chéng

punish

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Components

Sound component
Meaning component

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Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdringm-trəŋ reprove; punish

說文解字

《說文》:“懲,也。从心,徵聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica