径

See also: 徑 and 逕

径 U+5F84, 径 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F84 ← 徃 [U+5F83] CJK Unified Ideographs 待 → [U+5F85]

Translingual

Traditional	徑
Shinjitai	径
Simplified	径

Alternative forms

• In mainland China, the right component of this character is 𢀖 (⿱ス工) which is the simplified component of 巠.
• In Taiwan (based on its encoding standard), Japanese shinjitai and Korean hanja, the right component of this character is 圣 instead.
• Due to Han unification, both forms are encoded under the same code point. This character may appear to be 径 (mainland China) or 径 (Taiwan/Japan/Korea) depending on the font used.

Han character

径 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹人弓人一 (HONOM) or 竹人水土 (HOEG), four-corner 2721₂, composition ⿰彳𢀖(G) or ⿰彳圣(TJK))

Related characters

• 徑 (Traditional form of 径, kyūjitai form of 径)
• 逕 (Variant traditional form of 徑 in mainland China)

Derived characters

• 𱽮

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 365, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10080
• Dae Jaweon: page 686, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 818, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5F84

Chinese

Glyph 1

This section refers to ⿰彳𢀖 glyph. (径)

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Simplified from 徑 (巠 → 𢀖) based on the table of 54 simplified radical components listed in the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme by the People's Republic of China.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 径 – see 徑 (“path; road; way; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 徑).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Simplified from 逕 which is listed as a variant traditional form of 徑 / 径 (jìng) in the 1956 first round revision table of variant Chinese characters (第一批异体字整理表) by the People's Republic of China.

As a variant form, 逕 / 迳 (jìng) is to be replaced by 徑 / 径 (jìng) as its orthodox form, which is succeeded by 径 as the simplified form of 徑 / 径 (jìng).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 径 – see 逕 (“small path; to go to; to reach; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 逕).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Usage notes

Note that in modern Taiwan, 徑 / 径 (jìng) and 逕 / 迳 (jìng) are considered as two different characters while in mainland China, 逕 / 迳 (jìng) is considered a variant traditional form of 徑 / 径 (jìng).

Glyph 2

This section refers to ⿰彳圣 glyph. (径)

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant simplified from 徑 (巠 → 圣) found in a moveable type copy of the classical Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei 《金瓶梅 (Jīnpíngméi)》.

First attested in 《宋元以來俗字譜》, a variant forms dictionary compiled in 1930 that records unorthodox forms (俗字 (súzì)) that have existed since the Song dynasty.

Another similar character, which has (⿱ス土) as its right component can also be found in 《太平樂府》.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 径 – see 徑 (“path; road; way; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 徑).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01289-001
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01289-009

Japanese

Shinjitai	径
Kyūjitai	徑

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 径

径

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 徑)

1. path
2. diameter
3. method

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Kun: こみち (komichi, 径)、みち (michi, 径)、さしわたし (sashiwatashi, 径)

Compounds

• 径間(けいかん) (keikan)
• 径庭(けいてい) (keitei)
• 径路(けいろ) (keiro)

References

• “^△径”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

径 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

径: Hán Nôm readings: kính

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References

• Nom Foundation