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Translingual
Han character
磬 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 土水一口 (GEMR), four-corner 47601, composition ⿱殸石)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 836, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24454
- Dae Jaweon: page 1253, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2451, character 2
- Unihan data for U+78EC
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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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 殸 + 石 (“stone”).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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磬
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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qìng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ khengH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁeŋ-s/
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English
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suspend
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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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磬
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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10518
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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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罄
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Old Chinese
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/*kʰeːŋs/
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Definitions
磬
- stone chimes; sounding stone; qing
- (Buddhism) inverted bell (a Buddhist percussion instrument)
Compounds
Descendants
See also
Japanese
Kanji
磬
(Hyōgai kanji)
- upside-V-shaped gong
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
磬 (eum 경 (gyeong))
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Vietnamese
Han character
磬: Hán Nôm readings: khánh
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