1941, Cao Yu, 北京人 (Běijīngrén)
  Wénqīng, nǐ pǎo le, rēng xià zhè yī dà jiāzi, jiào wǒ yī ge rén chēng, wǒ zěnmebàn déliǎo a? [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
to open; to unfurl
撐開傘／撑开伞 ― chēng kāi sǎn ― to open an umbrella
to fill to the point of bursting
(Cantonese, figuratively) to support
撐警集會 [Cantonese, trad.]
撑警集会 [Cantonese, simp.]
From: 2019, 2019 Hong Kong protests
caang³ ging² zaap⁶ wui^6-2 [Jyutping]
pro-police gathering

Compounds

俯臥撐／俯卧撑 (fǔwòchēng)
撐傘／撑伞 (chēngsǎn)
撐嘴／撑嘴
撐場／撑场
撐場面／撑场面 (chēng chǎngmiàn)
撐屎艇／撑屎艇
撐持／撑持 (chēngchí)
撐桿跳高／撑杆跳高 (chēnggān tiàogāo)
撐死／撑死 (chēngsǐ)
撐腰／撑腰 (chēngyāo)
撐船／撑船 (chēngchuán)
撐艇／撑艇 (chēngtǐng)
撐艇仔／撑艇仔
撐花兒／撑花儿
撐警／撑警 (chēngjǐng)
撐門面／撑门面 (chēng ménmiàn)
支撐／支撑 (zhīchēng)
架撐／架撑
死撐／死撑 (sǐchēng)
死雞撐飯蓋／死鸡撑饭盖
臂撐子／臂撑子

Pronunciation 2

Cantonese (Jyutping): zaang⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zaang⁶
  - Yale: jaahng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaang⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zang⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːŋ²²/

Definitions

撐

(Cantonese) to fill (a space); to expand
佢食得太多，撐住咗個肚。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢食得太多，撑住咗个肚。 [Cantonese, simp.]
keoi⁵ sik⁶ dak¹ taai³ do¹, zaang⁶ zyu⁶ zo² go³ tou⁵. [Jyutping]
He ate too much and had his stomach filled up.

你咁肥，因住撐爆件裇衫呀！ [Cantonese, trad.]
你咁肥，因住撑爆件裇衫呀！ [Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ gam³ fei⁴, jan¹ zyu⁶ zaang⁶ baau³ gin⁶ seot¹ saam¹ aa³! [Jyutping]
You're so fat, be careful not to tear the shirt apart!

Japanese

Kanji

撐

(Hyōgai kanji)

Support, prop up, brace.^[1]
The main support or pillar.^[1]
Eat one's fill, feast.^[1]

Readings

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Akiyasu Tōdō [et al.] (2002) 漢字源, →ISBN: “撐撑”

Korean

Hanja

撐 (eum 탱 (taeng))

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Vietnamese

Han character

撐: Hán Nôm readings: sênh, sanh, xênh, xinh, xanh

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[gakken-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Akiyasu Tōdō [et al.] (2002) 漢字源, →ISBN: “撐撑”

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