U+7CBE, 精
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CBE

[U+7CBD]
CJK Unified Ideographs 粿
[U+7CBF]

U+FA1D, 精
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA1D

[U+FA1C]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+FA1E]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 119, +8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火木手一月 (FDQMB), four-corner 95927, composition (GHTJV) or (K or U+FA1D))

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 910, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26997
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1336, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3150, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+7CBE

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs): semantic (rice) + phonetic (OC *sʰleːŋ) – polished rice.

Pronunciation 1 edit

trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp. 𰪱


Note:
  • zing1 - literary;
  • zeng1 - vernacular (“smart; clever”).
  • Gan
  • Hakka
  • Jin
  • Note: ji1 - in 精明.
    Note:
    • cĭng - literary;
    • ciăng - vernacular.
  • Southern Min
  • Note:
    • cheng - literary;
    • chiaⁿ, chiⁿ - vernacular.
    Note:
    • zêng1 - literary;
    • zian1 - vernacular (“demon; lean”).
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial () (13)
    Final () (121)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter tsjeng
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /t͡siᴇŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /t͡siɛŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /t͡siæŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /t͡siajŋ/
    Li
    Rong
    /t͡siɛŋ/
    Wang
    Li
    /t͡sĭɛŋ/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /t͡si̯ɛŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    jīng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    zing1
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    jīng
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ tsjeng ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tseŋ/
    English fine rice; pure

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 11327
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ʔsleŋ/

    Definitions edit

    1. polished rice
    2. essence; energy
    3. spirit; energy; vigour
    4. seminal fluid; semen
    5. spirit; soul
    6. essence; concentrate
    7. demon; goblin
    8. (dialectal, of meat) lean
      alt. forms: (jīng)
    9. fine; refined
    10. pure; unmixed
    11. concentrated; sincere
    12. clear; bright
    13. exquisite; profound
    14. extremely; very
      湿  ―  jiào yǔ lín le ge jīng shī  ―  Got made extremely wet by the rain.
    15. to be proficient; to be expert at
    16. to expose; to be bare
    17. smart; clever
      以為玩兒算計不一定 [MSC, trad.]
      以为玩儿算计不一定 [MSC, simp.]
      Nǐ yǐwéi nǐ néng wánr de guò tā? Tā kě jīng le. Shéi suànji shéi hái bùyīdìng ne! [Pinyin]
      You think you could defeat him? He is witted and alert. That who's going to set whom up is not certain yet!
      廣告 [Cantonese, trad.]
      广告 [Cantonese, simp.]
      zou6 gwong2 gou3 zou6 dak1 hou2 zeng1 [Jyutping]
      runs crafty advertisements
    18. (Cantonese) Suffix used to describe person with a negative attribute
      大話大话 [Cantonese]  ―  daai6 waa6 zing1 [Jyutping]  ―  liar
      馬騮马骝 [Cantonese]  ―  maa5 lau4 zing1 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    19. Alternative form of
    20. Alternative form of (jīng)
    21. Alternative form of (jīng)
    22. () (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of (MC tsjeng)
    Synonyms edit

    Compounds edit

    Pronunciation 2 edit

    trad.
    simp. #



    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial () (13)
    Final () (121)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter tsjengH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /t͡siᴇŋH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /t͡siɛŋH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /t͡siæŋH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /t͡siajŋH/
    Li
    Rong
    /t͡siɛŋH/
    Wang
    Li
    /t͡sĭɛŋH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /t͡si̯ɛŋH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    jìng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    zing3
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 11337
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ʔsleŋs/

    Definitions edit

    1. strong

    Pronunciation 3 edit

    trad.
    simp. #
    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“clear; fine; cloudless”).
    (This character is a variant form of ).

    Japanese edit

    Shinjitai
    Kyūjitai
    [1]


    &#xFA1D;
    or
    +&#xFE00;?
     
    精󠄀
    +&#xE0100;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)
    精󠄃
    +&#xE0103;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
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    See here for details.

    Kanji edit

    (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

    1. essence

    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 1 edit

    Kanji in this term
    せい
    Grade: 5
    on’yomi

    From Middle Chinese (t͡siᴇŋ, essence, energy). Compare modern Mandarin reading jīng.

    Pronunciation edit

    Adjective edit

    (せい) (sei-na (adnominal (せい) (sei na), adverbial (せい) (sei ni))

    1. detailed, conscientious
    2. pure, refined
    Inflection edit

    Noun edit

    (せい) (sei

    1. polishing, refining
    2. care, conscientiousness
    3. something polished or refined, particularly polished white rice
    4. vim and vigor, energy in doing things
    5. life force, vitality, the energy of living
    6. one's emotions, mind, or soul
    7. the soul or spirit of a thing, particularly when appearing on its own; a fairy, a sprite
    8. semen
    Synonyms edit

    Etymology 2 edit

    Kanji in this term
    しらげ
    Grade: 5
    kun’yomi

    Noun stem of verb 精げる (shirageru, to polish, to refine), itself derived from (shira, white, form used in compounds, usually shiro on its own) + (gu, verbalizing suffix), originally just meaning to whiten something.

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (しらげ) (shirage

    1. rice polishing, rice milling
    2. polished or milled rice
    3. excellence
    Synonyms edit

    References edit

    1. ^ ”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
    2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

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

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

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: tinh[1][2][3]

    1. pure, unadulterated; refined
    2. essence, spirit
    3. detailed, conscientious
    4. smart, clever
    5. energy, vigour
    6. demon; goblin; spirit
    7. semen, seminal fluid, a sperm cell

    Derived terms edit