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Translingual
Han character
競 (Kangxi radical 117, 立+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜山卜廿山 (YUYTU), four-corner 00216, composition ⿰竞竞)
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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誩
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*ɡaŋʔ, *ɡraŋs, *l̥ʰuːms
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競
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*ɡraŋs
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According to Shuowen, an Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 誩 (“argument”) + 儿 (“man”) + 儿 (“man”) – two individuals competing. Also possibly a Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡraŋs) : phonetic 誩 (OC *ɡaŋʔ, *ɡraŋs, *l̥ʰuːms) + semantic 儿 (“man”) + semantic 儿 (“man”). Compare 友.
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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競
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jìng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ gjængH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*m-kraŋʔ-s/ (~ C-kraŋʔ-s)
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English
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strive; compete
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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競
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6893
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Phonetic component
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誩
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Rime group
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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競
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡraŋs/
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Definitions
競
- to contend; to vie; to compete
- (literary) competitively; eagerly; trying to outdo one another
- † strong; powerful
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
競
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
- competition
- to compete
Readings
- Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)←ぎやう (gyau, historical)
- Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
- Kan’yō-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)←きやう (kyau, historical)
- Kun: きおう (kiou, 競う)←きほふ (kifofu, 競ふ, historical)、きおい (kioi, 競)←きほひ (kifofi, 競, historical)、きおい (kioi, 競い)←きほひ (kifofi, 競ひ, historical)、きそう (kisou, 競う, Jōyō)←きそふ (kisofu, 競ふ, historical)、きそい (kisoi, 競)←きそひ (kisofi, 競, historical)、きそい (kisoi, 競い)←きそひ (kisofi, 競ひ, historical)、くらべる (kuraberu, 競べる)←くらぶ (kurabu, 競ぶ, historical)、くらべ (kurabe, 競)、くらべ (kurabe, 競べ)、くら (kura, 競)、せる (seru, 競る, Jōyō)、せり (seri, 競)、せり (seri, 競り)
Korean
Hanja
競 (eumhun 다툴 경 (datul gyeong))
- hanja form? of 경 (“competition”)
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
競: Hán Nôm readings: cạnh, ganh
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