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脛

脛

See also: 胫

Translingual

Han character

脛 (radical 130 肉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月一女一 (BMVM), four-corner 71211)

  1. shinbone
  2. calf of leg

References

  • KangXi: page 983, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29504
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1435, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2077, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+811B

Chinese

trad. 脛
simp. 胫

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 脛 脛
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 青 (125) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 胡頂切 胡定切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦeŋX/ /ɦeŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦeŋX/ /ɦeŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɛŋX/ /ɣɛŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦɛjŋX/ /ɦɛjŋH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣeŋX/ /ɣeŋH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣieŋX/ /ɣieŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣieŋX/ /ɣieŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xìng xìng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 脛
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jìng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hengH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-kʰˤeŋ-s/
English leg, shank

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 脛 脛
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6815 6816
Phonetic
component		 巠 巠
Rime
group		 耕 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 婞 脛
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡeːŋʔ/ /*ɡeːŋs/

Definitions

脛

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Compounds

  • 不脛而走／不胫而走
  • 無脛而行／无胫而行
  • 脛脛／胫胫
  • 腳脛／脚胫
  • 蝨脛蟣肝／虱胫蟣肝

References

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sune]

Alternative forms

Noun

脛 ‎(hiragana すね, romaji sune)

  1. the area between the knee and the ankle; the shin

Etymology 2

pagi → ɸagi → hagi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [haɡi]

Noun

脛 ‎(hiragana はぎ, romaji hagi)

  1. the shin

Kanji

脛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. shin
Readings

References

  • Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 1: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (in Japanese), Kyūko Shoin (published 1978; original text from 794), ISBN 4-7629-3088-1.

Korean

Hanja

脛 • ‎(gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

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