惊

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See also: 驚
惊 U+60CA, 惊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60CA
← 惉
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 惋 →

Translingual

Han character

惊 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心卜口火 (PYRF), four-corner 90096, composition ⿰忄京)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 390, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10767
  • Dae Jaweon: page 724, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2318, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+60CA

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 京 (OC *kraŋ)

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 惊

Pronunciation

Definitions

惊

  1. † sorrowful

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 惊 – see 驚 (“to fear; to be afraid; to be startled; to be shy; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 驚).
Notes:

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 惊 – see 悢 (“sad; sorrowful”).
(This character is a variant form of 悢).

Japanese

Kanji

惊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ろう (rō)
  • Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
  • Kun: かなしむ (kanashimu, 惊しむ)

Vietnamese

Han character

惊: Hán Nôm readings: kinh

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