儆

See also: 警

儆	U+5106, 儆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5106

← 儅
[U+5105]

CJK Unified Ideographs

儇 →
[U+5107]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

儆 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人廿口大 (OTRK), four-corner 2824₀, composition ⿰亻敬)

Related characters edit

警

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 119, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1187
Dae Jaweon: page 252, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 217, character 13
Unihan data for U+5106

Chinese edit

trad.		儆
simp. ^#		儆

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 儆

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Small seal script

**Bronze inscriptions**
b12285	b12286

**Small seal script**
s05726

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L17800	L17801

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (敬) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
蟼	kraː, kreŋ, *kreŋʔ
憼	kaŋʔ, kreŋʔ
驚	*kreŋ
警	*kreŋʔ
儆	kreŋʔ, ɡreŋs
璥	*keŋʔ
檠	kreŋʔ, ɡreŋ, *ɡreŋs
敬	*kreŋs
擎	*ɡreŋ
曔	*ɡreŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋs) : semantic 人 + phonetic 敬 (OC *kreŋs).

Etymology edit

Same word as 警 (OC *kreŋʔ, “to warn; to be on guard”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐng (jing³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jǐng
  - Wade–Giles: ching³
  - Yale: jǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
  - Palladius: цзин (czin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging²
  - Yale: gíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
  - Tâi-lô: kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: kjaengX, gjaengH

Rime
Character	儆	儆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居影切	渠敬切
Baxter	kjaengX	gjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiæŋ^X/	/ɡˠiæŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiaŋ^X/	/ɡᵚiaŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kiaŋ^X/	/ɡiaŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajŋ^X/	/giajŋ^H/
Li Rong	/kiɐŋ^X/	/ɡiɐŋ^H/
Wang Li	/kĭɐŋ^X/	/ɡĭɐŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐŋ^X/	/gi̯ɐŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐng	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging²	ging⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kreŋʔ/, /*ɡreŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儆	儆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6880	6888
Phonetic component	敬	敬
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	警	競
Old Chinese	/*kreŋʔ/	/*ɡreŋs/