偵

See also: 侦
偵 U+5075, 偵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5075
← 側
[U+5074] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 偶 →
[U+5076]

Translingual

Han character

偵 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人卜月金 (OYBC), four-corner 21286, composition ⿰亻貞)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 111, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 898
  • Dae Jaweon: page 238, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 189, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5075

Chinese
trad. 偵
simp. 侦

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 偵
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script

s05927

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (貞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
偵 *rtaːŋs, *tʰeŋ, *tʰeŋs
幀 *rtɯːŋs
湞 *rdeːŋ, *teŋ
貞 *teŋ
楨 *teŋ
禎 *teŋ
赬 *tʰeŋ
遉 *tʰeŋs

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 偵
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂən⁴⁴/
Tianjin /ʈ͡ʂən²¹/
/t͡sən²¹/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /tʃəŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /ʈ͡ʂẽ²¹/
Xining /ʈ͡ʂə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂə̃n³¹/
Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡sən⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡sən⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡sen⁵⁵/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂə̃⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂən³¹/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂən²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡səŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /ʈ͡ʂəŋ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡səŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡sən⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡sen³³/
Wenzhou /t͡seŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕiʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /t͡ɕiɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ʈ͡ʂən³³/
Xiangtan /ʈ͡ʂən³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sɨn⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sən⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /tʃen²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡seŋ⁵³/
Nanning /t͡seŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡siŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /teiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡seŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡seŋ²³/
Rime
Character 偵 偵 偵
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 徹 (10) 知 (9) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 清 (121) 庚 (109) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III II III
Fanqie 丑貞切 猪孟切 丑鄭切
Baxter trhjeng traengH trhjengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʈʰiᴇŋ/ /ʈˠæŋH/ /ʈʰiᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈʰiɛŋ/ /ʈᵚaŋH/ /ʈʰiɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȶʰiæŋ/ /ȶaŋH/ /ȶʰiæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈʰiajŋ/ /ʈaɨjŋH/ /ʈʰiajŋH/
Li
Rong		 /ȶʰiɛŋ/ /ȶɐŋH/ /ȶʰiɛŋH/
Wang
Li		 /ȶʰĭɛŋ/ /ȶɐŋH/ /ȶʰĭɛŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȶʰi̯ɛŋ/ /ȶɐŋH/ /ȶʰi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chēng zhèng chèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 cing1 zang3 cing3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 偵 偵 偵
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 17024 17031 17034
Phonetic
component		 貞 貞 貞
Rime
group		 陽 耕 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 倀 檉 遉
Old
Chinese		 /*rtaːŋs/ /*tʰeŋ/ /*tʰeŋs/

Definitions

偵

  1. to spy, reconnoiter
  2. detective
  3. † Alternative form of 貞／贞 (zhēn, “divination”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
偵

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. investigation, spy, detective

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 偵 (MC trhjeng|traengH|trhjengH).

Hanja

Wikisource 偵 (eumhun 염탐할 정 (yeomtamhal jeong))

  1. Hanja form? of 정 (“investigation; spy”).

Compounds
Compounds

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

偵: Hán Nôm readings: trinh, rình, triệng

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