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Translingual

Han character

(radical 96 +15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 一土弓月水 (MGNBE), four-corner 17147, composition)

  1. precious jade, particularly red jade
  2. (figuratively) rare, precious
  3. (figuratively) elegant

References

  1. "瓊 [琼] qíong" at Zhongwen.
  • KangXi: page 744, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21328
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1153, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1143, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+74CA

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʷeːns, *qʰʷeːns
*qʰʷeːn, *qʰʷeŋs
*qʰʷeːns, *qʰʷeŋs
*ɡʷeŋ
*ɡʷeŋ
*kʷeːd

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕʰyŋ³⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕʰyŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕʰyŋ⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡ɕʰyŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕʰyuŋ⁴²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕʰyŋ²⁴/
Xining /t͡ɕʰyə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕʰyŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕʰỹn⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕʰyŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡ɕʰyn²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡ɕʰyn³¹/
Guiyang /t͡ɕʰin²¹/
/t͡ɕʰioŋ²¹/ 新,少
Kunming /t͡ɕʰĩ¹/
Nanjing /t͡ɕʰioŋ²⁴/
Hefei /t͡ɕʰyn⁵⁵/
/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕʰyəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕʰyŋ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕʰỹŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /d͡ʑioŋ²³/
Suzhou /d͡ʑioŋ¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑioŋ²¹³/
Wenzhou /d͡ʑoŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰyʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕyn¹³/
Xiangtan /d͡ʑyn¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰiuŋ²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /kʰiun¹¹/
Taoyuan /kʰuŋ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kʰeŋ²¹/
Nanning /kʰeŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /kʰiŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kʰiŋ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kiŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /eiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /xeŋ³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (122)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡwiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡʷiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiuæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gwiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/ɡiuɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭwɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯wɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qióng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13911
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷeŋ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 仙山瓊閣仙山琼阁
  • 布瓊布拉布琼布拉 (Bùqióngbùlā)
  • 幼學瓊林幼学琼林
  • 投木報瓊投木报琼
  • 投瓊投琼
  • 曲瓊曲琼
  • 玉佩瓊琚玉佩琼琚
  • 玉液瓊漿玉液琼浆
  • 瑤林瓊樹瑶林琼树
  • 瑤臺瓊室瑶台琼室
  • 瓊劇琼剧
  • 瓊堆玉砌琼堆玉砌
  • 瓊姿琼姿
  • 瓊山琼山 (Qióngshān)
  • 瓊崖海棠琼崖海棠
  • 瓊州琼州 (Qióngzhōu)
  • 瓊州島琼州岛
  • 瓊州海峽琼州海峡
  • 瓊廚金穴琼厨金穴
  • 瓊懷琼怀
  • 瓊斯琼斯 (Qióngsī)
  • 瓊林琼林
  • 瓊林宴琼林宴
  • 瓊林玉樹琼林玉树
  • 瓊林玉質琼林玉质
  • 瓊林苑琼林苑
  • 瓊枝玉樹琼枝玉树
  • 瓊枝玉葉琼枝玉叶
  • 瓊樓玉宇琼楼玉宇
  • 瓊漿琼浆
  • 瓊漿玉液琼浆玉液
  • 瓊漿金液琼浆金液
  • 瓊琚琼琚
  • 瓊瑤琼瑶
  • 瓊瑤樓閣琼瑶楼阁
  • 瓊瑰琼瑰
  • 瓊筵琼筵
  • 瓊脂琼脂
  • 瓊臺玉宇琼台玉宇
  • 瓊臺玉閣琼台玉阁
  • 瓊英琼英
  • 瓊華島琼华岛
  • 瓊葩琼葩
  • 瓊軒琼轩
  • 瓊閨繡閣琼闺绣阁
  • 瓊音琼音
  • 瓊麻琼麻
  • 碎瓊亂玉碎琼乱玉

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gyeong) (hangeul , revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(quỳnh, quạnh, quầng, quýnh, quành, quềnh, hữu)

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References