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Translingual
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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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 顈
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*ɡeːnʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
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| 傾
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*kʰʷeŋ
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| 頃
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*kʰʷeŋ, *kʰʷeŋʔ
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| 穎
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*ɢʷeŋʔ
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| 潁
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*ɢʷeŋʔ
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| 熲
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*kʷeːŋʔ
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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.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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頃
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qǐng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khjwiengX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷʰeŋʔ/
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| English
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interval, short while
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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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頃
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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10508
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Phonetic
component
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頃
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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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頃
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰʷeŋʔ/
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Definitions
頃
- A unit of area equal to 100 畝／亩 (mǔ) or 6.67 hectares.
- (literary) short while
- (literary) just now; just
- (literary) about; circa (after dates)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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頃
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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10507
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Phonetic
component
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頃
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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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傾
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰʷeŋ/
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Definitions
頃
- † Original form of 傾／倾 (qīng).
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
頃
- † Alternative form of 跬 (“half a step”)
References
Japanese
Kanji
頃
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
Readings
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 頃 – see the following entry.
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| 【ころ】
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- in, on, at (about time), at that time, around, about, approximately
- such a time
- time of year, season
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| (This term, 頃, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 頃 – see the following entry.
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| 【ごろ】
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- Alternative form of ころ (koro)
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| (This term, 頃, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
頃 (eumhun 반걸음 규 (ban'georeum gyu))
- Hanja form? of 규 (“moment, half a step”).
- Hanja form? of 규 (“measurement of area equal to 100 mu or 6.7 hectares”).
頃 (eumhun 넓이 경 (neolbi gyeong))
- Hanja form? of 경 (“width”).
Vietnamese
Han character
頃: Hán Nôm readings: khoảnh, khỉnh, cảnh
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