俠

See also: 侠

Translingual

Han character

俠 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人大人人 (OKOO), four-corner 2423₈, composition ⿰亻夾)

1. knight-errantry

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 105, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 706
• Dae Jaweon: page 224, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 158, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4FE0

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Chinese

trad.		俠
simp.		侠

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俠
Small seal script s05773 Transcribed ancient scripts L38583 L38584 L29588 L29589
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
瘞	*qrebs
瘱	*qeːbs
脥	*kʰemʔ
浹	*skaːb, *skeːb
挾	*skaːb, *ɡeːb
夾	*kreːb
郟	*kreːb
筴	*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
裌	*kreːb
鵊	*kreːb
狹	*ɡreːb
峽	*ɡreːb
硤	*ɡreːb
陜	*ɡreːb
陿	*ɡreːb
翜	*sraːb, *srɯːb
梜	*kraːb, *keːb
頰	*keːb
莢	*keːb
鋏	*keːb
蛺	*keːb
唊	*keːb
悏	*kʰeːb
匧	*kʰeːb
愜	*kʰeːb
篋	*kʰeːb
俠	*ɡeːb
綊	*ɡeːb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiá (xia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haap⁶ / hap⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hia̍p / kiap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siá
    • Wade–Giles: hsia²
    • Yale: syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shya
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haap⁶ / hap⁶
    • Yale: haahp / hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haap⁹ / hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hab⁶ / heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːp̚²/, /hɐp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: hia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiap̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap
    • Tâi-lô: kiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiap̚³²/

Note:

• hia̍p - literary;
• kiap - vernacular (俗).

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• Middle Chinese: hep

Rime
Character	俠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡頰切
Baxter	hep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛp̚/
Li Rong	/ɣep̚/
Wang Li	/ɣiep̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jip6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	俠
Reading #	1/1
No.	5915
Phonetic component	夾
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	協
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːb/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 俠

1. chivalrous person
2. knight-errant
3. hero

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Japanese

Kanji

俠

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 侠)

1. chivalrous person
2. chivalry
3. knight-errant
4. tomboy

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
• Kun: おとこだて (otokodate, 俠)、きゃん (kyan, 俠)

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Korean

Hanja

俠 • (hyeop) (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune–Reischauer hyŏp)

1. chivalrous person
2. knight-errant

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 俠 (hiệp)

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