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矜
矜
Translingual
Han character
矜 (radical 110 矛+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓竹人戈弓 (NHOIN), four-corner 18227, composition ⿰矛今)
- pity, feel sorry for, show sympathy for
References
- KangXi: page 822, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23852
- Dae Jaweon: page 1233, character 29
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2764, character 6
- Unihan data for U+77DC
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
矜 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 矜
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| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (今) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 貪 | *kʰluːm' |
| 嗿 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ |
| 僋 | *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms |
| 酓 | *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms |
| 馠 | *qʰɯːm |
| 谽 | *qʰɯːm |
| 唅 | *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms |
| 含 | *ɡɯːm |
| 肣 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 頷 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 筨 | *ɡɯːm |
| 梒 | *ɡɯːm |
| 鋡 | *ɡɯːm |
| 莟 | *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms |
| 琀 | *ɡɯːms |
| 浛 | *ɡɯːms |
| 盦 | *qɯːm, *qaːb |
| 韽 | *qɯːm, *qrɯːms |
| 玪 | *krɯːm |
| 妗 | *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms |
| 欦 | *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm |
| 黔 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 鈐 | *ɡram |
| 鳹 | *ɡram |
| 雂 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 念 | *nɯːms |
| 梣 | *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm |
| 枔 | *sɢrɯm |
| 岑 | *sɡrɯm |
| 笒 | *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms |
| 涔 | *sɡrɯm |
| 侺 | *ɡjɯms |
| 今 | *krɯm |
| 黅 | *krɯm |
| 衿 | *krɯm |
| 衾 | *kʰrɯm |
| 坅 | *kʰrɯmʔ |
| 搇 | *kʰrɯms |
| 琴 | *ɡrɯm |
| 禽 | *ɡrɯm |
| 芩 | *ɡrɯm |
| 庈 | *ɡrɯm |
| 耹 | *ɡrɯm |
| 靲 | *ɡrɯm |
| 擒 | *ɡrɯm |
| 檎 | *ɡrɯm |
| 紟 | *ɡrɯms |
| 吟 | *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms |
| 訡 | *ŋɡrɯm |
| 廞 | *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ |
| 陰 | *qrɯm |
| 霠 | *qrɯm |
| 飲 | *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms |
| 蔭 | *qrɯms |
| 廕 | *qrɯms |
| 矜 | *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ
- Wade-Giles: chin1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ging1, gwaan1, gwan1
- Yale: gīng, gwāan, gwān
- Cantonese Pinyin: ging1, gwaan1, gwan1
- IPA (key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵/, /kʷɑːn⁵⁵/, /kʷɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 矜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居陵切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kɨŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kɨŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kieŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kiŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/kiəŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/kĭəŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ki̯əŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jīng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 矜 | 矜 | 矜 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
jīn | jīn | qín |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ king › | ‹ king › | ‹ gin › |
| Old Chinese |
/*k-riŋ/ (dialect: *k-r- > k-, *-iŋ > MC -ing) | /*k-riŋ/ | /*ɡriŋ/ |
| English | pity (v.) | boastful | kind of lance |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 矜 | 矜 | 矜 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 6629 | 6630 | 6631 |
| Phonetic component |
今 | 今 | 今 |
| Rime group |
文 | 文 | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
𥎊 | 勤 | 兢 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡrɯn/ | /*ɡɯn/ | /*kɯŋ/ |
| Notes | 𥎊下注古體 | 𥎊下注古體 | |
Definitions
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