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Translingual
Han character
擎 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿大手 (TKQ), four-corner 48502, composition ⿱敬手)
- lift up, hold up, support
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 458, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12808
- Dae Jaweon: page 807, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1952, character 3
- Unihan data for U+64CE
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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蟼
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*kraː, *kreŋ, *kreŋʔ
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憼
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*kaŋʔ, *kreŋʔ
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驚
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*kreŋ
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警
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*kreŋʔ
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儆
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*kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋs
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璥
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*keŋʔ
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檠
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*kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋ, *ɡreŋs
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敬
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*kreŋs
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擎
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*ɡreŋ
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曔
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*ɡreŋs
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Pronunciation
Note:
- khêng/gêng - literary;
- kìn - colloquial.
Note:
- kêng5 - literary;
- kia5 - vernacular.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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擎
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6886
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Phonetic component
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敬
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Rime group
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耕
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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擎
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡreŋ/
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Notes
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見莊子
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Definitions
擎
- to prop up; to hold up; to lift up
- 書擎辣手裡/书擎辣手里 [Shanghainese] ― 1sy 6jin-laq 5seu-li [Wugniu] ― to hold a book up in one's hand.
- (Hakka) to raise one's hand or arm
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
擎
(Hyōgai kanji)
- lift up
- hold up
- support
Readings
Korean
Hanja
擎 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)
- lift up
- to support
- to hold
Vietnamese
Han character
擎: Hán Nôm readings: kình
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