巠

See also: 圣 and 坙

巠 U+5DE0, 巠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE0 ← 巟 [U+5DDF] CJK Unified Ideographs 巡 → [U+5DE1]

Translingual

Han character

巠 (Kangxi radical 47, 巛+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一女女一 (MVVM), four-corner 1010₁, composition ⿳一巛工)

Derived characters

• 俓, 𠗊, 𠲮, 娙, 𡷨, 弳, 徑, 𢙼, 挳, 涇, 㹵, 陘, 𣇁, 桱, 殌, 烴, 牼, 脛, 䀴, 硜, 經, 𦈵, 羥, 蛵, 誙, 𧯬, 䞓, 踁, 輕, 𨠸, 𰋌, 鋞, 𩈡, 䪫, 𩣪, 𩩋, 𩰹, 𭔛, 𩷏, 𪏅, 𪕣
• 𪪯, 逕, 𩳍, 剄, 勁, 䣆, 𤭓, 𮗒, 巰, 𰏅, 𨿋, 𢀫, 頸, 鵛, 𰌿, 莖, 𥥻, 𰩼, 𩭙, 𣫒, 氫, 痙, 𪊵, 𮌦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 324, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8681
• Dae Jaweon: page 624, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 412, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5DE0

Chinese

trad.		巠
simp.		𢀖
alternative forms		坙

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 巠
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
葝	*ɡeŋ, *ɡeŋ
頸	*keŋʔ, *ɡeŋ
勁	*kɯns, *keŋs
鑋	*kʰeŋ, *kʰeːŋs
輕	*kʰeŋ, *kʰeŋs
涇	*ɡeŋʔ, *keːŋ
經	*keːŋ, *keːŋs
鵛	*keːŋ
巠	*keːŋ
剄	*keːŋʔ
烴	*keːŋʔ
徑	*keːŋs
逕	*keːŋs
桱	*keːŋs
蛵	*qʰeːŋ
陘	*ɡeːŋ
鋞	*ɡeːŋ, *ɡeːŋʔ
脛	*ɡeːŋʔ, *ɡeːŋs
踁	*ɡeːŋs

According to Lin Yiguang (1920), this character is an ancient form of 經 (OC *keːŋ, *keːŋs). Its bronze inscription form is a pictogram (象形) of vertical threads passing through the top of a loom and has the meaning "to abide by, to comply with". Unrelated to 工.

Shuowen erroneously analyzes this character as streams of water across land due to its superficial appearence (巛 in facts represents flowing water).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīng (jing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): keng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jing
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jing
    • Palladius: цзин (czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ging¹
    • Yale: gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng
    • Tâi-lô: king
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: keng

Rime
Character	巠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古靈切
Baxter	keng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/keŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/keŋ/
Wang Li	/kieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.lˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	巠
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīng
Middle Chinese	‹ keng ›
Old Chinese	/*k.lˁeŋ/
English	a vein of water (Shuōwén)
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	巠
Reading #	1/1
No.	6802
Phonetic component	巠
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	經
Old Chinese	/*keːŋ/

Definitions

巠

1. streams running underground
2. flowing water
3. Alternative form of 經／经

Japanese

Kanji

巠

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. flowing water
2. underground stream

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei)

Usage notes

This character does not appear to be used in modern Japanese.

Korean

Hanja

巠 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng)

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