Wiktionary

靜

See also: 静
靜 U+975C, 靜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-975C
← 靛
[U+975B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 靝 →
[U+975D]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

靜 (Kangxi radical 174, 靑+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手月月尸木 (QBBSD), four-corner 52257, composition ⿰青爭)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1382, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42578
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 4049, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+975C

Chinese edit

trad. 靜/静
simp. 静
2nd round simp. 𰁓

Glyph origin edit

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／形声, OC *zleŋʔ) : semantic 青 + phonetic 爭 (OC *ʔsreːŋ).

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Mon-Khmer; compare Old Khmer siṅ (“to stay in/at; to abide; to be still”) (Schuessler, 2007). 靖 (OC *zleŋʔ) is the same word (ibid.).

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • sâng - vernacular (“to stop making noise; to stop crying”);
  • cêng - literary.
Note:
  • chěng/chēng - literary;
  • chǐⁿ/chīⁿ/chēⁿ - vernacular.
Rime
Character 靜
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 疾郢切
Baxter dzjengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ziᴇŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡ziɛŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ziæŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡ziajŋX/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ziɛŋX/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zĭɛŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zing6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 靜
Reading # 1/1
No. 11353
Phonetic
component 		生
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		靜
Old
Chinese 		/*zleŋʔ/

Definitions edit

靜

  1. quiet; silent; devoid of noise
  2. silent; not making a noise
  3. still; motionless
    心靜自然涼／心静自然凉  ―  xīn jìng zìrán liáng  ―  inner calm naturally [helps one] cool down (a phrase used during periods of hot weather)
  4. gentle

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

静

Kyūjitai

靜

Kanji edit

靜

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 静)

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Readings edit

Korean edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [정(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

靜 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

  1. Hanja form? of 정 (“quiet, silence, static”).
    정전기(靜電氣) ― jeongjeon'gi( 靜 電氣) ― static electricity
    정(靜)하중 ― jeonghajung ― dead weight

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

靜: Hán Nôm readings: tĩnh

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