卿

See also: 喞, 唧, and 鄉

卿 U+537F, 卿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-537F ← 卾 [U+537E] CJK Unified Ideographs 厀 → [U+5380]

卿 U+2F831, 卿 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F831 ← 卽 [U+2F830] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 卿 → [U+2F832]

卿 U+2F832, 卿 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F832 ← 卿 [U+2F831] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 卿 → [U+2F833]

卿 U+2F833, 卿 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F833 ← 卿 [U+2F832] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𠨬 → [U+2F834]

Translingual

Han character

卿 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹日戈中 (HHAIL), four-corner 7772₀, composition ⿰𠂎即)

1. noble, high officer

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 160, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2877
• Dae Jaweon: page 366, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 318, character 3
• Unihan data for U+537F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		卿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 卿
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
曏	*qʰjaŋʔ, *qʰjaŋs, *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs
鄉	*qʰaŋ
薌	*qʰaŋ
膷	*qʰaŋ
響	*qʰaŋʔ
饗	*qʰaŋʔ
蠁	*qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs
嚮	*qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs
卿	*kʰraŋ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰraŋ) : semantic 卯 (“two men facing each other”) + phonetic 皀 (OC *pqrɯɡ, *pqrɯb, *krɯb, *qʰaŋ, “food vessel with a stand”) – people engaged in ritual feasting (Yang, 1965). The character was once indistinguishable from 鄉 (OC *qʰaŋ); see the Glyph origin section there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīng (qing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khîn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kin¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kheng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cing
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹
    • Yale: chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ching
    • Palladius: цин (cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hing¹
    • Yale: hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: kin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰin²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰin⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng
    • Tâi-lô: khing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khjaeng

Rime
Character	卿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去京切
Baxter	khjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰiajŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hing1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʰraŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰraŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	卿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qīng
Middle Chinese	‹ khjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qʰraŋ/
English	minister (v.)
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	卿
Reading #	1/1
No.	13607
Phonetic component	鄉
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	卿
Old Chinese	/*kʰraŋ/
Notes	鄉轉註分化字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 卿

1. (historical) high official; minister

   • 仲尼以來，國君將相，卿士名臣，參差不齊，一概諸聖，譔《重黎》。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     仲尼以来，国君将相，卿士名臣，参差不齐，一概诸圣，撰《重黎》。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE

     Zhòngní yǐ lái, guójūn jiàngxiàng, qīngshì míngchén, cānchā bùqí, yīgài zhūshèng, quán “Zhònglí”. [Pinyin]

     Since the time of Confucius, rulers of kingdoms, generals, chancellors, ministers, gentlemen, and famous officials have been variously and non-uniformly judged. I have uniformly judged them by the standards of the sage. Thus, I have written "Zhong and Li."

2. (historical) honorific term of address

   • 融旣得濟，益奇貴慈，曰：「卿吾之少友也。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     融旣得济，益奇贵慈，曰：「卿吾之少友也。」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

     Róng jì dé jì, yì qí guì cí, yuē: “Qīng wú zhī shàoyǒu yě.” [Pinyin]

     (Kong) Rong, after having received help, regarded (Taishi) Ci even much more; he said: "You are like a young friend of mine."

3. (historical) term of address used by emperors toward ministers

   • 帝問岳飛曰：「卿得良馬否？」 [MSC, trad.]
     帝问岳飞曰：「卿得良马否？」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 岳飛 Yue Fei〈良馬對〉A Dialogue on Good Horses

     Dì wèn Yuè Fēi yuē: “Qīng dé liángmǎ fǒu?” [Pinyin]

     The Emperor asked Yue Fei: "Haven't you acquired a good horse?"

4. (archaic) term of endearment used between spouses
5. Template:zh-synonym Used in 卿雲／卿云 (qīngyún, “auspicious clouds”).

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Japanese

Kanji

卿

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kan-on: けい (kei)
• Kun: きみ (kimi, 卿)
• Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)

Noun

卿(きょう) • (kyō) 

1. (honorific title) Sir, Lord

   水(み)戸(と)侯(こう)、徳(とく)川(がわ)頼(より)房(ふさ)卿(きょう)

   Mito Kō, Tokugawa Yorifusa Kyō

   Lord Tokugawa Yorifusa, Marquis of Mito

   ウインストン・チャーチル卿(きょう)

   Uinsuton Chāchiru Kyō

   Sir Winston Churchill

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 卿 (MC khjaeng). Recorded as Middle Korean 겨ᇰ (kyeng) (Yale: kyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

卿 (eumhun 벼슬 경 (byeoseul gyeong))

1. hanja form^? of 경 (“noble”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 경상 (卿相, gyeongsang)
• 공경 (公卿, gonggyeong)
• 추기경 (樞機卿, chugigyeong)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

卿: Hán Việt readings: khanh
卿: Nôm readings: khành

1. chữ Hán form of khanh (“you”). (used by royalty to refer to inferior)