冋

See also: 向, 同, and 回

冋 U+518B, 冋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-518B ← 冊 [U+518A] CJK Unified Ideographs 册 → [U+518C]

Translingual

Han character

冋 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 月口 (BR), composition ⿵冂口)

Derived characters

• 𠇶, 𠖷, 坰, 𭑳, 𭛡, 𪫪, 泂, 迥, 𭥤, 𣐒, 炯, 㺾, 𥑎, 絅(䌹), 詗(诇), 𧺸, 𨥽, 𢄗, 𩚱, 駉(𬳶), 𪕍
• 𮟱, 𭟳, 𠡋, 𬗶, 𡶝, 苘, 𣅻, 𭿷, 𫁋, 高, 𠳮, 髙, 䯧, 喬, 𠨄, 𥦮, 𠕧, 𩫌, 𤍔, 𰈳, 𢇺, 㢠, 扃, 𨴀
• 𨻠, 𨻛, 𮞜, 𫞎, 𣘺, 𫞏, 𫘍, 𩤬, 𫋊, 𤏕, 𩕴, 𬴛, 𥭩, 𡒼

References

• KangXi: page 129, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1517
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 99, character 7
• Unihan data for U+518B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		冋
alternative forms		冂 坰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冋
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
苘	*kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
詗	*qʰʷeŋs, *qʰʷeːŋʔ
駉	*kʷeːŋ
坰	*kʷeːŋ
冋	*kʷeːŋ, *ɡʷeːŋʔ
絅	*kʷeːŋ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
扃	*kʷeːŋ
炯	*kʷeːŋʔ, *ɡʷeːŋʔ
迥	*ɡʷeːŋʔ
泂	*ɡʷeːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiōng (jiong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyong
    • Wade–Giles: chiung¹
    • Yale: jyūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiong
    • Palladius: цзюн (czjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwing¹
    • Yale: gwīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kweŋ/, /ɦweŋ^X/

Rime
Character	冋	冋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	青 (126)	青 (126)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	古螢切	戸頂切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kweŋ/	/ɦweŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷeŋ/	/ɦʷeŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛŋ/	/ɣuɛŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛjŋ/	/ɦwɛjŋX/
Li Rong	/kueŋ/	/ɣueŋX/
Wang Li	/kiweŋ/	/ɣiweŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiweŋ/	/ɣiweŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiōng	xiòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwing1	wing6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːŋ/, /*ɡʷeːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	冋	冋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6898	6906
Phonetic component	冋	冋
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	扃	迥
Old Chinese	/*kʷeːŋ/	/*ɡʷeːŋʔ/

Definitions

冋

1. Alternative form of 冂 (jiōng, “city outskirts”).

Japanese

Kanji

冋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei); きょう (kyō)
• Kun: えながまえ (enagamae); どうがまえ (dōgamae); けいがまえ (keigamae)

Korean

Hanja

冋, eum 경 (gyeong)

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