卿

See also: 喞, 唧, and 鄉

卿	U+537F, 卿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-537F

← 卾
[U+537E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

厀 →
[U+5380]

卿	U+2F831, 卿 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F831

← 卽
[U+2F830]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

卿 →
[U+2F832]

卿	U+2F832, 卿 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F832

← 卿
[U+2F831]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

卿 →
[U+2F833]

卿	U+2F833, 卿 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F833

← 卿
[U+2F832]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

𠨬 →
[U+2F834]

Translingual

Han character

卿 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹日戈中 (HHAIL), four-corner 7772₀, composition ⿰𠂎即)

noble, high officer

References

KangXi: page 160, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2877
Dae Jaweon: page 366, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 318, character 3
Unihan data for U+537F
Unihan data for U+2F831
Unihan data for U+2F832
Unihan data for U+2F833

Chinese

simp. and trad.		卿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 卿
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (鄉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
曏	qʰjaŋʔ, qʰjaŋs, qʰaŋʔ, qʰaŋs
鄉	*qʰaŋ
薌	*qʰaŋ
膷	*qʰaŋ
響	*qʰaŋʔ
饗	*qʰaŋʔ
蠁	qʰaŋʔ, qʰaŋs
嚮	qʰaŋʔ, qʰaŋs
卿	*kʰraŋ

Ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰraŋ) : semantic 卯 (“two men facing each other”) + phonetic 皀 (OC *pqrɯɡ, *pqrɯb, *krɯb, *qʰaŋ, “food vessel with a stand”) – people engaged in ritual feasting (Yang, 1965). The character was once indistinguishable from 鄉 (OC *qʰaŋ); see the Glyph origin section there for more.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīng (qing¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khîn
(Meixian, Guangdong): kin¹
Min Nan (POJ): kheng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cing
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹
  - Yale: chīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ching
  - Palladius: цин (cin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing¹
  - Yale: hīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: kin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰin²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /cʰin⁴⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng
  - Tâi-lô: khing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /kʰˠiæŋ/

Rime
Character	卿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去京切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰiajŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hing¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʰraŋ/
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰraŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	卿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qīng
Middle Chinese	‹ khjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qʰraŋ/
English	minister (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	卿
Reading #	1/1
No.	13607
Phonetic component	鄉
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	卿
Old Chinese	/*kʰraŋ/
Notes	鄉轉註分化字

Definitions

卿

(historical) high official; minister
- 孟子為卿於齊，出吊於滕。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  孟子为卿于齐，出吊于滕。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE
  Mèngzǐ wèi qīng yú Qí, chū diào yú Téng. [Pinyin]
  Mencius, occupying the position of a high dignitary in Qi, went on a mission of condolence to Teng.
(historical) honorific term of address
- 融旣得濟，益奇貴慈，曰：「卿吾之少友也。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  融旣得济，益奇贵慈，曰：“卿吾之少友也。” [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE
  Róng jì dé jì, yì qí guì cí, yuē: “Qīng wú zhī shàoyǒu yě.” [Pinyin]
  (Kong) Rong, after having received help, regarded (Taishi) Ci even much more, saying: "You are [such] a young friend of mine."
(imperial, historical) term of address used by emperors toward ministers
- 帝問岳飛曰：「卿得良馬否？」 [MSC, trad.]
  帝问岳飞曰：“卿得良马否？” [MSC, simp.]
  From: 岳飛 Yue Fei〈良馬對〉A Dialogue on Good Horses
  Dì wèn Yuè Fēi yuē: “Qīng dé liángmǎ fǒu?” [Pinyin]
  The Emperor asked Yue Fei: "Haven't you gotten a good horse?"
(archaic) term of endearment used between spouses
- 親卿愛卿，是以卿卿；我不卿卿，誰當卿卿？ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  亲卿爱卿，是以卿卿；我不卿卿，谁当卿卿？ [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th century CE
  Qīn qīng ài qīng, shìyǐ qīng qīng; wǒ bù qīng qīng, shéi dāng qīng qīng? [Pinyin]
  I endear my dear and love my dear, and that's why I call my dear "my dear". If I were not to call my dear "my dear", who else is supposed to call my dear "my dear"?
Synonym of 慶／庆 (qìng, “auspicious”). Used in 卿雲／卿云 (qīngyún, “auspicious clouds”).

Compounds

三卿
上卿 (shàngqīng)
九卿 (Jiǔqīng)
先卿
公卿 (gōngqīng)
公卿大臣
六卿
卿公
卿卿
卿卿我我 (qīngqīngwǒwǒ)
卿士
卿大夫 (qīngdàfū)

卿子
卿家
客卿
寺卿
布衣卿相
焦仲卿妻
白衣公卿
白衣卿相
芳卿
荀卿 (Xúnqīng)
干卿何事

干卿底事
亞卿／亚卿
公卿之門／公卿之门
卿雲／卿云 (qīngyún)
名公鉅卿／名公巨卿
名動公卿／名动公卿
國務卿／国务卿 (guówùqīng)
孫卿／孙卿
愛卿／爱卿 (àiqīng)
貳卿／贰卿
鉅卿偉公／巨卿伟公

Japanese

Kanji

卿

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)
Kan-on: けい (kei)
Kun: きみ (kimi, 卿)
Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira)

Noun

卿(きょう) • (kyō)

(honorific title) Sir, Lord
水(み)戸(と)侯(こう)、徳(とく)川(がわ)頼(より)房(ふさ)卿(きょう)
Mito Kō, Tokugawa Yorifusa Kyō
Lord Tokugawa Yorifusa, Marquis of Mito
ウインストン・チャーチル卿(きょう)
Uinsuton Chāchiru Kyō
Sir Winston Churchill

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 卿 (MC kʰˠiæŋ). Recorded as Middle Korean 겨ᇰ (kyeng) (Yale: kyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource卿 (eumhun 벼슬 경 (byeoseul gyeong))

Hanja form^? of 경 (“noble”).

Compounds

경상 (卿相, gyeongsang)
공경 (公卿, gonggyeong)
추기경 (樞機卿, chugigyeong)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

卿: Hán Việt readings: khanh
卿: Nôm readings: khành

(imperial) chữ Hán form of khanh (“you”). (used by royalty to refer to inferior)