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兢

兢

兢 U+5162, 兢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5162
← 兡
[U+5161] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 兣 →
[U+5163]
See also: 克

Translingual

Han character

兢 (radical 10 儿+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十山十口山 (JUJRU), four-corner 44216, composition ⿰克克)

  1. fearful, cautious, wary

References

  • KangXi: page 125, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1395
  • Dae Jaweon: page 266, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 274, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5162

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 兢

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 兢
Oracle bone script

j20798
Bronze inscriptions

b13505
Large seal script

L10633

L10634
Small seal script

s06206
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 (兢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
兢 *kɯŋ
殑 *ɡɯŋ, *ɡɯŋʔ, *ɡɯŋs

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 兢
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 兢
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jīng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ king ›
Old
Chinese		 /*k(r)əŋ/
English cautious

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 兢
Reading # 1/1
No. 6845
Phonetic
component		 兢
Rime
group		 蒸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 兢
Old
Chinese		 /*kɯŋ/

Definitions

兢

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Japanese

Kanji

兢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

兢 • ‎(geung) (hangeul 긍, revised geung, McCune-Reischauer kŭng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

兢 (cạnh, ganh, căng, giằng)

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