靜

See also: 静

Translingual

Han character

靜 (Kangxi radical 174, 靑+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手月月尸木 (QBBSD), four-corner 5225₇, composition ⿰青爭)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1382, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42578
• Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 4049, character 1
• Unihan data for U+975C

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Chinese

trad.		靜
simp.		静
alternative forms		⿰⿳龶丿丶争 (second-round simplified)

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zleŋʔ) : semantic 青 + phonetic 爭 (OC *ʔsreːŋ).

Etymology

Perhaps from Mon-Khmer; compare (Schuessler, 2007). 靖 (OC *zleŋʔ) is the same word (ibid.).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìng (jing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhin
• Eastern Min (BUC): sâng / cêng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chěng / chēng / chǐⁿ / chīⁿ / chēⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zên⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zhin

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing⁶
    • Yale: jihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhin
    • Hakka Romanization System: qin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sâng / cêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑŋ²⁴²/, /t͡sɛiŋ²⁴²/

Note:

• sâng - vernacular (“to stop making noise; to stop crying”);
• cêng - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chěng
    • Tâi-lô: tsǐng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chēng
    • Tâi-lô: tsīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǐⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsǐnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvi
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sĩ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chēⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsēnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zve
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sẽ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ̃²²/

Note:

• chěng/chēng - literary;
• chǐⁿ/chīⁿ/chēⁿ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zên⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsĕⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sẽ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhin
    • MiniDict: zhin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjengX

Rime
Character	靜
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): /*zleŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靜
Reading #	1/1
No.	11353
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靜
Old Chinese	/*zleŋʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 靜

1. quiet; silent; devoid of noise
2. silent; not making a noise
3. still; motionless

   心靜自然涼／心静自然凉  ―  xīn jìng zìrán liáng  ―  inner calm naturally [helps one] cool down (used during periods of hot weather)

4. gentle

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	静
Kyūjitai	靜

Kanji

靜

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 静)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せい (sei); じょう (jō)
• Kun: しずか (shizuka, 靜か)

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Korean

Hanja

靜 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 靜 (tĩnh)

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