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青

See also: 靑
青 U+9752, 青
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9752
← 靑
[U+9751] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 靓 →
[U+9753]
⻘ U+2ED8, ⻘
CJK RADICAL BLUE
← ⻗
[U+2ED7] 		CJK Radicals Supplement ⻙ →
[U+2ED9]

Translingual Edit

Stroke order
 
Stroke order (Japan)
 

Han character Edit

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Radical 174 青

青 (Kangxi radical 174, 靑+0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手一月 (QMB), four-corner 50227, composition ⿱龶月)

Derived characters Edit

Related characters Edit

References Edit

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 1381, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42564
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4046, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9752

Chinese Edit

 
Wikipedia has articles on:

Glyph origin Edit

Historical forms of the character 青
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Ancient script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
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

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 生 (“growth of plants”) + 丹 (“cinnabar”). Cinnabar was used for dyeing, and by extension, came to imply “color” in general, giving the combined meaning “color of growing plants” → “blue-green”.

In the modern glyph, the top component is reduced to 龶, and the bottom component resembles the unrelated 月 (“moon”).

The second-round simplified form of the character is based on the calligraphic form of the character.

Etymology 1 Edit

trad. 青/靑
simp. 青
2nd round simp. 𰀈
alternative forms
 
寈
㞭
𡗡
𡴏
𡴑
寈
㞭
𡗡
𡴏
𡴑
𡷉
𤯝
𤯞

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-riŋ ~ s-r(j)aŋ (“to live; to be alive; to give birth; raw; green”). Cognate with 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs, “to live”), 蒼 (OC *sʰaːŋ, “green; blue”), 性 (OC *sleŋs, “nature”), 姓 (OC *sleŋs, “surname”). Note 蒼 (OC *sʰaːŋ) may be an old dialect variant of 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1 Edit

Note:
  • ceng1 - vernacular;
  • cing1 - literary.
Note:
  • tiang1 - vernacular;
  • ten1 - literary.
  • Gan
    • Note:
    • qiang1 - vernacular;
    • qin1 - literary.
  • Hakka
    • Note:
    • Sixian:
      • chhiâng - vernacular;
      • chhîn - literary.
  • Jin
    • Note:
    • qi1 - vernacular (e.g. 青菜);
    • qing1 - literary.
  • Min Bei
    • Note:
    • cháng - vernacular;
    • chéng - literary.
  • Min Dong
    • Note:
    • chăng - vernacular;
    • chĭng - literary.
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • chhiⁿ/chheⁿ/seⁿ - vernacular;
    • chheng/seng - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Rime
    Character 青
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 清 (14)
    Final (韻) 青 (125)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 倉經切
    Baxter tsheng
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/t͡sʰeŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/t͡sʰeŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/t͡sʰɛŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/t͡sʰɛjŋ/
    Li
    Rong         		/t͡sʰeŋ/
    Wang
    Li         		/t͡sʰieŋ/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/t͡sʰieŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		qīng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		cing1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 青
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		qīng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ tsheng ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[s.r̥]ˁeŋ/
    English green or blue

    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 青
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 11362
    Phonetic
    component         		生
    Rime
    group         		耕
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		靑
    Old
    Chinese         		/*sʰleːŋ/
    Notes 說文從生丹，戴桐王筠皆雲從丹生聲
    Definitions Edit

