徑

See also: 径

徑 U+5F91, 徑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F91 ← 徐 [U+5F90] CJK Unified Ideographs 徒 → [U+5F92]

Translingual

Traditional	徑
Shinjitai	径
Simplified	径

Han character

徑 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一女一 (HOMVM), four-corner 2121₁, composition ⿰彳巠)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 367, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10118
• Dae Jaweon: page 691, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 824, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5F91

Chinese

trad.		徑
simp.		径*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
葝	*ɡeŋ, *ɡeŋ
頸	*keŋʔ, *ɡeŋ
勁	*kɯns, *keŋs
鑋	*kʰeŋ, *kʰeːŋs
輕	*kʰeŋ, *kʰeŋs
涇	*ɡeŋʔ, *keːŋ
經	*keːŋ, *keːŋs
鵛	*keːŋ
巠	*keːŋ
剄	*keːŋʔ
烴	*keːŋʔ
徑	*keːŋs
逕	*keːŋs
桱	*keːŋs
蛵	*qʰeːŋ
陘	*ɡeːŋ
鋞	*ɡeːŋ, *ɡeːŋʔ
脛	*ɡeːŋʔ, *ɡeːŋs
踁	*ɡeːŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìng (jing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging³ / gaang³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kang / kin

  (Hailu, HRS): gang^ˇ / gin^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gang⁴ / gin⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): géng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gên³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵cin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìng
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴
    • Yale: jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinq
    • Palladius: цзин (czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ging³ / gaang³
    • Yale: ging / gaang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging³ / gaang³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging³ / gang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³³/, /kaːŋ³³/

Note: gaang3 - alternative pronunciation for "path", traditionally written as 逕.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kang / kin
    • Hakka Romanization System: gang / gin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gang⁴ / gin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kaŋ⁵⁵/, /kin⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gang^ˇ / gin^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /kaŋ¹¹/, /kin¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gang⁴ / gin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kaŋ⁵³/, /kin⁵³/

Note:

• Sixian:
  • kang - vernacular;
  • kin - literary.
• Hailu:
  • gangˇ - vernacular;
  • ginˇ - literary.
• Meixian:
  • gang4 - vernacular;
  • gin4 - literary.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: géng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛiŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng
    • Tâi-lô: kìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kexng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gên³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kèⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kẽ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵cin
    • MiniDict: cin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kengH

Rime
Character	徑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古定切
Baxter	kengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/keŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛjŋH/
Li Rong	/keŋH/
Wang Li	/kieŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kieŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤeŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jìng
Middle Chinese	‹ kengH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁeŋ-s/
English	small path
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	徑
Reading #	1/1
No.	6806
Phonetic component	巠
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	徑
Old Chinese	/*keːŋs/

Definitions

徑

1. path; road

   麥理浩徑／麦理浩径 [Cantonese]  ―  mak⁶ lei⁵ hou⁶ ging³ [Jyutping]  ―  MacLehose Trail

   • 千山鳥飛絕，萬徑人蹤滅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     千山鸟飞绝，万径人踪灭。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 9^th century, Liu Zongyuan, 江雪

     Qiān shān niǎo fēi jué, wàn jìng rén zōng miè. [Pinyin]

     A thousand mountains and no bird,
     A myriad paths without a footprint.

2. way

   門徑／门径  ―  ménjìng  ―  way; method

3. directly
4. (geometry) diameter

Compounds

• 一徑 / 一径
• 三徑 / 三径 (sānjìng)
• 傳染途徑 / 传染途径
• 冷徑 / 冷径
• 別開蹊徑 / 别开蹊径
• 別闢蹊徑 / 别辟蹊径
• 剪徑 / 剪径
• 半徑 / 半径 (bànjìng)
• 口徑 / 口径 (kǒujìng)
• 另闢新徑 / 另辟新径
• 另闢蹊徑 / 另辟蹊径 (lìngpìxījìng)
• 各闢蹊徑 / 各辟蹊径
• 單徑 / 单径
• 大徑 / 大径
• 大相徑庭 / 大相径庭 (dàxiāngjìngtíng)
• 孔徑 / 孔径
• 小徑 / 小径 (xiǎojìng)
• 山徑 / 山径 (shānjìng)
• 徑入 / 径入
• 徑取 / 径取
• 徑寸 / 径寸
• 徑庭 / 径庭 (jìngtíng)
• 徑廷 / 径廷 (jìngtíng)
• 徑情 / 径情 (jìngqíng)
• 徑流 / 径流
• 徑直 / 径直 (jìngzhí)
• 徑自 / 径自 (jìngzì)
• 徑行 / 径行 (jìngxíng)
• 徑賽 / 径赛
• 徑路 / 径路 (jìnglù)
• 徑踰 / 径逾
• 徑須 / 径须 (jìngxū)
• 徯徑 / 徯径
• 捷徑 / 捷径 (jiéjìng)
• 搜索半徑 / 搜索半径
• 撲花行徑 / 扑花行径
• 暴風半徑 / 暴风半径
• 曲徑通幽 / 曲径通幽
• 曲率半徑 / 曲率半径 (qūlǜ bànjìng)
• 核半徑 / 核半径
• 獨闢蹊徑 / 独辟蹊径 (dúpìxījìng)
• 球徑 / 球径
• 田徑 / 田径 (tiánjìng)
• 田徑場 / 田径场 (tiánjìngchǎng)
• 田徑賽 / 田径赛
• 田徑運動 / 田径运动 (tiánjìng yùndòng)
• 直徑 / 直径 (zhíjìng)
• 直情徑行 / 直情径行
• 石徑 / 石径
• 破壞半徑 / 破坏半径
• 終南捷徑 / 终南捷径 (Zhōngnán jiéjìng)
• 羊腸小徑 / 羊肠小径 (yángchángxiǎojìng)
• 翦徑 / 翦径
• 舊家行徑 / 旧家行径
• 花徑 / 花径 (huājìng)
• 蔓徑荒草 / 蔓径荒草
• 蔣舍三徑 / 蒋舍三径
• 蓬蒿滿徑 / 蓬蒿满径
• 行不由徑 / 行不由径 (xíngbùyóujìng)
• 行徑 / 行径 (xíngjìng)
• 路徑 / 路径 (lùjìng)
• 蹊徑 / 蹊径 (xījìng)
• 途徑 / 途径 (tújìng)
• 道而不徑 / 道而不径
• 邪徑 / 邪径
• 長驅徑入 / 长驱径入
• 門徑 / 门径 (ménjìng)
• 陶潛三徑 / 陶潜三径

Japanese

Shinjitai	径
Kyūjitai	徑

Kanji

徑

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 径)

1. path
2. diameter
3. method

Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)
• Kun: こみち (komichi)、ちかみち (chikamichi)、みち (michi)

Korean

Hanja

徑 (eumhun 지름길 경 (jireumgil gyeong))

1. hanja form^? of 경 (“shortcut, path”)

Vietnamese

Han character

徑: Hán Nôm readings: kính, kinh

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References

• Nom Foundation