兢

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See also: 克
兢 U+5162, 兢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5162
← 兡
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 兣 →

Translingual

Han character

兢 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十山十口山 (JUJRU), four-corner 44216, composition ⿰克克)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 125, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1395
  • Dae Jaweon: page 266, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 274, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5162

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 兢

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 兢
j20798
b13505
s06206
Transcribed ancient scripts
L10633
L10634
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (兢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
兢 *kɯŋ
殑 *ɡɯŋ, *ɡɯŋʔ, *ɡɯŋs

Etymology

Possibly the vocalic variant of 驚 (OC *kreŋ, “to be afraid; to alarm”) (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with 謹 (OC *kɯnʔ, “to be careful; to be attentive”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 兢
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居陵切
Baxter king
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɨŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɨŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kieŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kiŋ/
Li
Rong 		/kiəŋ/
Wang
Li 		/kĭəŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki̯əŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ging1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 兢
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jīng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ king ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k(r)əŋ/
English cautious

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 兢
Reading # 1/1
No. 6845
Phonetic
component 		兢
Rime
group 		蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		兢
Old
Chinese 		/*kɯŋ/

Definitions

兢

  1. (ideophonic) fearful; cautious

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

兢

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: おそれる (osoreru)、つつしむ (tsutsushimu)

Korean

Hanja

兢 (eum 긍 (geung))

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Vietnamese

Han character

兢: Hán Nôm readings: cạnh, ganh, căng, giằng

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