憬

Translingual

Han character

憬 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 心日卜火 (PAYF), four-corner 9609₆, composition ⿰忄景)

1. rouse, awaken
2. become conscious

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 403, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11256
• Dae Jaweon: page 744, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2354, character 6
• Unihan data for U+61AC

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		憬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 憬
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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): jǐng (jing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² / gwing²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ching³
    • Yale: jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
    • Palladius: цзин (czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ging² / gwing²
    • Yale: gíng / gwíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² / gwing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² / guing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵/, /kʷɪŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
    • Tâi-lô: kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keang
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kjwaengX

Rime
Character	憬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (112)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	俱永切
Baxter	kjwaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠwiæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwiajŋX/
Li Rong	/kiuɐŋX/
Wang Li	/kĭwɐŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯wɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwing2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷraŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	憬
Reading #	1/1
No.	6839
Phonetic component	京
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	憬
Old Chinese	/*kʷraŋʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 憬

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Japanese

Kanji

憬

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. long for

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Kun: あこがれる (akogareru, 憬れる); さとる (satoru)

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Korean

Hanja

憬 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale keyng)

1. rouse, awaken
2. become conscious

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Vietnamese

Han character

憬: Hán Nôm readings: cảnh

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References

• Nom Foundation