蜻

蜻 U+873B, 蜻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-873B ← 蜺 [U+873A] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜼 → [U+873C]

Translingual

Han character

蜻 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈手一月 (LIQMB), four-corner 5512₇, composition ⿰虫青(GTH) or ⿰虫靑(JKV))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1088, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33203
• Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2858, character 8
• Unihan data for U+873B

Chinese

trad.		蜻
simp. #		蜻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
猜	*sʰlɯː
輤	*sʰleːns
綪	*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩	*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈	*sʰleːns
蒨	*sʰeːns
篟	*sʰeːns
生	*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲	*sreŋ
笙	*sreŋ
甥	*sreŋ
鉎	*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄	*sreŋ
鼪	*sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩	*sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌	*sreŋ
眚	*sreŋʔ
貹	*sreŋs
崝	*zreːŋ
精	*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁	*ʔsleŋ
鶄	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱	*ʔsleŋ
婧	*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐	*ʔsleŋ
聙	*ʔsleŋ
旌	*ʔsleŋ
清	*sʰleŋ
圊	*sʰleŋ
請	*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊	*sʰleŋs
䝼	*zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚	*zleŋs
情	*zleŋ
晴	*zleŋ
夝	*zleŋ
靜	*zleŋʔ
靖	*zleŋʔ
睲	*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺	*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性	*sleŋs
姓	*sleŋs
靗	*l̥ʰeŋs
鯖	*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青	*sʰleːŋ
靘	*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅	*sʰleːŋs
胜	*sleːŋ
曐	*sleːŋ
星	*sleːŋ
鮏	*sleːŋ
腥	*seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹	*seːŋ
醒	*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂	*seːŋ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīng (qing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹shin; ¹chin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cing
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹
    • Yale: chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ching
    • Palladius: цин (cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹
    • Yale: chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng
    • Tâi-lô: tshing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹shin; ¹chin
    • MiniDict: shin^平; chin^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xin; ¹qin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵³/, /t͡ɕʰin⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsheng

Rime
Character	蜻
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	倉經切
Baxter	tsheng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰeŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰeŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰeŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰleːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜻
Reading #	2/2
No.	11363
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靑
Old Chinese	/*sʰleːŋ/

Definitions

蜻

1. Only used in 蜻蜓 (qīngtíng) and 蜻蛉 (qīnglíng).

Compounds

• 玉蜻蜓
• 竹蜻蛉
• 竹蜻蜓
• 草蜻蛉
• 蜻蛉 (qīnglíng)
• 蜻蜓 (qīngtíng)
• 蜻蜓點水／蜻蜓点水
• 豎蜻蜓／竖蜻蜓

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīng (jing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjeng

Rime
Character	蜻
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子盈切
Baxter	tsjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜻
Reading #	1/2
No.	11330
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	精
Old Chinese	/*ʔsleŋ/

Definitions

蜻

1. Only used in 蜻蛚 (jīngliè).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìng (jing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ

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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/

Definitions

蜻

1. Only used in 蜻蜻 (jìngjìng).

Japanese

Kanji

蜻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei)

Korean

Hanja

蜻 • (cheong) (hangeul 청, revised cheong, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏng, Yale cheng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蜻: Hán Nôm readings: thanh

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