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Translingual
Han character
馨 (Kangxi radical 186, 香+11, 20 strokes, cangjie input 土水竹木日 (GEHDA), four-corner 47609, composition ⿱殸香)
- fragrant, aromatic
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1429, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44559
- Dae Jaweon: page 1956, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4425, character 8
- Unihan data for U+99A8
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 殸
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*kʰreːŋ, *kʰeːŋs
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| 聲
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*qʰjeŋ
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| 謦
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*kʰeːŋʔ, *kʰeːŋs
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| 磬
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*kʰeːŋs
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| 罄
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*kʰeːŋs
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| 馨
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*qʰeːŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰeːŋ) : phonetic 殸 (OC *kʰreːŋ, *kʰeːŋs) + semantic 香 (“sweet”).
Etymology
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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馨
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xīn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xeng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰˁeŋ/
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| English
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fragrance
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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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馨
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10520
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Phonetic
component
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殸
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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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馨
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰeːŋ/
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Definitions
馨
- (literary) spread out fragrance; fragrant
- (literary, figurative) widespread renown and reputation
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
馨
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- fragrant
- balmy
- favourable
Readings
Compounds
Proper noun
馨 • (Kaoru)
- a unisex given name
Korean
Hanja
馨 (eumhun 꽃다울 형 (kkotdaul hyeong))
馨 (eumhun 향기 형 (hyanggi hyeong))
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Vietnamese
Han character
馨: Hán Nôm readings: hinh, hanh, hênh
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