菁

菁 U+83C1, 菁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83C1 ← 菀 [U+83C0] CJK Unified Ideographs 菂 → [U+83C2]

Translingual

Han character

菁 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿手一月 (TQMB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹青)

1. flower of leek family
2. turnip

Derived characters

• 𠎐, 𫻄, 𫋛, 𮯖, 𣃄

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1036, character 45
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31136
• Dae Jaweon: page 1495, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3227, character 6
• Unihan data for U+83C1

Chinese

trad.		菁
simp. #		菁
2nd round simp.		𰰫
alternative forms		精

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
猜	*sʰlɯː
輤	*sʰleːns
綪	*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩	*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈	*sʰleːns
蒨	*sʰeːns
篟	*sʰeːns
生	*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲	*sreŋ
笙	*sreŋ
甥	*sreŋ
鉎	*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄	*sreŋ
鼪	*sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩	*sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌	*sreŋ
眚	*sreŋʔ
貹	*sreŋs
崝	*zreːŋ
精	*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁	*ʔsleŋ
鶄	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱	*ʔsleŋ
婧	*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐	*ʔsleŋ
聙	*ʔsleŋ
旌	*ʔsleŋ
清	*sʰleŋ
圊	*sʰleŋ
請	*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊	*sʰleŋs
䝼	*zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚	*zleŋs
情	*zleŋ
晴	*zleŋ
夝	*zleŋ
靜	*zleŋʔ
靖	*zleŋʔ
睲	*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺	*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性	*sleŋs
姓	*sleŋs
靗	*l̥ʰeŋs
鯖	*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青	*sʰleːŋ
靘	*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅	*sʰleːŋs
胜	*sleːŋ
曐	*sleːŋ
星	*sleːŋ
鮏	*sleːŋ
腥	*seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹	*seːŋ
醒	*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂	*seːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsleŋ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīng (jing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ / zing¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): cĭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng / chheⁿ / chhiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jing
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jing
    • Palladius: цзин (czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cing¹ / zing¹
    • Yale: chīng / jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ / dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ / jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng / chheⁿ / chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsing / tshenn / tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefng, zhvef, chvy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³/, /t͡sʰẽ³³/, /t͡sʰĩ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjeng

Rime
Character	菁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子盈切
Baxter	tsjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菁
Reading #	1/1
No.	11328
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	精
Old Chinese	/*ʔsleŋ/

Definitions

菁

1. (literary, obsolete) garlic chive flowers (Allium tuberosum)

   Synonym: 韭菜花 (jiǔcàihuā)

2. (literary, obsolete) flowers
3. Brassica

   蕪菁／芜菁  ―  wújīng  ―  turnip

4. Used in 菁菁 (jīngjīng, “luxuriant”).
5. (Southern Min) betel nut

   菁仔 [Hokkien]  ―  chheⁿ-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  (unprocessed) betel

6. (Eastern Min) common reed

   Synonym: 蘆葦／芦苇 (lúwěi)

Compounds

• 作育菁莪
• 去蕪存菁／去芜存菁 (qùwúcúnjīng)
• 田菁
• 茶菁
• 菁仔 (chheⁿ-á)
• 菁仔欉 (chheⁿ-á-châng)
• 菁桐
• 菁湖 (Jīnghú)
• 菁芳草
• 菁英 (jīngyīng)
• 菁茅
• 菁英分子
• 菁莪
• 菁華／菁华 (jīnghuá)
• 菁菁 (jīngjīng)
• 蔓菁
• 蕪菁／芜菁 (wújīng)

 

Japanese

Kanji

菁

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: かぶ (kabu)、かぶらな (kaburana)、はなやか (hanayaka)

Compounds

Compounds

• 蕪菁(かぶら) (kabura): turnip

Korean

Hanja

菁 • (cheong) (hangeul 청, revised cheong, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏng, Yale cheng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

菁: Hán Nôm readings: thanh, tinh

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