巠

See also: 圣 and 坙

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

• 經, 俓, 弳, 桱, 氫, 痙, 脛, 逕, 莖, 剄, 烴, 頸, 輕, 挳

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

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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 resembles vertical threads passing through the top of a sewing machine and has the meaning "to abide by, to comply with".

Shuowen analyzes this character as streams of water across land.

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

(deprecated template usage) 巠

1. streams running underground
2. flowing water
3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 經／经 (jīng).

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Japanese

Kanji

巠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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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.

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Korean

Hanja

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

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