徑

See also: 径

Translingual

Traditional	徑
Shinjitai	径
Simplified	径

Han character

徑 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一女一 (HOMVM), four-corner 2121₁, composition ⿰彳巠)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 367, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10118
• Dae Jaweon: page 691, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 824, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5F91

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Chinese

trad.		徑
simp.		径*

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìng (jing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gên³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìng
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴
    • Yale: jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinq
    • Palladius: цзин (czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ging³
    • Yale: ging
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng
    • Tâi-lô: kìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kexng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gên³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kèⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kẽ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: kengH

Rime
Character	徑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古定切
Baxter	kengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/keŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛjŋH/
Li Rong	/keŋH/
Wang Li	/kieŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤeŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jìng
Middle Chinese	‹ kengH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁeŋ-s/
English	small path
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	徑
Reading #	1/1
No.	6806
Phonetic component	巠
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	徑
Old Chinese	/*keːŋs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 徑

1. path; road; way
2. directly
3. (geometry) diameter

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Japanese

Shinjitai	径
Kyūjitai	徑

Kanji

徑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 径)

1. path
2. diameter
3. method

Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)
• Kun: こみち (komichi); ちかみち (chikamichi); みち (michi)

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Korean

Hanja

徑 (eum 경 (gyeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

徑: Hán Nôm readings: kính, kinh

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References

• Nom Foundation