卿

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

1. noble, high officer

• 𣛬 𦺄 𬁋 𮬐

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, 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.

卿

1. (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.

2. (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."

3. (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?"

4. (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"?

5. Synonym of 慶／庆 (qìng, “auspicious”) Used in 卿雲／卿云 (qīngyún, “auspicious clouds”).

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei)
• Kun: きみ (kimi, 卿)
• Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira)

卿(きょう) • (kyō) 

1. (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

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

Wikisource 卿 (eumhun 벼슬 경 (byeoseul gyeong))

1. Hanja form^? of 경 (“noble”).

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

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

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