傾

Translingual

Han character

傾 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人心一金 (OPMC), four-corner 2128₆, composition ⿰亻頃)

Derived characters

• 𫤉, 𫤏, 𫤒, 𫤓, 𫤕, 𫤎

Related characters

• 倾 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 115, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1038
• Dae Jaweon: page 245, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 212, character 10
• Unihan data for U+50BE

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 傾
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05767
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰʷeŋ) : semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 頃 (OC *kʰʷeŋ, *kʰʷeŋʔ). Note that it is not 化 + 頁.

Etymology 1

Of Austroasiatic origin; compare Proto-Monic *kʔiəŋ (“to lean; to be slanted”), Khmer អៀង (ʼiəng, “to lean sideways”) (Schuessler 2007).

Pronunciation

Definitions

傾

1. to lean; to tilt; to incline

   • 地平則水不流，重鈞則衡不傾。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     地平则水不流，重钧则衡不倾。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Dì píng zé shuǐ bù liú, zhòng jūn zé héng bù qīng.

     If the ground is level, the water shall not flow; if the weights are equal, the scale shall not tilt.

2. to collapse
3. to overturn and pour out; to empty
4. to do one's best; to use up all of one's resources
5. to adore; to admire
6. to overpower; to overwhelm
7. to compete
8. entire; whole
9. (Cantonese) to chat; to converse

   • 傾下講下　講點至下嫁 [Cantonese, trad.]
     倾下讲下　讲点至下嫁 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 鄺美雲 (lyricist 鄧偉雄), 戀愛專家

     king¹ haa⁵ gong² haa⁵, gong² dim² zi³ haa⁶ gaa³

     To chat and talk, talk about how to get married

Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2

From English king.

Pronunciation

Definitions

傾

1. (Cantonese, card games) king

Synonyms

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Kun: かたむく (katamuku, 傾く, Jōyō); かたむける (katamukeru, 傾ける, Jōyō); かたぶく (katabuku, 傾く); かしぐ (kashigu, 傾ぐ); かしげる (kashigeru, 傾げる); かたげる (katageru, 傾げる)

Compounds

Etymology

Korean

Hanja

傾 (eumhun 기울 경 (giul gyeong))

1. Hanja form^? of 경 (“incline, tilt”).
2. Hanja form^? of 경 (“upset, overflow”).

Vietnamese

Han character

傾: Hán Nôm readings: khuynh, khoanh, khuâng, khuỳnh

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