勁

See also: 劲

Translingual

Han character

勁 (radical 19 力+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一一大尸 (MMKS), four-corner 1412₇, composition ⿰巠力)

1. strong, unyielding, tough, powerful

References

• KangXi: page 147, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2349
• Dae Jaweon: page 332, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 371, character 4
• Unihan data for U+52C1

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Chinese

trad.		勁
simp.		劲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìn, jìng (jin⁴, jing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ, ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging³, ging⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): kèng / kēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chin⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed) (勁兒)⁺
    • Pinyin: jìnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋㄦ
    • Wade-Giles: chinrh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiell
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjəɻ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ching⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinq
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging³, ging⁶
    • Yale: ging, gihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging³, ging⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³³/, /kɪŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng / kēng
    • Tâi-lô: kìng / kīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kexng, keng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ¹¹/, /kiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ²¹/, /kiɪŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kiᴇŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	勁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居正切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajŋH/
Li Rong	/kiɛŋH/
Wang Li	/kĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*keŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯns/, /*keŋs/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	勁
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jìng
Middle Chinese	‹ kjiengH ›
Old Chinese	/*keŋ-s/ (no palatalization before *-eŋ?)
English	strong
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	勁	勁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6655	6790
Phonetic component	斤	巠
Rime group	文	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	靳	勁
Old Chinese	/*kɯns/	/*keŋs/
Notes	今訓讀爲劤

Definitions

勁

1. powerful; strong
2. vigorous; with energy; lively
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Derived terms

Derived terms

jìn jìng 劲力 劲吹 劲头, 劲头儿

劲射 劲拔 劲敌 劲旅 劲气

劲烈 劲秀 劲草 劲道 劲风

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Japanese

Kanji

勁

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. Powerful, power.

Readings

• On: けい (kei)
• Kun: つよい (tsuyoi)

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Korean

Hanja

勁 • ‎(gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勁 (kính, cứng, cánh, kình)

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