U+8654, 虔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8654

[U+8653]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8655]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 141, +4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜心卜大 (YPYK), four-corner 21240, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1073, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32686
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1540, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2821, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8654

Chinese edit

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Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Western ZhouShuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptionsSmall seal scriptTranscribed ancient scripts

According to the Shuowen Jiezi, Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡren) : phonetic (OC *mɯn) + semantic . According to Li Xueqin (2012), the phonetic component is instead (OC *qʰaː).

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading #1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (79)
Tone (調)Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)Open
Division ()III
Fanqie
Baxtergjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡᵚiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gian/
Li
Rong
/ɡjɛn/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kin4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading #1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qián
Middle
Chinese
‹ gjen ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ra[n]/
Englishkill; cut (v.)

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
Reading #1/1
No.10260
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡren/
Notes

Definitions edit

  1. reverent; devout; pious; respectful; sincere
  2. (obsolete) looking like a tiger walking; strong; powerful
  3. to kill; to slaughter; to murder
  4. to plunder; to loot; to seize
  5. a surname

Compounds edit

  • 乾虔干虔
  • 展子虔
  • 心虔志誠心虔志诚
  • 敬虔主義敬虔主义 (jìngqiánzhǔyì)
  • 村虔
  • 矯虔矫虔
  • 老虔婆
  • 虔劉虔刘
  • 虔婆 (qiánpó)
  • 虔婆勢虔婆势
  • 虔心 (qiánxīn)
  • 虔恪 (qiánkè)
  • 虔敬 (qiánjìng)
  • 虔虔
  • 虔誠虔诚 (qiánchéng)
  • 鄭虔郑虔
  • 風虔风虔

Etymology 2 edit

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alternative forms

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

  1. (chiefly Quanzhou Hokkien) Alternative form of (to congeal; to encrust)

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. respect

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun 공경할 (gonggyeonghal geon))

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Compounds edit

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: kiền

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