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U+4FE0, 俠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FE0

[U+4FDF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4FE1]
See also:

Translingual

Han character

(radical 9 +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人大人人 (OKOO), four-corner 24238, composition)

  1. knight-errantry

References

  • KangXi: page 105, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 706
  • Dae Jaweon: page 224, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 158, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+4FE0

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qrebs
*qeːbs
*kʰemʔ
*skaːb, *skeːb
*skaːb, *ɡeːb
*kreːb
*kreːb
*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
*kreːb
*kreːb
*ɡreːb
*ɡreːb
*ɡreːb
*ɡreːb
*ɡreːb
*sraːb, *srɯːb
*kraːb, *keːb
*keːb
*keːb
*keːb
*keːb
*keːb
*kʰeːb
*kʰeːb
*kʰeːb
*kʰeːb
*ɡeːb
*ɡeːb

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (158)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦep̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦep̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɛp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦɛp̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣep̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣiep̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣiep̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xié
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5915
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡeːb/

Definitions

  1. chivalrous person
  2. knight-errant
  3. hero

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. chivalrous person
  2. chivalry
  3. knight-errant
  4. tomboy

Readings

  • On: きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: おとこだて (otokodate), きゃん (kyan)

Korean

Hanja

(hyeop) (hangeul , revised hyeop, McCune-Reischauer hyŏp)

  1. chivalrous person
  2. knight-errant

Vietnamese

Han character

(hiệp)

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