擎

Translingual

Han character

擎 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿大手 (TKQ), four-corner 4850₂, composition ⿱敬手)

1. lift up, hold up, support

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 458, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12808
• Dae Jaweon: page 807, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1952, character 3
• Unihan data for U+64CE

---

Chinese

trad.		擎
simp. #		擎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蟼	*kraː, *kreŋ, *kreŋʔ
憼	*kaŋʔ, *kreŋʔ
驚	*kreŋ
警	*kreŋʔ
儆	*kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋs
璥	*keŋʔ
檠	*kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋ, *ɡreŋs
敬	*kreŋs
擎	*ɡreŋ
曔	*ɡreŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíng (qing²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khià
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khêng / kìn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kêng⁵ / kia⁵

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²
    • Yale: chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyng
    • Palladius: цин (cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: king⁴
    • Yale: kìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: king⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khià
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiaˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kia²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯a¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khêng
    • Tâi-lô: khîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qeeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìn
    • Tâi-lô: kìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixn
    • IPA (Taipei): /kin¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kêng⁵ / kia⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khêng / khiâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰia⁵⁵/

Note:

• kêng5 - literary;
• kia5 - vernacular.

---

• Middle Chinese: gjaeng

Rime
Character	擎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠京切
Baxter	gjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giajŋ/
Li Rong	/ɡiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	king4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	擎
Reading #	1/1
No.	6886
Phonetic component	敬
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	擎
Old Chinese	/*ɡreŋ/
Notes	見莊子

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 擎

1. to prop up; to hold up; to lift up
2. (Hakka) to raise hand; to lift one's arm

---

Japanese

Kanji

擎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. lift up
2. hold up
3. support

Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei), ぎょう (gyō)
• Kun: ささげる (sasageru)

---

Korean

Hanja

擎 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

1. lift up
2. to support
3. to hold

---

Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 擎 (kình)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.