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+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹日戈中 (HHAIL), four-corner 7772₀, composition ⿰𠂎即)

1. noble, high officer

Derived characters

• 𣛬 𦺄 𬁋 𮬐

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

• Unihan data for U+2F831

• Unihan data for U+2F832

• Unihan data for U+2F833

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/
Bernhard 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

卿

1. (historical) high official; minister

   • 孟子為卿於齊，出吊於滕。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     孟子为卿于齐，出吊于滕。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Mèngzǐ wèi qīng yú Qí, chū diào yú Téng. [Pinyin]

     Mencius, occupying the position of a high dignitary in Qi, went on a mission of condolence to Teng.

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, having received help, regarded [Taishi] Ci in even higher esteem, saying: "You are [such] a young friend of mine."

3. (imperial, 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 gotten a good horse?"

4. (archaic) term of endearment used between spouses

   • 親卿愛卿，是以卿卿；我不卿卿，誰當卿卿？ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     亲卿爱卿，是以卿卿；我不卿卿，谁当卿卿？ [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th century CE

     Qīn qīng ài qīng, shìyǐ qīng qīng; wǒ bù qīng qīng, shéi dāng qīng qīng? [Pinyin]

     I endear my dear and love my dear, and that's why I call my dear "my dear". If I were not to call my dear "my dear", who else is supposed to call my dear "my dear"?

5. Synonym of 慶 / 庆 (qìng, “auspicious”) Used in 卿雲／卿云 (qīngyún, “auspicious clouds”).

Compounds

• 三卿
• 上卿 (shàngqīng)
• 九卿 (Jiǔqīng)
• 亞卿 / 亚卿
• 先卿
• 六卿
• 公卿 (gōngqīng)
• 公卿之門 / 公卿之门
• 公卿大臣
• 卿公
• 卿卿
• 卿卿我我 (qīngqīngwǒwǒ)
• 卿士
• 卿大夫 (qīngdàfū)
• 卿子
• 卿家 (qīngjiā)
• 卿雲 / 卿云 (qīngyún)
• 名公鉅卿 / 名公巨卿
• 名動公卿 / 名动公卿
• 國務卿 / 国务卿 (guówùqīng)
• 孫卿 / 孙卿
• 客卿
• 寺卿
• 布衣卿相
• 干卿何事 (gānqīnghéshì)
• 干卿底事
• 愛卿 / 爱卿 (àiqīng)
• 焦仲卿妻
• 白衣公卿
• 白衣卿相
• 芳卿
• 荀卿 (Xúnqīng)
• 貳卿 / 贰卿
• 鉅卿偉公 / 巨卿伟公

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	卿󠄁 卿+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
卿󠄃 卿+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai	卿
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Kanji

卿

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• 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

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]

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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