    青

    1. blue-green; blue (of sky, stone etc.); green (of grass, plants, mountain etc.)
      青天  ―  qīngtiān  ―  blue sky
      青筋  ―  qīngjīn  ―  blue veins
      青草  ―  qīngcǎo  ―  green grass
      青山綠水／青山绿水  ―  qīngshānlǜshuǐ  ―  green hills and rivers
    2. blue-green ("grue")-colored items
      1. green grass
        踏青  ―  tàqīng  ―  to go on an outing to the countryside during spring
      2. crops that have not yet ripened
        青黃不接／青黄不接  ―  qīnghuángbùjiē  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)
    3. black (of hair, cloth, silk thread etc.)
      青絲／青丝  ―  qīngsī  ―  black hair
    4. (Min Nan) green
      青紅燈／青红灯 [Hokkien]  ―  chheⁿ-âng-teng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  traffic light
    5. (Hong Kong) lime green
      青BB [Cantonese]  ―  ceng1 bi1 bi1 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)
    6. young; adolescent
      青年  ―  qīngnián  ―  youth; adolescence
      青春  ―  qīngchūn  ―  youth
    7. Short for 青年 (qīngnián).
      老中青  ―  lǎozhōngqīng  ―  the old, the middle-aged and the young
      知青  ―  zhīqīng  ―  zhiqing, ""educated youth"
      覺青／觉青  ―  juéqīng  ―  "politically-awakened youth"
    8. (literary, obsolete) east
    9. (literary, obsolete) spring
    10. Short for 青海 (Qīnghǎi, “Qinghai Province”).
      青藏鐵路／青藏铁路  ―  Qīng Zàng tiělù  ―  Qinghai-Tibet Railway
    11. a surname
    Usage notes Edit

    The meaning for “blue” and “black” is more commonly used in Classical Chinese, while in modern Chinese, the meaning for “green” is more common. In fact, 青 covered both green and blue ("grue") until modern times. For example, 青山綠水 (“hill or water green in color”), 青蘋果 (“green apple”). However, there are still some expressions for the meaning of blue, e.g. 青天 (“blue sky”), 青出於藍 (“blue comes from indigo; someone performing better than their teacher”)

    In Cantonese, the use of 青 to mean “black” is still used in circumstances where to use 黑 (hak1) would be inauspicious, as it is a near-homophone of 乞 (hat1, “beggar”). For example, 黑衣 (hak1 ji1) used to describe clothing would be a near-homophone of both beggar and a beggar's garment.

    See also Edit
    Compounds Edit
    Descendants Edit
    Sino-Xenic (青):
    • → Japanese: 青(せい) (sei)
    • → Vietnamese: thanh (青)

    Others:

    Pronunciation 2 Edit

    Definitions Edit

    青

    1. Alternative form of 菁 (jīng)
      Used in 青青 (qīngqīng).

    Etymology 2 Edit

    trad. 青
    simp. # 青

    Pronunciation Edit

    Definitions Edit

    青

    1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 鮮 (chhiⁿ)
      1. fresh
      2. (of clothes) bright; pretty; neat

    References Edit

    Japanese Edit

    Shinjitai

    		青

    Kyūjitai

    		靑

    Kanji Edit

    青

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. green
    2. blue
    3. immature, unripe, young
    4. publication, record
    5. east
    6. cyan

    Readings Edit

    Compounds Edit

    Compounds

    Etymology 1 Edit

    Kanji in this term
    青
    あお
    Grade: 1
    kun’yomi
    Alternative spelling
    靑 (kyūjitai)

    /sawo/ (uncertain, may be compound as opposed to root) → /awo/ → /ao/

    From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *awo.[1]

    Appears as the latter part in older compounds with an -s- infix or prefix. It is unclear if this leading /s/ is indicative of an earlier form (sawo), or if this was an addition for euphony to avoid vowel clusters, or for other reasons. This /s/ is also seen in 雨 (ame, “rain”, becoming same in old compounds) and 稲 (ine, “rice”, becoming shine in old compounds).

    Given that this /s/ only ever appears interstitially, and given the semantics, this /s/ may be cognate with Korean interfix ㅅ (-s-) used to mark possession; compare German -s-.

    Pronunciation Edit

    Noun Edit

    青(あお) • (ao) ←あを (awo)?

    1. blue
      1. one of three primary colors
      2. a shade of blue to blue green
    2. (dated) green
      青(あお)林(りん)檎(ご)
      ao ringo
      green apple
    3. Short for 青信号 (ao-shingō): green light (traffic light color, as the color of plants)
      Antonym: 赤 (aka)
    4. the black, bluish color of a horse's hair; also, such a horse
      • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 39)[4]
        Auo. アヲ (青) 馬の毛色で, 全体に黒くて青みがあり, 両耳の内側に多少白いところのあるもの. この部分の毛も他の部分と同じようにすっかり黒い時には, Curo(黒)と呼ばれる.
      Synonym: 青毛 (aoge)
    5. (card games) Short for 青短, 青丹 (aotan): one of the three hanafuda cards bearing a blue 短冊 (tanzaku, “narrow card used for poetry”); a 役 (yaku) of the three aotan cards, worth 3 points
    6. (card games) a blue card in 天正カルタ (Tenshō karuta)
    7. Short for 青本 (aohon): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    8. Short for 青銭 (aosen): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Derived terms Edit
    Derived terms

