靖

靖 U+9756, 靖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9756 ← 靕 [U+9755] CJK Unified Ideographs 靗 → [U+9757]

靖 U+FA1C, 靖 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA1C ← 福 [U+FA1B] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 精 → [U+FA1D]

靖 U+FAC8, 靖 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAC8 ← 難 [U+FAC7] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 韛 → [U+FAC9]

Translingual

Han character

靖 (Kangxi radical 174, 靑+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿手一月 (YTQMB), four-corner 0512₇, composition ⿰立青(GHTJ) or ⿰立靑(K or U+FA1C))

Derived characters

• 𥴰, 𦽴

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1381, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42570
• Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4046, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9756
• Unihan data for U+FA1C
• Unihan data for U+FAC8

Chinese

trad.		靖
simp. #		靖
2nd round simp.		𰩢

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
猜	*sʰlɯː
輤	*sʰleːns
綪	*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩	*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈	*sʰleːns
蒨	*sʰeːns
篟	*sʰeːns
生	*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲	*sreŋ
笙	*sreŋ
甥	*sreŋ
鉎	*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄	*sreŋ
鼪	*sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩	*sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌	*sreŋ
眚	*sreŋʔ
貹	*sreŋs
崝	*zreːŋ
精	*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁	*ʔsleŋ
鶄	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱	*ʔsleŋ
婧	*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐	*ʔsleŋ
聙	*ʔsleŋ
旌	*ʔsleŋ
清	*sʰleŋ
圊	*sʰleŋ
請	*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊	*sʰleŋs
䝼	*zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚	*zleŋs
情	*zleŋ
晴	*zleŋ
夝	*zleŋ
靜	*zleŋʔ
靖	*zleŋʔ
睲	*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺	*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性	*sleŋs
姓	*sleŋs
靗	*l̥ʰeŋs
鯖	*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青	*sʰleːŋ
靘	*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅	*sʰleːŋs
胜	*sleːŋ
曐	*sleːŋ
星	*sleːŋ
鮏	*sleːŋ
腥	*seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹	*seːŋ
醒	*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂	*seːŋ

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zleŋʔ) : semantic 立 (“to stand; to establish”) + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

Etymology

Same word as 靜 (OC *zleŋʔ, “to keep quiet”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	靖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾郢切
Baxter	dzjengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziajŋX/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛŋX/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing6

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靖
Reading #	1/1
No.	11354
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靜
Old Chinese	/*zleŋʔ/
Notes	同妌

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìng (jing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhin
• Eastern Min (BUC): cêng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chēng / chěng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zhin

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing⁶
    • Yale: jihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhin
    • Hakka Romanization System: qin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chēng
    • Tâi-lô: tsīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chěng
    • Tâi-lô: tsǐng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhin
    • MiniDict: zhin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjengX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zleŋʔ/

Definitions

靖

1. ^† stable; peaceful; tranquil
2. ^† to pacify; to stabilize
3. ^† to govern; to administer
4. ^† to plan
5. ^† to think of
6. ^† respectful; prudent
7. a surname

Compounds

• 不靖
• 副靖
• 嘉靖 (Jiājìng)
• 安靖 (ānjìng)
• 寧靖／宁靖 (níngjìng)
• 平靖
• 曲靖 (Qūjìng)
• 李靖
• 永靖 (Yǒngjìng)
• 綏靖／绥靖 (suíjìng)
• 綏靖主義／绥靖主义 (suíjìng zhǔyì)
• 萑苻不靖
• 巡靖
• 靖亂／靖乱
• 靖匡
• 靖國／靖国
• 靖國神社／靖国神社
• 靖安
• 靖康 (Jìngkāng)
• 靖康之難／靖康之难
• 靖康要錄／靖康要录
• 靖綏／靖绥
• 靖西 (Jìngxī)
• 靖邊／靖边 (Jìngbiān)
• 靖難／靖难
• 靖難之變／靖难之变

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	靖
Kyūjitai [1]	靖 靖 or 靖+︀?
	靖󠄁 靖+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	靖󠄃 靖+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 靖

靖

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 靖)

1. peaceful, calm, easygoing

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: やす (yasu, 靖)、やすい (yasui, 靖い)^{←やすし (yasusi, 靖し, historical)}、やすんじる (yasunjiru, 靖んじる)、やすんずる (yasunzuru, 靖んずる)^{←やすんず (yasunzu, 靖んず, historical)}
• Nanori: おさむ (osamu)、きよし (kiyoshi)、しず (shizu)、しずか (shizuka)、しずむ (shizumu)、せい (sei)、せいじ (seiji)、のぶ (nobu)、はかる (hakaru)、やす (yasu)、やすし (yasushi)、やすみ (yasumi)

Etymology 1

From verb 図る (hakaru, “to intend, to plan, to set a goal or direction”).

Proper noun

靖(はかる) • (Hakaru) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 2

Nominalization of kiyoshi, the pre-modern terminal form (終止形 (shūshikei)) of adjective 清い (kiyoi, “clean, pure”).

Proper noun

靖(きよし) • (Kiyoshi) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 3

Nominalization of verb のぶ (nobu, “延ぶ, 伸ぶ: to grow, to extend”).

Proper noun

靖(のぶ) • (Nobu) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 4

Nominalization of verb 治む (osamu, “to make something calm, to stabilize”).

Proper noun

靖(おさむ) • (Osamu) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 5

Nominalization of adjective 静か (shizuka, “calm, quiet”).

Proper noun

靖(しずか) • (Shizuka) 

1. a female given name

Etymology 6

From Sinitic 靖 (jìng).

Proper noun

靖(せい) • (Sei) 

1. a surname
2. a female given name

Etymology 7

Probably from 政治 (seiji, “politics”), from the underlying idea of "calming or stabilizing a country", similar to the name Osamu.

Proper noun

靖(せいじ) • (Seiji) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 8

Nominalization of verb 静む (shizumu, “to become quiet, to become settled”).

Proper noun

靖(しずむ) • (Shizumu) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 9

Stem form of adjective 安い (yasui, “peaceful, calm, easygoing”).

Proper noun

靖(やす) • (Yasu) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 10

From 休み (yasumi, “a rest, a break, a vacation”), the stem noun form of verb 休む (yasumu, “to rest, to take a break, to take a vacation”), from adjective 安い (yasui, “peaceful, calm, easygoing”) + auxiliary verb む (mu, “to become [adjective], to make something [adjective]”).

Proper noun

靖(やすみ) • (Yasumi) 

1. a female given name

Etymology 11

Nominalization of yasushi, the pre-modern terminal form (終止形 (shūshikei)) of adjective 安い (yasui, “peaceful, calm, easygoing”).

Proper noun

靖(やすし) • (Yasushi) 

1. a male given name

References

1. “靖”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

靖 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

靖: Hán Nôm readings: tĩnh, tịnh

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