堇

See also: 菫, 𦰩, 暵, 革, and 𦰌
堇 U+5807, 堇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5807
← 堆
[U+5806]
CJK Unified Ideographs 堈 →
[U+5808]

Translingual

Japanese 𦰌∣菫
Simplified 堇
Traditional 堇/菫/蓳

Han character

堇 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿中手一 (TLQM), four-corner 44104, composition ⿱廿⿻口龶)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 232, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5212
  • Dae Jaweon: page 469, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 450, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5807

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) — a person being burned in a sacrificial ceremony (Li Xueqin, 2012).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
堇
alternative forms 䒺 ancient

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 堇
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 眞 (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 巨巾切
Baxter gin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡᵚin/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡien/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gjin/
Li
Rong
/ɡjĕn/
Wang
Li
/ɡǐĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 堇
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qín
Middle
Chinese
‹ gin ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]rə[r]/
English clay

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 堇
Reading # 1/2
No. 6731
Phonetic
component
堇
Rime
group
文
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
𥎊
Old
Chinese
/*ɡrɯn/
Notes 甲金文象人交手恭立爲覲初文,
再加土爲堇墐

Definitions

堇

  1. (obsolete) clay

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 堇 – see 蓳 (“Viola verecunda, a kind of violet.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 蓳).
Notes:

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 堇 – see 僅 (“only; merely; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 僅).

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

𦰌

Kyūjitai

堇

Kanji

堇

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

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): きん (kin)
  • Kun: すみれ (sumire)

Korean

Hanja

堇 • (geun) (hangeul 근, revised geun, McCune–Reischauer kŭn)

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