景

Translingual

Han character

景 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日卜口火 (AYRF), four-corner 6090₆, composition ⿱日京)

Derived characters

• 影

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 496, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13983
• Dae Jaweon: page 862, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1520, character 3
• Unihan data for U+666F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		景

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 景
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraŋʔ) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 京 (OC *kraŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐng (jing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kín
• Eastern Min (BUC): gīng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kéng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵cin

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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
    • Yale: gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kín
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin³
    • Sinological IPA: /kin³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
    • Tâi-lô: kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵cin
    • MiniDict: cin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kjaengX

Rime
Character	景
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居影切
Baxter	kjaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajŋX/
Li Rong	/kiɐŋX/
Wang Li	/kĭɐŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qraŋʔ/, /*[C.q]raŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	景	景
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jǐng	jǐng
Middle Chinese	‹ kjængX ›	‹ kjængX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qraŋʔ/	/*[C.q]raŋʔ/
English	bright; image	a kind of coat
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	景
Reading #	1/1
No.	6831
Phonetic component	京
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	警
Old Chinese	/*kraŋʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 景

1. bright; luminous
2. sunlight
3. sun
4. scenery; view
5. conditions; situation
6. scene; setting; scenario
7. to admire; to appreciate
8. great, large
9. a surname

Compounds

References

• “景”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

景

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}; よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: えい (ei); けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Kun: けしき (keshiki); かげ (kage, 景)

Compounds

Compounds of 景

Common

• 景品(けいひん) (keihin)
• 景観(けいかん) (keikan)
• 景気(けいき) (keiki)
• 景(け)色(しき) (keshiki)
• 景勝(けいしょう) (keishō)
• 風景(ふうけい) (fūkei)
• 背景(はいけい) (haikei)
• 情景(じょうけい) (jōkei)
• 光景(こうけい) (kōkei)
• 夜景(やけい) (yakei)

Uncommon

• 景物(けいぶつ) (keibutsu)
• 景況(けいきょう) (keikyō)
• 美景(びけい) (bikei)
• 盆景(ぼんけい) (bonkei)
• 遠景(えんけい) (enkei)
• 八景(はっけい) (hakkei)
• 百景(ひゃっけい) (hyakkei)
• 実景(じっけい) (jikkei)
• 叙景(じょけい) (jokei)
• 海景(かいけい) (kaikei)
• 近景(きんけい) (kinkei)
• 後景(こうけい) (kōkei)
• 三景(さんけい) (sankei)
• 借景(しゃっけい) (shakkei)
• 小景(しょうけい) (shōkei)
• 点景(てんけい) (tenkei)
• 添景(てんけい) (tenkei)
• 夕景(ゆうけい) (yūkei)
• 絶景(ぜっけい) (zekkei)
• 前景(ぜんけい) (zenkei)
• 全景(ぜんけい) (zenkei)
• 天下(てんか)の景(けい) (tenka no kei)

Rare/archaic

• 景仰(けいこう) (keikō), 景仰(けいぎょう) (keigyō)
• 景教(けいきょう) (keikyō)
• 景趣(けいしゅ) (keishu)
• 景雲(けいうん) (keiun)
• 晩景(ばんけい) (bankei)
• 中景(ちゅうけい) (chūkei)
• 佳景(かけい) (kakei)
• 雪景(せっけい) (sekkei)
• 勝景(しょうけい) (shōkei)
• 庭景(ていけい) (teikei)
• 雲景(うんけい) (unkei)
• 幽景(ゆうけい) (yūkei)
• 淑景舎(しげいさ) (shigeisa), 淑景舎(しげいしゃ) (shigeisha)

Noun

景(けい) • (kei) 

1. vista, view, scene
2. counter for scenes (in a play)

景(かげ) • (kage) 

1. Alternative form of 影

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Korean

Hanja

景 • (gyeong, yeong) (hangeul 경, 영, revised gyeong, yeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, yŏng, Yale kyeng, yeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 景 (cảnh, ảnh, khảnh, kiểng, ngoảnh, kẻng, ngảnh)

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