徑

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See also: 径
徑 U+5F91, 徑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F91
← 徐
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 徒 →

Translingual

Traditional 徑
Shinjitai 径
Simplified 径

Han character

徑 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一女一 (HOMVM), four-corner 21211, composition ⿰彳巠)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 367, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10118
  • Dae Jaweon: page 691, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 824, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5F91

Chinese

trad. 徑
simp. 径*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
葝 *ɡeŋ, *ɡeŋ
頸 *keŋʔ, *ɡeŋ
勁 *kɯns, *keŋs
鑋 *kʰeŋ, *kʰeːŋs
輕 *kʰeŋ, *kʰeŋs
涇 *ɡeŋʔ, *keːŋ
經 *keːŋ, *keːŋs
鵛 *keːŋ
巠 *keːŋ
剄 *keːŋʔ
烴 *keːŋʔ
徑 *keːŋs
逕 *keːŋs
桱 *keːŋs
蛵 *qʰeːŋ
陘 *ɡeːŋ
鋞 *ɡeːŋ, *ɡeːŋʔ
脛 *ɡeːŋʔ, *ɡeːŋs
踁 *ɡeːŋs

Pronunciation

Note: gaang3 - alternative pronunciation for "path", traditionally written as 逕.
Note:
  • Sixian:
    • kang - vernacular;
    • kin - literary.
  • Meixian:
    • gang4 - vernacular;
    • gin4 - literary.
Rime
Character 徑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古定切
Baxter kengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/keŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/keŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɛŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɛjŋH/
Li
Rong 		/keŋH/
Wang
Li 		/kieŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kieŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ging3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 徑
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jìng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kengH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁeŋ-s/
English small path

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 徑
Reading # 1/1
No. 6806
Phonetic
component 		巠
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		徑
Old
Chinese 		/*keːŋs/

Definitions

徑

  1. path; road
    麥理浩徑／麦理浩径 [Cantonese]  ―  mak6 lei5 hou6 ging3   ―  MacLehose Trail
  2. way
    門徑／门径  ―  ménjìng  ―  way; method
  3. directly
  4. (geometry) diameter

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

径

Kyūjitai

徑

Kanji

徑

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 径)

  1. path
  2. diameter
  3. method

Readings

  • On (unclassified): けい (kei)
  • Kun: こみち (komichi)、ちかみち (chikamichi)、みち (michi)

Korean

Hanja

徑 (eumhun 지름길 경 (jireumgil gyeong))

  1. hanja form? of 경 (“shortcut, path”)

Vietnamese

Han character

徑: Hán Nôm readings: kính, kinh

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References

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