巠

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See also: 圣 and 坙
巠 U+5DE0, 巠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE0
← 巟
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 巡 →

Translingual

Han character

巠 (Kangxi radical 47, 巛+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一女女一 (MVVM), four-corner 10101, composition ⿳一巛工)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 324, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8681
  • Dae Jaweon: page 624, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 412, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5DE0

Chinese

trad. 巠
simp. 𢀖
alternative forms 坙

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 巠
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (巠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
葝 *ɡeŋ, *ɡeŋ
頸 *keŋʔ, *ɡeŋ
勁 *kɯns, *keŋs
鑋 *kʰeŋ, *kʰeːŋs
輕 *kʰeŋ, *kʰeŋs
涇 *ɡeŋʔ, *keːŋ
經 *keːŋ, *keːŋs
鵛 *keːŋ
巠 *keːŋ
剄 *keːŋʔ
烴 *keːŋʔ
徑 *keːŋs
逕 *keːŋs
桱 *keːŋs
蛵 *qʰeːŋ
陘 *ɡeːŋ
鋞 *ɡeːŋ, *ɡeːŋʔ
脛 *ɡeːŋʔ, *ɡeːŋs
踁 *ɡeːŋs

According to Lin Yiguang (1920), this character is an ancient form of 經 (OC *keːŋ, *keːŋs). Its bronze inscription form is a pictogram (象形) of vertical threads passing through the top of a loom and has the meaning "to abide by, to comply with".

Shuowen analyzes this character as streams of water across land.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 巠
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古靈切
Baxter keng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/keŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/keŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɛjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/keŋ/
Wang
Li 		/kieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ging1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 巠
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jīng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ keng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k.lˁeŋ/
English a vein of water (Shuōwén)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 巠
Reading # 1/1
No. 6802
Phonetic
component 		巠
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		經
Old
Chinese 		/*keːŋ/

Definitions

巠

  1. streams running underground
  2. flowing water
  3. Alternative form of 經／经

Japanese

Kanji

巠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. flowing water
  2. underground stream

Readings

Usage notes

This character does not appear to be used in modern Japanese.

Korean

Hanja

巠 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng)

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