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 or ⿴卯皀)

1. noble, high officer

Derived characters

• 𣛬 𮬐 𦺄 𬁋 𤫈

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

	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

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

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

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

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīng (qing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khîn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kin¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kêng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chin

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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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kheng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹chin
    • MiniDict: chin^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰin⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: khjaeng

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʰraŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰraŋ/

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

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 卿

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

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

卿

Wikisource 卿 (eumhun 벼슬 경 (byeoseul gyeong))

1. hanja form^? of 경 (“noble”)

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.

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)