阱

See also: 穽

阱 U+9631, 阱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9631 ← 阰 [U+9630] CJK Unified Ideographs 防 → [U+9632]

Translingual

Han character

阱 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+4, 7 strokes in traditional Chinese, 6 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 弓中廿廿 (NLTT), four-corner 3055₈, composition ⿰阝井)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1347, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41574
• Dae Jaweon: page 1848, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4116, character 4
• Unihan data for U+9631

Chinese

simp. and trad.		阱
2nd round simp.		井
alternative forms		穽／阱 汬 坓 汫 ‡ 𠁲 ‡ 穽／阱 汬 坓 汫 ‡ 𠁲 ‡ 𨸥 ‡

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 阱
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
硎	*kʰreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ
耕	*kreːŋ
荊	*keŋ
井	*skeŋʔ
丼	*kl'oːmʔ, *skeŋʔ
妌	*sɡeŋʔ
穽	*sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs
阱	*sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs
汫	*sɡeːŋʔ
刑	*ɡeːŋ
形	*ɡeːŋ
邢	*ɡeːŋ
鉶	*ɡeːŋ
型	*ɡeːŋ
侀	*ɡeːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 阝 (“mound”) + phonetic 井 (OC *skeŋʔ, “well”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐng (jing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶, zeng⁶, zeng²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiáng
• Eastern Min (BUC): sêng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chéng / chíⁿ / chéⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zên²

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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: zing⁶, zeng⁶, zeng²
    • Yale: jihng, jehng, jéng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶, dzeng⁶, dzeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶, zéng⁶, zéng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²²/, /t͡sɛːŋ²²/, /t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiang`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiang³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯aŋ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéng
    • Tâi-lô: tsíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chíⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sĩ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sĩ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsénn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sẽ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ̃⁵³/

Note:

• chéng - literary;
• chíⁿ/chéⁿ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zên²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tséⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sẽ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjengX

Rime
Character	阱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾郢切
Baxter	dzjengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziajŋX/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛŋX/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɡeŋʔ/, /*sɡeŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	阱	阱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6856	6858
Phonetic component	井	井
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	靜	淨
Old Chinese	/*sɡeŋʔ/	/*sɡeŋs/
Notes		同穽

Definitions

阱

1. pitfall, trap

Compounds

• 坎阱 (kǎnjǐng)
• 投阱下石
• 文錦覆阱／文锦覆阱
• 自墜陷阱／自坠陷阱
• 觸機落阱／触机落阱
• 避阱入坑
• 阱中之虎
• 陷阱 (xiànjǐng)

 

References

• “阱”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

阱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せい (sei); じょう (jō)
• Kun: あな (ana)

Korean

Hanja

阱 (eum 정 (jeong))

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