婧

婧 U+5A67, 婧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A67 ← 婦 [U+5A66] CJK Unified Ideographs 婨 → [U+5A68]

Translingual

Han character

婧 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女手一月 (VQMB), four-corner 4542₇, composition ⿰女青)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 265, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6433
• Dae Jaweon: page 532, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1055, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5A67

Chinese

trad.		婧
simp. #		婧
2nd round simp.		⿰女𰀈
alternative forms		婙 archaic

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
猜	*sʰlɯː
輤	*sʰleːns
綪	*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩	*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈	*sʰleːns
蒨	*sʰeːns
篟	*sʰeːns
生	*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲	*sreŋ
笙	*sreŋ
甥	*sreŋ
鉎	*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄	*sreŋ
鼪	*sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩	*sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌	*sreŋ
眚	*sreŋʔ
貹	*sreŋs
崝	*zreːŋ
精	*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁	*ʔsleŋ
鶄	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱	*ʔsleŋ
婧	*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐	*ʔsleŋ
聙	*ʔsleŋ
旌	*ʔsleŋ
清	*sʰleŋ
圊	*sʰleŋ
請	*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊	*sʰleŋs
䝼	*zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚	*zleŋs
情	*zleŋ
晴	*zleŋ
夝	*zleŋ
靜	*zleŋʔ
靖	*zleŋʔ
睲	*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺	*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性	*sleŋs
姓	*sleŋs
靗	*l̥ʰeŋs
鯖	*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青	*sʰleːŋ
靘	*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅	*sʰleːŋs
胜	*sleːŋ
曐	*sleːŋ
星	*sleːŋ
鮏	*sleːŋ
腥	*seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹	*seːŋ
醒	*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂	*seːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìng (jing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìng
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴
    • Yale: jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinq
    • Palladius: цзин (czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing⁶
    • Yale: jihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjeng, dzjengX, dzjengH

Rime
Character	婧	婧	婧
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	從 (15)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	清 (121)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	子盈切	疾郢切	疾政切
Baxter	tsjeng	dzjengX	dzjengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇŋ/	/d͡ziᴇŋX/	/d͡ziᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛŋ/	/d͡ziɛŋX/	/d͡ziɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siæŋ/	/d͡ziæŋX/	/d͡ziæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajŋ/	/d͡ziajŋX/	/d͡ziajŋH/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛŋ/	/d͡ziɛŋX/	/d͡ziɛŋH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛŋ/	/d͡zĭɛŋX/	/d͡zĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛŋ/	/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋX/	/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng	jìng	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1	zing6	zing6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleŋ/, /*zleŋs/, /*zleŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婧	婧	婧
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	11332	11347	11355
Phonetic component	生	生	生
Rime group	耕	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	精	淨	靜
Old Chinese	/*ʔsleŋ/	/*zleŋs/	/*zleŋʔ/

Definitions

婧

1. (literary, of a woman) slender; delicate
2. (literary, of a woman) talented; gifted

Japanese

Kanji

婧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せい (sei); しょう (shō); じゅう (jū)
• Kun: あてやかなさま (ateyakanasama); しなやか (shinayaka)

Korean

Hanja

婧 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng)

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