菁

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 菁. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 菁, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 菁 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 菁 you have here. The definition of the word 菁 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of菁, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
菁 U+83C1, 菁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83C1
← 菀
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 菂 →

Translingual

Han character

菁 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿手一月 (TQMB), four-corner 44227, composition ⿱艹青)

  1. flower of leek family
  2. turnip

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1036, character 45
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31136
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1495, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3227, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+83C1

Chinese

trad. 菁
simp. # 菁
2nd round simp. 𰰫
alternative forms 精

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (生) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
猜 *sʰlɯː
輤 *sʰleːns
綪 *sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩 *sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈 *sʰleːns
蒨 *sʰeːns
篟 *sʰeːns
生 *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲 *sreŋ
笙 *sreŋ
甥 *sreŋ
鉎 *sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄 *sreŋ
鼪 *sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩 *sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌 *sreŋ
眚 *sreŋʔ
貹 *sreŋs
崝 *zreːŋ
精 *ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁 *ʔsleŋ
鶄 *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻 *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱 *ʔsleŋ
婧 *ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛 *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐 *ʔsleŋ
聙 *ʔsleŋ
旌 *ʔsleŋ
清 *sʰleŋ
圊 *sʰleŋ
請 *sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊 *sʰleŋs
䝼 *zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚 *zleŋs
情 *zleŋ
晴 *zleŋ
夝 *zleŋ
靜 *zleŋʔ
靖 *zleŋʔ
睲 *seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺 *seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性 *sleŋs
姓 *sleŋs
靗 *l̥ʰeŋs
鯖 *ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青 *sʰleːŋ
靘 *sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅 *sʰleːŋs
胜 *sleːŋ
曐 *sleːŋ
星 *sleːŋ
鮏 *sleːŋ
腥 *seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹 *seːŋ
醒 *seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂 *seːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsleŋ): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 菁
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 子盈切
Baxter tsjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡siᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡siæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡siajŋ/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siɛŋ/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭɛŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zing1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 菁
Reading # 1/1
No. 11328
Phonetic
component 		生
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		精
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsleŋ/

Definitions

菁

  1. (literary, obsolete) garlic chive flowers (Allium tuberosum)
    Synonym: 韭菜花 (jiǔcàihuā)
  2. (literary, obsolete) flowers
  3. Brassica
    蕪菁／芜菁  ―  wújīng  ―  turnip
  4. Used in 菁菁 (jīngjīng, “luxuriant”).
  5. (Southern Min) betel nut
    菁仔 [Hokkien]  ―  chheⁿ-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  (unprocessed) betel
  6. (Eastern Min) common reed
    Synonym: 蘆葦 / 芦苇 (lúwěi)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

菁

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

  • Go-on: しょう (shō)
  • Kan-on: せい (sei)
  • Kun: かぶ (kabu)、かぶらな (kaburana)、はなやか (hanayaka)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

菁 • (cheong) (hangeul 청, revised cheong, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏng, Yale cheng)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

菁: Hán Nôm readings: thanh, tinh

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia