阱

See also: 穽

阱	U+9631, 阱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9631

← 阰
[U+9630]

CJK Unified Ideographs

防 →
[U+9632]

Translingual

Han character

阱 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+4, 7 strokes in traditional Chinese, 6 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 弓中廿廿 (NLTT), four-corner 3055₈, composition ⿰⻖井)

Chinese

simp. and trad.		阱
2nd round simp.		井
alternative forms		穽／阱汬坓汫 ^‡ 𠁲 ^‡ 穽／阱汬坓汫 ^‡ 𠁲 ^‡ 𨸥 ^‡

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 阱
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
硎	kʰreːŋ, ɡeːŋ
耕	*kreːŋ
荊	*keŋ
井	*skeŋʔ
丼	kl'oːmʔ, skeŋʔ
妌	*sɡeŋʔ
穽	sɡeŋʔ, sɡeŋs
阱	sɡeŋʔ, sɡeŋs
汫	*sɡeːŋʔ
刑	*ɡeːŋ
形	*ɡeːŋ
邢	*ɡeːŋ
鉶	*ɡeːŋ
型	*ɡeːŋ
侀	*ɡeːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs) and ideogrammic compound (會意) : semantic ⻖ (“mound”) + phonetic 井 (OC *skeŋʔ, “well”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐng (jing³)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶, zeng⁶, zeng²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiáng
Min Dong (BUC): sêng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chéng / chíⁿ / chéⁿ
(Teochew, Peng'im): zên²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jǐng
  - Wade–Giles: ching³
  - Yale: jǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
  - Palladius: цзин (czin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing⁶, zeng⁶, zeng²
  - Yale: jihng, jehng, jéng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶, dzeng⁶, dzeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶, zéng⁶, zéng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²²/, /t͡sɛːŋ²²/, /t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiáng
  - Hakka Romanization System: jiang`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jiang³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕi̯aŋ³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéng
  - Tâi-lô: tsíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chíⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsínn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvie
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡ɕĩ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕĩ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsénn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zvea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sẽ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ̃⁵³/

Note:

chéng - literary;
chíⁿ/chéⁿ - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zên²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tséⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sẽ⁵²/

Middle Chinese: /d͡ziᴇŋ^X/

Rime
Character	阱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾郢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziæŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziajŋ^X/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛŋ^X/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sɡeŋʔ/, /*sɡeŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	阱	阱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6856	6858
Phonetic component	井	井
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	靜	淨
Old Chinese	/*sɡeŋʔ/	/*sɡeŋs/
Notes		同穽

Definitions

阱

pitfall, trap

Compounds

坎阱 (kǎnjǐng)
投阱下石
避阱入坑

阱中之虎
陷阱 (xiànjǐng)
文錦覆阱／文锦覆阱

自墜陷阱／自坠陷阱
觸機落阱／触机落阱

References

“阱”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

阱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せい (sei); じょう (jō)

Kun: あな (ana)

Korean

Hanja

阱 (eum 정 (jeong))

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