徑

徑

See also: 径

徑 U+5F91, 徑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F91 ← 徐 [U+5F90] CJK Unified Ideographs 徒 → [U+5F92]

Translingual

Traditional	徑
Shinjitai	径
Simplified	径

Han character

徑 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一女一 (HOMVM), four-corner 2121₁, composition ⿰彳巠)

References

• KangXi: page 367, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10118
• Dae Jaweon: page 691, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 824, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5F91

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Chinese

trad.		徑
simp.		径*

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìng (jing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging³, gaang³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kang / kin

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gang⁴ / gin⁴

• Min Dong (BUC): géng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gên³

• Wu (Wiktionary): jin (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìng
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴
    • Yale: jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinq
    • Palladius: цзин (czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging³, gaang³
    • Yale: ging, gaang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging³, gaang³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging³, gang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³³/, /kaːŋ³³/

Note: gaang3 - alternative pronunciation for "path", traditionally written as 逕.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kang / kin
    • Hakka Romanization System: gang / gin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gang⁴ / gin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kaŋ⁵⁵/, /kin⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gang⁴ / gin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kaŋ⁵³/, /cin⁵³/

Note:

• Sixian:
  • kang - vernacular;
  • kin - literary.
• Meixian:
  • gang4 - vernacular;
  • gin4 - literary.

• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: géng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛiŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng
    • Tâi-lô: kìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kexng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gên³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kèⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kẽ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jin (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɪɲ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /keŋ^H/

Rime
Character	徑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古定切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/keŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛjŋH/
Li Rong	/keŋH/
Wang Li	/kieŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤeŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jìng
Middle Chinese	‹ kengH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁeŋ-s/
English	small path
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	徑
Reading #	1/1
No.	6806
Phonetic component	巠
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	徑
Old Chinese	/*keːŋs/

Definitions

徑

1. path; road

   麥理浩徑／麦理浩径 [Cantonese]  ―  maak⁶ lei⁵ hou⁶ ging³ [Jyutping]  ―  MacLehose Trail

   • 千山鳥飛絕，萬徑人蹤滅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     千山鸟飞绝，万径人踪灭。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 9^th century, Liu Zongyuan, 江雪

     Qiān shān niǎo fēi jué, wàn jìng rén zōng miè. [Pinyin]

     A thousand mountains and no bird,
     A myriad paths without a footprint.

2. way

   門徑／门径  ―  ménjìng  ―  way; method

3. directly
4. (geometry) diameter

Compounds

一徑／一径 三徑／三径 (sānjìng) 傳染途徑／传染途径 冷徑／冷径 別開蹊徑／别开蹊径 別闢蹊徑／别辟蹊径 剪徑／剪径 半徑／半径 (bànjìng) 口徑／口径 (kǒujìng) 另闢新徑／另辟新径 另闢蹊徑／另辟蹊径 (lìngpìxījìng) 各闢蹊徑／各辟蹊径 單徑／单径 大徑／大径 大相徑庭／大相径庭 (dàxiāngjìngtíng) 孔徑／孔径 小徑／小径 (xiǎojìng) 山徑／山径 (shānjìng) 徑入／径入 徑取／径取 徑寸／径寸 徑庭／径庭 (jìngtíng) 徑廷／径廷

徑情／径情 (jìngqíng) 徑流／径流 徑直／径直 (jìngzhí) 徑自／径自 (jìngzì) 徑行／径行 (jìngxíng) 徑賽／径赛 徑路／径路 徑踰／径逾 徑須／径须 (jìngxū) 徯徑／徯径 捷徑／捷径 (jiéjìng) 搜索半徑／搜索半径 撲花行徑／扑花行径 暴風半徑／暴风半径 曲徑通幽／曲径通幽 曲率半徑／曲率半径 (qūlǜ bànjìng) 核半徑／核半径 獨闢蹊徑／独辟蹊径 球徑／球径 田徑／田径 (tiánjìng) 田徑場／田径场 (tiánjìngchǎng) 田徑賽／田径赛 田徑運動／田径运动 (tiánjìng yùndòng)

直徑／直径 (zhíjìng) 直情徑行／直情径行 石徑／石径 破壞半徑／破坏半径 終南捷徑／终南捷径 (Zhōngnán jiéjìng) 羊腸小徑／羊肠小径 (yángchángxiǎojìng) 翦徑／翦径 舊家行徑／旧家行径 花徑／花径 (huājìng) 蓬蒿滿徑／蓬蒿满径 蔓徑荒草／蔓径荒草 蔣舍三徑／蒋舍三径 行不由徑／行不由径 (xíngbùyóujìng) 行徑／行径 (xíngjìng) 路徑／路径 (lùjìng) 蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng) 途徑／途径 (tújìng) 道而不徑／道而不径 邪徑／邪径 長驅徑入／长驱径入 門徑／门径 (ménjìng) 陶潛三徑／陶潜三径

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Japanese

Shinjitai	径
Kyūjitai	徑

Kanji

徑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 径)

1. path
2. diameter
3. method

Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)
• Kun: こみち (komichi); ちかみち (chikamichi); みち (michi)

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Korean

Hanja

徑 (eumhun 지름길 경 (jireumgil gyeong))

1. Hanja form^? of 경 (“shortcut, path”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

徑: Hán Nôm readings: kính, kinh

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References

• Nom Foundation