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Translingual
Han character
黥 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+8, 20 strokes, cangjie input 田火卜口火 (WFYRF), four-corner 60396, composition ⿰黑京)
- to tattoo criminals on the face or forehead
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1520, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48123
- Dae Jaweon: page 2055, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4751, character 7
- Unihan data for U+9EE5
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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涼
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*ɡ·raŋ, *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs
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凉
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*ɡ·raŋ
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椋
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*ɡ·raŋ
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綡
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*ɡ·raŋ
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輬
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*ɡ·raŋ
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諒
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*ɡ·raŋs
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掠
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*ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raɡ
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弶
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*ɡaŋs
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京
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*kraŋ
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麖
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*kraŋ
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鶁
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*kraŋ
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景
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*kraŋʔ
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鯨
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*ɡraŋ
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黥
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*ɡraŋ
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勍
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*ɡraŋ
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剠
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*ɡraŋ
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倞
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*ɡraŋs
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影
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*qraŋʔ
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璟
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*qraŋʔ, *kʷraŋʔ
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憬
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*kʷraŋʔ
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暻
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*kʷraŋʔ
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澋
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*ɡʷraːŋʔ
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Phonosemantic compound: 黑 ("black; a tattoo on face as a punishment") + 京. See also the original meaning of 墨.
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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黥
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6833
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Phonetic component
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京
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Rime group
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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擎
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡraŋ/
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Definitions
黥
- (historical) to tattoo the face, one of the Five Punishments in Ancient China
Synonyms
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
黥
(Hyōgai kanji)
- tattoo, tattooing
Readings
Etymology
For pronunciation and definitions of 黥 – see the following entry.
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【いれずみ】
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- a tattoo (an image made in the skin with ink and a needle)
- a punishment in which a criminals were given a tattoo as a mark of their criminal record
- to tattoo
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(This term, 黥, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
黥 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)
- tattoo punishment of branding a criminal
Vietnamese
Han character
黥: Hán Việt readings: kình[1][2]
- chữ Hán form of kình (“tatooing the cheek or face of criminals as punishment in ancient China”).
References