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敬
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See also: 茍
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Translingual
Han character
敬 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+9 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 攴+8 in mainland China and Japanese, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿口人大 (TROK), four-corner 48640, composition ⿰苟攵(GJKV) or ⿰茍攵(HT))
Derived characters
Additional Derived Characters
- 𠧂, 𱔻, 𫱻, 𢢩, 𤀂, 𩼃, 𫄿, 𭋆, 𱘄, 𭘷, 𢐧, 𭶍, 𱅽
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 473, character 35
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13285
- Dae Jaweon: page 826, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1466, character 2
- Unihan data for U+656C
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Possibly ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 茍 (“kneeling person or sitting dog”) + 攴 (“hand holding a stick, authority”).
Etymology
Cognate with 驚 (OC *kreŋ, “to be afraid; to scare”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): jin4
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): ge̿ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): géng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ging4
- Southern Min
- Wu (Wugniu)
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ging3
- Yale: ging
- Cantonese Pinyin: ging3
- Guangdong Romanization: ging3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɪŋ³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: gen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ken³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: jin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕin³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kin
- Hakka Romanization System: gin
- Hagfa Pinyim: gin4
- Sinological IPA: /kin⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: ginˇ
- Sinological IPA: /kin¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ge̿ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /keiŋ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: géng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɛiŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ging4
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gi̍ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kiŋ⁴²/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
- Wugniu: 5cin
- MiniDict: cin去
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2jin
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin³⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡ɕiŋ³⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ciŋ³⁵/
- Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡ɕin³³/
- Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡ɕin⁵²³/
- Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵²³/
- Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡ɕin³³⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕin⁴⁵/
- Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡ɕiŋ³³/
- Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
- Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
- (Jinhua)
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
- Middle Chinese: kjaengH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*kreŋ(ʔ)-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kreŋs/
Definitions
敬
- to respect; to honor
- to present; to offer (alcohol, food, cigarettes, tea, etc.)
- (literary, or in compounds) to concentrate completely on; to devote oneself to; to focus all of one's attention on
- (literary, or in compounds) respectful; deferential (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- a surname
Synonyms
- (to respect):
- (to concentrate completely on):
- (respectful):
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to respect”): 鄙 (bǐ)
Compounds
- 不敬 (bùjìng)
- 主敬存誠 / 主敬存诚
- 最敬禮 / 最敬礼 (zuìjìnglǐ)
- 可敬 (kějìng)
- 回敬 (huíjìng)
- 大不敬 (dàbùjìng)
- 失敬 (shījìng)
- 奠敬
- 奩敬 / 奁敬
- 孝敬 (xiàojìng)
- 尊敬 (zūnjìng)
- 屈尊敬賢 / 屈尊敬贤
- 崇敬 (chóngjìng)
- 廝抬廝敬 / 厮抬厮敬
- 廝敬廝愛 / 厮敬厮爱
- 彌敬 / 弥敬
- 忒敬思
- 忠敬
- 恭恭敬敬 (gōnggōngjìngjìng)
- 恭敬 (gōngjìng)
- 慎始敬終 / 慎始敬终 (shènshǐjìngzhōng)
- 憐貧敬老 / 怜贫敬老
- 敬上
- 敬上愛下 / 敬上爱下
- 敬之
- 敬事
- 敬事不暇
- 敬事房
- 敬亭山
- 敬仰 (jìngyǎng)
- 敬佩 (jìngpèi)
- 敬信 (Jìngxìn, “Jingxin”)
- 敬同
- 敬天愛民 / 敬天爱民
- 敬奉 (jìngfèng)
- 敬姜猶績 / 敬姜犹绩
- 敬小慎微
- 敬心
- 敬思
- 敬悉
- 敬意 (jìngyì)
- 敬愛 / 敬爱 (jìng'ài)
- 敬慎
- 敬慕 (jìngmù)
- 敬懇者 / 敬恳者
- 敬懼 / 敬惧
- 敬授人時 / 敬授人时
- 敬啟者 / 敬启者 (jìngqǐzhě)
- 敬時愛日 / 敬时爱日
- 敬服 (jìngfú)
- 敬業 / 敬业 (jìngyè)
- 敬業樂群 / 敬业乐群
- 敬業精神 / 敬业精神
- 敬畏 (jìngwèi)
- 敬祝 (jìngzhù)
- 敬神
- 敬禮 / 敬礼 (jìnglǐ)
- 敬稟者 / 敬禀者
- 敬稱 / 敬称 (jìngchēng)
- 敬老尊賢 / 敬老尊贤
- 敬老恤貧 / 敬老恤贫
- 敬老慈幼
- 敬老憐貧 / 敬老怜贫
- 敬老節 / 敬老节
- 敬老院 (jìnglǎoyuàn)
- 敬而遠之 / 敬而远之 (jìng'éryuǎnzhī)
- 敬肅者 / 敬肃者
- 敬若神明
- 敬虔主義 / 敬虔主义 (jìngqiánzhǔyì)
- 敬詞 / 敬词 (jìngcí)
- 敬請 / 敬请 (jìngqǐng)
- 敬諾 / 敬诺
- 敬謝 / 敬谢
- 敬謝不敏 / 敬谢不敏
- 敬謹 / 敬谨
- 敬賢 / 敬贤 (jìngxián)
- 敬賢禮士 / 敬贤礼士 (jìngxiánlǐshì)
- 敬身
- 敬辭 / 敬辞 (jìngcí)
- 敬酒 (jìngjiǔ)
- 敬重 (jìngzhòng)
- 敬陪末坐
- 敬陪末座
- 敬頌 / 敬颂
- 梁敬帝
- 楮敬
- 欽敬 / 钦敬 (qīnjìng)
- 潔敬 / 洁敬
- 炭敬
- 無以為敬 / 无以为敬
- 用代楮敬
- 畢恭畢敬 / 毕恭毕敬 (bìgōngbìjìng)
- 相敬如賓 / 相敬如宾 (xiāngjìngrúbīn)
- 程敬
- 節敬 / 节敬
- 肅然起敬 / 肃然起敬 (sùránqǐjìng)
- 脩敬
- 至敬無文 / 至敬无文
- 致敬 (zhìjìng)
- 茶敬
- 莊敬 / 庄敬 (zhuāngjìng)
- 莊敬自強 / 庄敬自强
- 菲敬
- 虔敬 (qiánjìng)
- 誠心敬意 / 诚心敬意
- 誠敬 / 诚敬
- 贄敬 / 贽敬
- 起敬 (qǐjìng)
- 輕財敬士 / 轻财敬士
Descendants
Others:
- → Zhuang: gingq
References
- “敬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- “敬”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
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