靚

靚 U+975A, 靚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-975A ← 静 [U+9759] CJK Unified Ideographs 靛 → [U+975B]

See also: 靓, 靜, and 𡃁

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

靚 (radical 174 靑+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手月月山山 (QBBUU), four-corner 5621₀, composition ⿰青見)

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1381, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42575
• Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4048, character 2
• Unihan data for U+975A

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ChineseEdit

trad.		靚
simp.		靓

Glyph originEdit

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zleŋs): phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ) + semantic 見.

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìng (jing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiâng
• Min Dong (BUC): cêng
• Wu (Wiktionary): jjin (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ching⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinq
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing⁶
    • Yale: jihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiang¹
    • IPA: /t͡ɕi̯aŋ²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cêng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiŋ²⁴²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jjin (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /d̥͡ʑɪɲ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ziᴇŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	靚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾政切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziajŋH/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛŋH/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*zleŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靚
Reading #	1/1
No.	11345
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	淨
Old Chinese	/*zleŋs/
Notes	妝，另朝會義通作請

DefinitionsEdit

靚

1. ^† to call in a subordinate; to invite
2. ^† to dress up; to get dressed up
3. ^† gentle and refined; fair and quiet
4. ^† beautiful; gorgeous; magnificent
5. ^† bright
6. ^† Alternative term for 靜／静 (jìng, “calm; quiet”).
7. ^† Alternative term for 靖 (jìng, “to reflect on”).

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 靚

• 嚴靚／严靓
• 新靚／新靓

• 豐容靚飾／丰容靓饰
• 靚女／靓女 (liàngnǚ)

• 靚妝／靓妆
• 靚衣／靓衣

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàng (liang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leng³
• Min Dong (BUC): liâng
• Wu (Wiktionary): lian (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: liàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ
    • Wade-Giles: liang⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianq
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: leng³
    • Yale: leng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: leng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: léng³
    • IPA ^(key): /lɛːŋ³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: liâng
    • IPA ^(key): /l̃iɑŋ²⁴²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: lian (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /liã²³/

DefinitionsEdit

靚

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua) pretty; beautiful

   靚仔 / 靓仔 [Cantonese]  ―  leng³ zai² [Jyutping]  ―  handsome man

   靚衫 / 靓衫 [Cantonese]  ―  leng³ saam¹ [Jyutping]  ―  pretty clothes

   • 你都唔係出街，使乜著咁靚呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]

     你都唔系出街，使乜著咁靓呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     Nei⁵ dou¹ m⁴ hai⁶ ceot¹ gaai¹, sai² mat¹ zoek³ gam³ leng³ aa³? [Jyutping]

     You're not going out or anything; what do you need to dress so well for?

   • 呢個女仔都幾靚呀吓。 [Cantonese, trad.]

     呢个女仔都几靓呀吓。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Nei¹ go³ neoi⁵ zai² dou¹ gei² leng³ aa³ haa⁵. [Jyutping]

     She's quite pretty, huh?

2. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) good; fine
3. (dialectal Cantonese) orderly

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 靚

• 又平又靚／又平又靓
• 平夾靚／平夹靓
• 平靚正／平靓正
• 愛靚／爱靓
• 扮靚／扮靓 (bànliàng)
• 扮靚靚／扮靓靓
• 收靚／收靓
• 蠟蠟靚／蜡蜡靓
• 行得靚／行得靓
• 要靚唔要命／要靓唔要命

• 貪靚／贪靓
• 阿二靚湯／阿二靓汤
• 青靚／青靓
• 青靚白淨／青靓白净
• 靚仔／靓仔 (liàngzǎi)
• 靚到暈／靓到晕
• 靚到沊一聲／靓到沊一声
• 靚到爆燈／靓到爆灯
• 靚到痺／靓到痹
• 靚嘢／靓嘢

• 靚女／靓女 (liàngnǚ)
• 靚妹／靓妹
• 靚模／靓模
• 靚湯／靓汤
• 靚爆鏡／靓爆镜
• 靚蠟蠟／靓蜡蜡
• 靚衫／靓衫
• 靚靚／靓靓
• 鬥靚／斗靓
• 鬼火咁靚／鬼火咁靓

Etymology 3Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 靚 – see 𡃁 (“(Cantonese) little girl or boy”). (This character, 靚, is a variant form of 𡃁.)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

靚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. make up face
2. ornament
3. quiet

ReadingsEdit

• On (unclassified): せい (sei), しょう (shō)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

靚 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune-Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

1. make up face
2. ornament
3. quiet