囧

See also: 冏

囧 U+56E7, 囧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56E7 ← 囦 [U+56E6] CJK Unified Ideographs 囨 → [U+56E8]

Translingual

Han character

囧 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田金月 (WCB), four-corner 6022₇, composition ⿴囗⿱八冂(G) or ⿴四冂(HTJK))

Derived characters

• 𦀝, 朙, 𡮀, 莔, 𥭮, 𡜸, 𢚊, 𥁰, 𧖸, 𣖇
• 㴄 (Exception: Only for mainland China character form. Taiwan character form contains ⿴囗⿱儿口 as right component instead)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 217, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4707
• Dae Jaweon: page 444, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 715, character 12
• Unihan data for U+56E7

Chinese

FWOTD – 2 March 2013

trad.		囧
simp. #		囧
alternative forms		冏 臦 臩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 囧
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) , resembling a window.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǒng (jiong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwing²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵cion

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǒng
    • Wade–Giles: chiung³
    • Yale: jyǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeong
    • Palladius: цзюн (czjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwing²
    • Yale: gwíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɪŋ³⁵/
• 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/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵cion
    • MiniDict: cion^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jion
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕioŋ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kjwaengX

Rime
Character	囧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (112)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	俱永切
Baxter	kjwaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠwiæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwiajŋX/
Li Rong	/kiuɐŋX/
Wang Li	/kĭwɐŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯wɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwing2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k-mraŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	囧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǒng
Middle Chinese	‹ kjwængX ›
Old Chinese	/*k-mraŋʔ/ (dialect: *k.mr- > *kʷr-)
English	bright window
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	囧
Reading #	1/1
No.	6909
Phonetic component	囧
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	憬
Old Chinese	/*kʷaŋʔ/
Notes	讀若獷

Definitions

囧

1. ^† patterned window; a clear and bright window; shining, brightness

   • 囧，窗牖麗廔闓明，象形。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     囧，窗牖丽𫷹闿明，象形。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE

     Jiǒng, chuāngyǒu lìlóu kǎimíng, xiàngxíng. [Pinyin]

     Jiong — An open and light window. Pictographic.

   • 囧囧秋月明，憑軒詠堯老。 [MSC, trad.]
     囧囧秋月明，凭轩咏尧老。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Jiang Yan, "Miscellaneous Poems — Imitation of Zhang Chuo's 'Miscellaneous Writing'", from the anthology of Wen Xuan

     Jiǒng jiǒng qiū yuè míng, píng xuān yǒng Yáo Lǎo. [Pinyin]

     The moonlight at an autumn night was brightly clean; I leaned on the railing, chanting poems and savouring the logics of the ancient sages (lit. of Yao and Laozi).

2. (neologism, slang, humorous) an emoticon expressing surprise, shock, embarrassment, helplessness or awkwardness

   • 而那些生活在光環中的明星和名人們，曾經也有過類似的經歷，他們難忘的往事中也不乏趣聞和囧事……李想在高三時選擇放棄高考，卻成功創業，身價上億。 [MSC, trad.]
     而那些生活在光环中的明星和名人们，曾经也有过类似的经历，他们难忘的往事中也不乏趣闻和囧事……李想在高三时选择放弃高考，却成功创业，身价上亿。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Xinhua, 《眾名人爆料高考囧事》 ("Celebrities reveal their embarrassing moments before/at the University Entrance Examination")

     Ér nàxiē shēnghuó zài guānghuán zhōng de míngxīng hé míngrén men, céngjīng yě yǒu guò lèisì de jīnglì, tāmen nánwàng de wǎngshì zhōng yě bùfá qùwén hé jiǒng shì...... Lǐ Xiǎng zài gāosān shí xuǎnzé fàngqì gāokǎo, què chénggōng chuàngyè, shēnjià shàng yì. [Pinyin]

     The celebrities and notabilities now living under spotlights used to have similar experiences; there was no lack of amusing anecdotes and embarrassing moments in their unforgettable pasts ... Li Xiang dropped out of school during the third year of high school, choosing not to take the University Entrance Examination. Instead, he successfully started an enterprise, now worth hundreds of millions.

Synonyms

• Orz
• 囧rz
• 囧rz=3

Compounds

• 囧囧 (jiǒngjiǒng)
• 囧態／囧态 (jiǒngtài)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (囧):

• → Korean: 경(冏) (gyeong)

Japanese

Kanji

囧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei); きょう (kyō)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka)

Korean

Hanja

囧 (eumhun 빛날 경 (binnal gyeong))

1. Alternative form of 冏 (“Hanja form^? of 경 (“to shine; to be bright”).”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]