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Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

(radical 120 +7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火一女一 (VFMVM), four-corner 21911, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 925, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27508
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1360, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3402, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+7D93

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɡeŋ, *ɡeŋ
*keŋʔ, *ɡeŋ
*kɯns, *keŋs
*kʰeŋ, *kʰeːŋs
*kʰeŋ, *kʰeŋs
*ɡeŋʔ, *keːŋ
*keːŋ, *keːŋs
*keːŋ
*keːŋ
*keːŋʔ
*keːŋʔ
*keːŋs
*keːŋs
*keːŋs
*qʰeːŋ
*ɡeːŋ
*ɡeːŋ, *ɡeːŋʔ
*ɡeːŋʔ, *ɡeːŋs
*ɡeːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *keːŋ, *keːŋs) : semantic  (silk; thread) + phonetic  (OC *keːŋ)warp.

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
/t͡ɕiŋ²¹³/ 正~
Tianjin /t͡ɕiŋ²¹/
Jinan /t͡ɕiŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡ɕiŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕiŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡ɕiŋ²¹/
Xining /t͡ɕiə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕĩn³¹/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Kunming /t͡ɕĩ/
Nanjing /t͡ɕin³¹/
Hefei /t͡ɕin²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕiŋ¹³/ ~理
/t͡ɕiŋ³⁵/ ~線
Hohhot /t͡ɕĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕiŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡ɕin³³/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕaŋ²²/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕiʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /t͡ɕiɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕin³³/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕin³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁴²/ ~濟
/t͡ɕin⁴²/ 念~
Hakka Meixian /kin⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /kin²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /keŋ⁵³/
Nanning /keŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /kiŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kiŋ⁵⁵/
/kĩ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kiŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /keiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /keŋ³³/
/kiã³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /keŋ²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (125) (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/keŋ/ /keŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/keŋ/ /keŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɛŋ/ /kɛŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɛjŋ/ /kɛjŋH/
Li
Rong
/keŋ/ /keŋH/
Wang
Li
/kieŋ/ /kieŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kieŋ/ /kieŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jīng jìng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jīng
Middle
Chinese
‹ keng ›
Old
Chinese
/*k-lˤeŋ/
English loom; regulate; norm

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6799 6807
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*keːŋ/ /*keːŋs/

Definitions

  1. (weaving) warp, a thread running lengthwise in a woven fabric
  2. to go through; to experience
  3. to control; to manage; to engage in
  4. something regarded as principal, doctrinal or classical
    1. norm; regulation
    2. Chinese classics
      • 據典 / 据典   yǐnjīngjùdiǎn   copiously quote the classics
    3. sacred texts of a certain religion, often used as a suffix for the titles of religious works
  5. (TCM) blood vessel
  6. menses; menstruation
  7. Short for 經度经度 (jīngdù, “longitude”).
  8. A surname.

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(kinh)

  1. classic works

Compounds

  • kinh doanh [經營]
  • kinh phí [經費]
  • kinh mạch [經脈]
  • kinh nghiệm [經驗]
  • kinh nguyệt [經月]
  • kinh tế [經濟]
  • kinh tuyến [經線]
  • tụng kinh [念經]