    Proverb Edit

    1. 青(あお)は藍(あい)より出(い)でて藍(あい)より青(あお)し (ao wa ai yori idete ai yori aoshi)
    See also Edit
    Colors in Japanese · 色(いろ) (iro) (layout · text)
         白(しろ) (shiro)      灰(はい)色(いろ) (haīro),
    鼠(ねずみ)色(いろ) (nezumīro) (dated)     		     黒(くろ) (kuro)
                 赤(あか) (aka); 深(しん)紅(く) (shinku),
    クリムゾン (kurimuzon),
    紅(べに)色(いろ) (benīro),
    紅(くれない)色(いろ) (kurenaīro),
    茜(あかね)色(いろ) (akaneiro)     		             オレンジ (orenji),
    橙(だいだい)色(いろ) (daidaīro); 茶(ちゃ)色(いろ) (chairo),
    褐(かっ)色(しょく) (kasshoku)     		             黄(き)色(いろ) (kīro); クリーム色(いろ) (kurīmuiro)
                 黄(き)緑(みどり) (kimidori)              緑(みどり) (midori),
    青(あお) (ao) (dated)     		             若緑(わかみどり) (wakamidori)
                 シアン (shian); 鴨(かも)の羽色(はねいろ) (kamo no hane iro)              水(みず)色(いろ) (mizuiro)              青(あお) (ao)
                 菫(すみれ)色(いろ) (sumireiro); 藍(あい)色(いろ) (aīro),
    インジゴ (injigo)     		             マゼンタ (mazenta); 紫(むらさき) (murasaki)              ピンク (pinku),
    桃(もも)色(いろ) (momoiro)

    Prefix Edit

    青(あお) • (ao-) ←あを (awo)?

    1. unripe, young
    Derived terms Edit
    Derived terms

    Proper noun Edit

    青(あお) • (Ao) ←あを (awo)?

    1. a female given name
    2. a surname

    Etymology 2 Edit

    Kanji in this term
    青
    せい
    Grade: 1
    on’yomi
    Alternative spelling
    靑 (kyūjitai)

    From Middle Chinese 青 (MC tsheng).

    Pronunciation Edit

    Noun Edit

    青(せい) • (sei) 

    1. the color blue

    Proper noun Edit

    青(せい) • (Sei) 

    1. a female given name
    2. a surname

    Etymology 3 Edit

    Kanji in this term
    青
    しい
    Grade: 1
    sōon
    Alternative spelling
    靑 (kyūjitai)

    Unknown. The reading might be an obscure term from Old Japanese or dialect. The use of the character 青 arises from its 宋音 (sōon, “Song-dynasty pronunciation”).[5]

    Pronunciation Edit

    Noun Edit

    青(しい) • (shii) 

    1. (rare, archaic, mythology) a beast that looks like a weasel, and is said to have lived in present-day Fukuoka and Yamaguchi prefectures
    2. (rare, archaic, mythology) a beast that looks like a wolf, and is said to have appeared around Mount Yoshino

    References Edit

    1. ^ Thomas Pellard. Ryukyuan perspectives on the proto-Japonic vowel system. Frellesvig, Bjarke; Sells, Peter. Japanese/Korean Linguistics 20, CSLI Publications, pp.81–96, 2013.
    2. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. ^ 2002, 京阪系アクセント辞典 (A Dictionary of Tone on Words of the Keihan-type Dialects) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Bensei, →ISBN
    4. ^ Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
    5. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

    Korean Edit

    Hanja Edit

    青 (eumhun 푸를 청 (pureul cheong))

    1. Alternative form of 靑 (“blue; green”)

    References Edit

    Vietnamese Edit

    Han character Edit

    青: Hán Việt readings: thanh
    青: Nôm readings: thanh, thênh, xanh

    1. green
    2. blue

    References Edit

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