靜

靜 (Kangxi radical 174, 靑+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手月月尸木 (QBBSD), four-corner 5225₇, composition ⿰青爭(T) or ⿰靑爭(JK))

• 𫣺, 瀞, 𬎛, 𧂮, 𭟝, 𥶹, 𨷧

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1382, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42578
• Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 4049, character 1
• Unihan data for U+975C

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zleŋʔ): semantic 青 + phonetic 爭 (OC *ʔsreːŋ).

Perhaps from Mon-Khmer; compare Old Khmer siṅ (“to stay in/at; to abide; to be still”) (Schuessler, 2007). 靖 (OC *zleŋʔ) is the same word (ibid.).

靜

1. (Classical) equanimity; mindfulness
2. (Classical) composure; poise
3. (Classical) to examine carefully; to inspect
4. (Classical) clarity; discernment
5. silent; not making a noise

   夜深人靜／夜深人静  ―  yèshēnrénjìng  ―  quiet in the dead of night

   請大家靜一靜！／请大家静一静！  ―  Qǐng dàjiā jìng yī jìng!  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   佢今日咁靜嘅？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢今日咁静嘅？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ gam¹ jat⁶ gam³ zing⁶ ge²?

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   靜少少吖唔該。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   静少少吖唔该。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zing⁶ siu² siu² aa¹ m⁴ goi¹.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. still; motionless

   靜止／静止  ―  jìngzhǐ  ―  to be still

   心靜自然涼／心静自然凉  ―  xīn jìng zìrán liáng  ―  inner calm naturally cool down (a phrase used during periods of hot weather)

   • 水靜則平，平則清，清則見物之形，弗能匿也，故可以為正。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     水静则平，平则清，清则见物之形，弗能匿也，故可以为正。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Shuǐ jìng zé píng, píng zé qīng, qīng zé jiàn wù zhī xíng, fú néng nì yě, gù kě yǐwéi zhèng.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

7. to calm down

In the Shuōwén Jiězì: "静 means to examine carefully. It is composed of '青' for its meaning and '争' for its sound." The Shuōwén Jiězì identifies "静" as a phono-semantic compound, where "青" acts as the semantic component and "争" as the phonetic component. "青" suggests brightness or clarity. Xu Kai commented: "丹青明审也" ("Vivid colors convey clarity"), indicating that "静" implies clarity or transparency. Duan Yucai believed the original character for "quiet" (静) was "竫." In the Shuowen: "竫 means tranquility and stability." Duan noted: "亭 (pavilion) is a place where people find stability; hence, tranquility is referred to as '亭安.' Any character related to quietness should be written as '竫,' while '静' was a borrowed form."

In the Shuōwén Jiězì Zhù (Commentary on the Shuōwén Jiězì) Distributing five colors with appropriate density and order, even in extreme splendor, avoids muddiness and dullness, which is called "静." Similarly, when the human mind carefully considers and acts appropriately, seeking the inherent principles in every word and deed, even in extreme busyness, there is no chaos, which is also called "静", referencing the "画缋之事" (huà huì zhī shì, matters of painting and embroidery) in the Kaogong Ji (考工记, The Artificers' Record)

• “靜”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 静)

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• Go-on: じょう (jō)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: しず (shizu, 靜)^{←しづ (sidu, 靜, historical)}、しずか (shizuka, 靜か)、しずむ (shizumu, 靜む)、しずめる (shizumeru, 靜める)、しずまる (shizumaru, 靜まる)
• Nanori: しずむ (shizumu)

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• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

靜

Wikisource

靜 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

1. hanja form^? of 정 (“quiet, silence, static”)

   정전기(靜電氣) ― static electricity

   정(靜)하중 ― jeonghajung ― dead weight

靜: Hán Nôm readings: tĩnh

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