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勁

勁

勁 U+52C1, 勁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52C1
← 勀
[U+52C0] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 勂 →
[U+52C2]
See also: 劲

Translingual

Han character

勁 (radical 19 力+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一一大尸 (MMKS), four-corner 14127, composition ⿰巠力)

  1. strong, unyielding, tough, powerful

References

  • KangXi: page 147, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2349
  • Dae Jaweon: page 332, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 371, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+52C1

Chinese

trad. 勁
simp. 劲

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
葝 *ɡeŋ, *ɡeŋ
頸 *keŋʔ, *ɡeŋ
勁 *kɯns, *keŋs
鑋 *kʰeŋ, *kʰeːŋs
輕 *kʰeŋ, *kʰeŋs
涇 *ɡeŋʔ, *keːŋ
經 *keːŋ, *keːŋs
鵛 *keːŋ
巠 *keːŋ
剄 *keːŋʔ
烴 *keːŋʔ
徑 *keːŋs
逕 *keːŋs
桱 *keːŋs
蛵 *qʰeːŋ
陘 *ɡeːŋ
鋞 *ɡeːŋ, *ɡeːŋʔ
脛 *ɡeːŋʔ, *ɡeːŋs
踁 *ɡeːŋs

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 勁
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居正切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kiᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kiɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kiajŋH/
Li
Rong		 /kiɛŋH/
Wang
Li		 /kĭɛŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jìng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 勁
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jìng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kjiengH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*keŋ-s/ (no palatalization before *-eŋ?)
English strong

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 勁 勁
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6655 6790
Phonetic
component		 斤 巠
Rime
group		 文 耕
Rime
subdivision		 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 靳 勁
Old
Chinese		 /*kɯns/ /*keŋs/
Notes 今訓讀爲劤

Definitions

勁

  1. powerful; strong
  2. vigorous; with energy; lively
  3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.   (Classifier: 股 m)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji

勁

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. Powerful, power.[1]

Readings

References

  1. ↑ Akiyasu Tōdō [et al.] (2002) 漢字源, ISBN 978-4053008893: “勁 劤”

Korean

Hanja

勁 • ‎(gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勁 (kính, cứng, cánh, kình)

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