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Translingual

Han character

(radical 203 +8, 20 strokes, cangjie input 田火卜口火 (WFYRF), four-corner 60396, composition)

  1. tattoo punishment of branding a criminal
  2. carve
  3. tattooed person

References

  • KangXi: page 1520, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48123
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2055, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4751, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+9EE5

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɡ·raŋ, *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs
*ɡ·raŋ
*ɡ·raŋ
*ɡ·raŋ
*ɡ·raŋ
*ɡ·raŋs
*ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raɡ
*ɡaŋs
*kraŋ
*kraŋ
*kraŋ
*kraŋʔ
*ɡraŋ
*ɡraŋ
*ɡraŋ
*ɡraŋ
*ɡraŋs
*qraŋʔ
*qraŋʔ, *kʷraŋʔ
*kʷraŋʔ
*kʷraŋʔ
*ɡʷraːŋʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/giajŋ/
Li
Rong
/ɡiɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qíng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6833
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡraŋ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 天黥
  • 息黥補劓息黥补劓

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. tattoo, tattooing

Readings

Noun

(hiragana いれずみ, romaji irezumi)

  1. Alternative spelling of 入れ墨: tattoo, tattooing

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. tattoo punishment of branding a criminal

Vietnamese

Han character

(kình)

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