黥

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Translingual

Han character

黥 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+8, 20 strokes, cangjie input 田火卜口火 (WFYRF), four-corner 60396, composition ⿰黑京)

  1. to tattoo criminals on the face or forehead

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1520, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48123
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2055, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4751, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+9EE5

Chinese

trad. 黥
simp. # 黥

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黥
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (京) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
涼 *ɡ·raŋ, *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs
凉 *ɡ·raŋ
椋 *ɡ·raŋ
綡 *ɡ·raŋ
輬 *ɡ·raŋ
諒 *ɡ·raŋs
掠 *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raɡ
弶 *ɡaŋs
京 *kraŋ
麖 *kraŋ
鶁 *kraŋ
景 *kraŋʔ
鯨 *ɡraŋ
黥 *ɡraŋ
勍 *ɡraŋ
剠 *ɡraŋ
倞 *ɡraŋs
影 *qraŋʔ
璟 *qraŋʔ, *kʷraŋʔ
憬 *kʷraŋʔ
暻 *kʷraŋʔ
澋 *ɡʷraːŋʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 黥
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 渠京切
Baxter gjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/giajŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ɡiɐŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/gi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qíng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		king4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 黥
Reading # 1/1
No. 6833
Phonetic
component 		京
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		擎
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡraŋ/

Definitions

黥

  1. (historical) to tattoo the face, one of the Five Punishments in Ancient China

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

黥

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. tattoo, tattooing

Readings

  • Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)←ぎやう (gyau, historical)
  • Kan-on: けい (kei)
  • Kan’yō-on: げい (gei)
  • Kun: いれずみ (irezumi, 黥)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
黥
いれずみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 黥 – see the following entry.
【いれずみ】
a tattoo (an image made in the skin with ink and a needle)
a punishment in which a criminals were given a tattoo as a mark of their criminal record
to tattoo
Alternative spellings
入れ墨, 入墨, 刺青, 文身
(This term, 黥, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

黥 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

  1. tattoo punishment of branding a criminal

Vietnamese

Han character

黥: Hán Việt readings: kình[1][2]

  1. chữ Hán form of kình (“tatooing the cheek or face of criminals as punishment in ancient China”).

References

  1. ^ Trần (2004).
  2. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
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