頃

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See also: 顷
頃 U+9803, 頃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9803
← 頂
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 頄 →

Translingual

Stroke order
11 strokes

Han character

頃 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+2, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心一月金 (PMBC), four-corner 21786, composition ⿰匕頁)

Derived terms

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1399, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43338
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1915, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4355, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+9803

Chinese

trad. 頃
simp. 顷
alternative forms 𩓏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 頃
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (頃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
顈 *ɡeːnʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
傾 *kʰʷeŋ
頃 *kʰʷeŋ, *kʰʷeŋʔ
穎 *ɢʷeŋʔ
潁 *ɢʷeŋʔ
熲 *kʷeːŋʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 匕 + 頁 (“head”).

The head is askew, the original meaning of 傾／倾 (qīng).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kuang2 - Shantou;
  • kuêng2 - Chaozhou.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 頃
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴/
Harbin /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹³/
Tianjin /t͡ɕʰiŋ¹³/
Jinan /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Qingdao /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵³/
Xi'an /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵³/
Xining /t͡ɕʰiə̃⁵³/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕʰĩn⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡ɕʰin⁴²/
Chengdu /t͡ɕʰyn⁵³/
Guiyang /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
Kunming /t͡ɕʰĩ⁵³/
Nanjing /t͡ɕʰin²¹²/
Hefei /t͡ɕʰin²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao
Hohhot /t͡ɕʰʟ⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
Suzhou /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡ɕʰin⁵³/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕʰoŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰyʌ̃³⁵/
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕʰyn⁴¹/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕʰyn⁴²/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /kʰeŋ³⁵/
Nanning /kʰeŋ³⁵/
Hong Kong /kʰiŋ³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kʰiŋ⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kʰiŋ³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kʰeiŋ⁴⁴/
/kʰaiŋ³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /kʰuaŋ⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /xeŋ³¹/
Rime
Character 頃
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 清 (122)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 去潁切
Baxter khjwiengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰwiᴇŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰʷiɛŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰiuæŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰwiajŋX/
Li
Rong 		/kʰiuɛŋX/
Wang
Li 		/kʰĭwɛŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰi̯wɛŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qiǒng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hing2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 頃
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		qǐng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ khjwiengX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷʰeŋʔ/
English interval, short while

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 頃
Reading # 2/2
No. 10508
Phonetic
component 		頃
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		頃
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰʷeŋʔ/

Definitions

頃

  1. A unit of area equal to 100 畝／亩 (mǔ) or 6.67 hectares.
  2. (literary) short while
  3. (literary) just now; just
  4. (literary) about; circa (after dates)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 頃
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 清 (122)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 去營切
Baxter khjwieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰwiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰʷiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰiuæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰwiajŋ/
Li
Rong 		/kʰiuɛŋ/
Wang
Li 		/kʰĭwɛŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰi̯wɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qiōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hing1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 頃
Reading # 1/2
No. 10507
Phonetic
component 		頃
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		傾
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰʷeŋ/

Definitions

頃

  1. † Original form of 傾／倾 (qīng).

Compounds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

頃

  1. † Alternative form of 跬 (“half a step”)

References

Japanese

Kanji

頃

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: きょう (kyō)
  • Kan-on: けい (kei)
  • On: き (ki)
  • Kun: ころ (koro, 頃, Jōyō)、しばらく (shibaraku, 頃く)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
頃
ころ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 頃 – see the following entry.
【ころ】
in, on, at (about time), at that time, around, about, approximately
such a time
time of year, season
(This term, 頃, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
頃
ころ > ごろ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 頃 – see the following entry.
【ごろ】
Alternative form of ころ (koro)
(This term, 頃, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

頃 (eumhun 반걸음 규 (ban'georeum gyu))

  1. hanja form? of 규 (“moment, half a step”)
  2. hanja form? of 규 (“measurement of area equal to 100 mu or 6.7 hectares”)

頃 (eumhun 넓이 경 (neolbi gyeong))

  1. hanja form? of 경 (“width”)

Vietnamese

Han character

頃: Hán Nôm readings: khoảnh, khỉnh, cảnh

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