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U+6176, 慶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6176

CJK Unified Ideographs
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Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 61, +11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈難水 (IXE), four-corner 00247, composition ⿸⿸广丨⿱𢖻)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 400, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11145
  • Dae Jaweon: page 740, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 903, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6176

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

In oracle bone inscriptions Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (Xiezhi) + . The component represented the beautiful markings of the mythical beast, signifying goodness, blessings and auspiciousness.

In bronze inscriptions is often also written as . During the Warring states period, the tail of corrupted into , then further into during the Qin dynasty. Based on the overlap between the many ancient variants of the character Ji, Xusheng (2004) suggests that , , , 鹿 all refer to kinds of deer – beautiful and therefore worth celebrating when obtained. He also concludes that there is enough evidence that and were once the same character. Since was the most precious among deer, its character was used to express celebration.

Etymology 1

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𢙎
𢞢
𢝑

Uncertain. Schuessler (2007) sees possible cognacy to Tibetan གཡང (g.yang, happiness, blessing, prosperity), which Bodman (1980) relates instead to (OC *ljaŋ).

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹/
Harbin /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵³/
Jinan /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹/
Qingdao /t͡ɕiŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕʰiŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁴⁴/
Xining /t͡ɕʰiə̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕʰiŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕʰĩn¹³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
Chengdu /t͡ɕʰin¹³/
Guiyang /t͡ɕʰin²¹³/
Kunming /t͡ɕʰĩ¹/
Nanjing /t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
Hefei /t͡ɕʰin⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕʰiəŋ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /t͡ɕʰĩŋ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
Suzhou /t͡ɕʰin⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕʰaŋ⁴²/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰiʌ̃³²⁴/
Tunxi /t͡ɕʰiɛ⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰin²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /kʰin⁵³/
Taoyuan /kʰin⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /heŋ³³/
Nanning /heŋ³³/
Hong Kong /hiŋ³³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kʰiŋ²¹/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kʰɛiŋ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kʰeiŋ³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /kʰeŋ²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /xeŋ³⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (111)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter khjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰˠiæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰᵚiaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰiaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰiajŋH/
Li
Rong
/kʰiɐŋH/
Wang
Li
/kʰĭɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰi̯ɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hing3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qìng
Middle
Chinese
‹ khjængH ›
Old
Chinese
/*raŋ-s/
English happy, rejoice

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 10521
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰraŋ/

Definitions

  1. to celebrate; to congratulate
      ―  qìngzhù  ―  to celebrate
    豐收丰收  ―  qìng fēngshōu  ―  to celebrate a bumper harvest
  2. celebration
      ―  guóqìng  ―  national day
      ―  xiàoqìng  ―  anniversary of the founding of a school or college
  3. fortuitous; auspicious
  4. (literary) good fortune
  5. (obsolete) virtue; benevolence
  6. a surname

Compounds

Descendants

  • Old Turkic:

Etymology 2

trad.
simp.

From Hokkien (khiàng) or Teochew (kiang3).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Hakka) competent; capable; impressive
Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. jubilation

Readings

  • Go-on: きょう (kyō)
  • Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
  • Kun: よい (yoi, 慶い)よろこぶ (yorokobu, 慶ぶ)

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 경사 (gyeongsa gyeong))

  1. hanja form? of (celebration)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: khánh, khương

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