剠

Translingual

Han character

剠 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜火中弓 (YFLN), composition ⿰京刂)

1. (same as 黥) tattoo punishment of branding a criminal
2. carve
3. tattooed person

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 141, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2058
• Dae Jaweon: page 321, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 345, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5260

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		剠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (京) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
涼	*ɡ·raŋ, *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs
凉	*ɡ·raŋ
椋	*ɡ·raŋ
綡	*ɡ·raŋ
輬	*ɡ·raŋ
諒	*ɡ·raŋs
掠	*ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raɡ
弶	*ɡaŋs
京	*kraŋ
麖	*kraŋ
鶁	*kraŋ
景	*kraŋʔ
鯨	*ɡraŋ
黥	*ɡraŋ
勍	*ɡraŋ
剠	*ɡraŋ
倞	*ɡraŋs
影	*qraŋʔ
璟	*qraŋʔ, *kʷraŋʔ
憬	*kʷraŋʔ
暻	*kʷraŋʔ
澋	*ɡʷraːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíng (qing²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴, loek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²
    • Yale: chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyng
    • Palladius: цин (cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: king⁴, loek⁶
    • Yale: kìhng, leuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴, loek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: king⁴, lêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ lœːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: gjaeng

Rime
Character	剠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠京切
Baxter	gjaeng
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	king4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡraŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	剠
Reading #	1/1
No.	6835
Phonetic component	京
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	擎
Old Chinese	/*ɡraŋ/
Notes	同黥見易林

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

剠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei), しゃう (shau), りゃう (ryau)
• Kun: いれずみ (irezumi), かすめとる (kasumetoru)

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Korean

Hanja

剠 • (gyeong, ryang, ryak) (hangeul 경, 량, 략, revised gyeong, ryang, ryak, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, ryang, ryak)

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