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U+7AF6, 競
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AF6

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 117, +15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜山卜廿山 (YUYTU), four-corner 00216, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 873, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25831
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1304, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2717, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+7AF6

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𧫙
𥪰

ancient

Glyph origin

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

According to Shuowen, an Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (argument) + (man) + (man) – two individuals debating vigorously. Also possibly a Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡraŋs) : phonetic (OC *ɡaŋʔ, *ɡraŋs, *l̥ʰuːms) + semantic (man) + semantic (man). Compare .

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (111)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter gjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡᵚiaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/giajŋH/
Li
Rong
/ɡiɐŋH/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯ɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ging6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jìng
Middle
Chinese
‹ gjængH ›
Old
Chinese
/*m-kraŋʔ-s/ (~ C-kraŋʔ-s)
English strive; compete

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. 6893
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡraŋs/

Definitions

  1. to contend; to vie; to compete
  2. (literary) competitively; eagerly; trying to outdo one another
  3. strong; powerful

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. competition
  2. to compete

Readings

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 다툴 (datul gyeong))

  1. hanja form? of (competition)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: cạnh, ganh

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