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惊

惊

See also: 驚

Translingual

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 忄 ‎(“heart”) + phonetic 京 ‎(OC *kraŋ)

Han character

惊 (radical 61 心+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心卜口火 (PYRF), four-corner 9009₆, composition ⿰忄京)

References

KangXi: page 390, character 11

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10767

Dae Jaweon: page 724, character 9

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2318, character 3

Unihan data for U+60CA

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		惊

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): liáng (liang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: liáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
  - Wade-Giles: liang²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/

Adjective

惊

^†sorrowful

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 惊 – see 驚. (This character, 惊, is the simplified form of 驚.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 惊 – see 悢. (This character, 惊, is a variant form of 悢.)

Japanese

Kanji

惊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: りょう (ryō)

Kun: かなしむ (kanashimu)

Vietnamese

Han character

惊 (kinh)

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