偵

See also: 侦

偵 U+5075, 偵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5075 ← 側 [U+5074] CJK Unified Ideographs 偶 → [U+5076]

Translingual

Han character

偵 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人卜月金 (OYBC), four-corner 2128₆, composition ⿰亻貞)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 111, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 898
• Dae Jaweon: page 238, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 189, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5075

Chinese

trad.		偵
simp.		侦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偵
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05927
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 (貞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
偵	*rtaːŋs, *tʰeŋ, *tʰeŋs
幀	*rtɯːŋs
湞	*rdeːŋ, *teŋ
貞	*teŋ
楨	*teŋ
禎	*teŋ
赬	*tʰeŋ
遉	*tʰeŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn, zhēng (zhen¹, zheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ, ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhen
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹
    • Yale: jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jheng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹
    • Yale: jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡siɪŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 偵
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂən⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/ʈ͡ʂən²¹/ /t͡sən²¹/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/tʃəŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂəŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/ʈ͡ʂẽ²¹/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂə̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡sən⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sən⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡sen⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂə̃⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂən³¹/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂən²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡səŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ʈ͡ʂəŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡səŋ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/t͡sən⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sen³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡seŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕiʌ̃³¹/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕiɛ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂən³³/
	Xiangtan	/ʈ͡ʂən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sɨn⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sən⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/tʃen²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡seŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/t͡seŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡siŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/teiŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡seŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/t͡seŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjeng, traengH, trhjengH

Rime
Character	偵	偵	偵
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)	知 (9)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	庚 (109)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II	III
Fanqie	丑貞切	猪孟切	丑鄭切
Baxter	trhjeng	traengH	trhjengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰiᴇŋ/	/ʈˠæŋH/	/ʈʰiᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɛŋ/	/ʈᵚaŋH/	/ʈʰiɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiæŋ/	/ȶaŋH/	/ȶʰiæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰiajŋ/	/ʈaɨjŋH/	/ʈʰiajŋH/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiɛŋ/	/ȶɐŋH/	/ȶʰiɛŋH/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭɛŋ/	/ȶɐŋH/	/ȶʰĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ɛŋ/	/ȶɐŋH/	/ȶʰi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēng	zhèng	chèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1	zang3	cing3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rtaːŋs/, /*tʰeŋ/, /*tʰeŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偵	偵	偵
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	17024	17031	17034
Phonetic component	貞	貞	貞
Rime group	陽	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	倀	檉	遉
Old Chinese	/*rtaːŋs/	/*tʰeŋ/	/*tʰeŋs/

Definitions

偵

1. to spy, reconnoiter
2. detective
3. ^† Alternative form of 貞／贞 (zhēn, “divination”)

Compounds

• 偵伺／侦伺 (zhēnsì)
• 偵察／侦察 (zhēnchá)
• 偵察兵／侦察兵 (zhēnchábīng)
• 偵察機／侦察机 (zhēnchájī)
• 偵察衛星／侦察卫星
• 偵探／侦探 (zhēntàn)
• 偵探小說／侦探小说
• 偵望／侦望
• 偵查／侦查 (zhēnchá)
• 偵查終結／侦查终结
• 偵測／侦测 (zhēncè)
• 偵破／侦破 (zhēnpò)
• 偵緝／侦缉 (zhēnjī)
• 偵緝隊／侦缉队
• 偵聽／侦听
• 偵訊／侦讯 (zhēnxùn)
• 偵訊筆錄／侦讯笔录
• 偵辦／侦办 (zhēnbàn)
• 偵錯／侦错
• 偵防／侦防
• 偵騎／侦骑
• 海上偵察／海上侦察

 

Japanese

Kanji

偵

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. investigation, spy, detective

Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)
• Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
• Kun: うかがう (ukagau, 偵う)

Compounds

• 偵察
• 偵知
• 探偵
• 内偵
• 密偵

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 偵 (MC trhjeng|traengH|trhjengH).

Hanja

Wikisource

偵 (eumhun 염탐할 정 (yeomtamhal jeong))

1. Hanja form^? of 정 (“investigation; spy”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 정라 (偵邏, jeongna)
• 정찰 (偵察, jeongchal)
• 정탐 (偵探, jeongtam)
• 탐정 (探偵, tamjeong)
• 밀정 (密偵, miljeong)
• 정객 (偵客, jeonggaek)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

偵: Hán Nôm readings: trinh, rình, triệng

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