層

See also: 层
層 U+5C64, 層
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C64
← 屣
[U+5C63] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 履 →
[U+5C65]
層 U+FA3B, 層
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA3B
← 墨
[U+FA3A] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 屮 →
[U+FA3C]

Translingual
Traditional 層
Simplified 层
Japanese 層
Korean 層

Han character

層 (radical 44, 尸+12 in Chinese, 尸+11 in Japanese, 15 strokes in Chinese, 14 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 尸金田日 (SCWA), four-corner 77266, composition ⿸尸曾(GHTKV or U+FA3B) or ⿸尸曽(J))

Derived characters
  • 𡃆, 𡒸, 𡾓, 𪴕, 𭣃, 𮜠, 𥶰

References
  • KangXi: page 303, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7798
  • Dae Jaweon: page 601, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 981, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5C64

Chinese
trad. 層
simp. 层

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 層
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (曾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
潧 *ʔsrɯn
繒 *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
增 *ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs
憎 *ʔsɯːŋ
磳 *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
曾 *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ
矰 *ʔsɯːŋ
罾 *ʔsɯːŋ
熷 *ʔsɯːŋ
竲 *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
橧 *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
譄 *ʔsɯːŋ
蹭 *sʰɯːŋs
層 *zɯːŋ
贈 *zɯːŋs
僧 *sɯːŋ
鬙 *sɯːŋ
甑 *ʔsɯŋs
鄫 *zɯŋ
驓 *zɯŋ
嶒 *zɯŋ
噌 *sʰɯːŋ
鏳 *zrɯːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zɯːŋ) : semantic 尸 + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ).

Pronunciation
Note:
  • chân - classifier;
  • chàn - story/level, 棧 is also used.
Rime
Character 層
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 登 (129)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 昨楞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡zəŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /d͡zəŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡zəŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /d͡zəŋ/
Li
Rong		 /d͡zəŋ/
Wang
Li		 /d͡zəŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /d͡zʱəŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 céng
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 層 層
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 céng céng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dzong › ‹ dzong ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N-s-tˁəŋ/ /*m-s-tˁəŋ/
English in two storeys, double additional floor, field

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 層
Reading # 1/1
No. 16626
Phonetic
component		 曾
Rime
group		 蒸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*zɯːŋ/

Definitions

層

  1. to pile up; to overlap
  2. thing made of layers
  3. layer; storey; floor; stratum
  4. Classifier for things arranged in layers, storeys or levels.

Synonyms

Compounds
Derived terms from 層

Japanese

Shinjitai

 層

Kyūjitai

 層

Kanji
層

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. layer, level

Readings

Synonyms

Korean

Hanja

層 (eum 층 (cheung))

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Vietnamese

Han character

層: Hán Nôm readings: tằng, tầng, tàng, từng

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