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)

1. 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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		矜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīn (jin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹, gwaan¹, gwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Wade-Giles: chin¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹, gwaan¹, gwan¹
    • Yale: gīng, gwāan, gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹, gwaan¹, gwan¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵/, /kʷɑːn⁵⁵/, /kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (矜, reconstructed)
Character (矜), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 蒸 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 居陵切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɨŋ/	/ki̯əŋ/	/kiəŋ/	/kɨŋ/	/kiŋ/	/kĭəŋ/	/kieŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (矜, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
矜								jīn								‹ king ›								/*k-riŋ (dialect: *k-r- > k-, *-iŋ > MC -ing)/								pity (v.)
矜								jīn								‹ king ›								/*k-riŋ/								boastful
矜								qín								‹ gin ›								/*ɡriŋ/								kind of lance
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
矜					6629					今					文					1					𥎊					/*ɡrɯn/					𥎊下注古體
矜					6630					今					文					1					勤					/*ɡɯn/					𥎊下注古體
矜					6631					今					蒸					0					兢					/*kɯŋ/

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Japanese

Kanji

矜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: きん (kin), けい (kei), かん (kan)
• Kun: あわれむ (awaremu), つつしむ (tsutsushimu), ほこる (hokoru)

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Korean

Hanja

矜 (geung, geun) (hangeul 긍, 근, revised geung, geun, McCune-Reischauer kŭng, kŭn, Yale kung, kun)

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