惊

See also: 驚

惊 U+60CA, 惊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60CA ← 惉 [U+60C9] CJK Unified Ideographs 惋 → [U+60CB]

Translingual

Han character

惊 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心卜口火 (PYRF), four-corner 9009₆, composition ⿰忄京)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 390, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10767
• Dae Jaweon: page 724, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2318, character 3
• Unihan data for U+60CA

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 京 (OC *kraŋ)

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		惊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīng (jing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jing
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jing
    • Palladius: цзин (czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

惊

1. ^† sorrowful

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 惊 – see 驚 (“to fear; to be afraid; to be startled; to be shy; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 驚).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 惊 – see 悢 (“sad; sorrowful”). (This character is a variant form of 悢).

Japanese

Kanji

惊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: かなしむ (kanashimu, 惊しむ)

Vietnamese

Han character

惊: Hán Nôm readings: kinh

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