卿

卿 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+8 in Chinese, 卩+10 in Japanese and Korean, 10 strokes in Chinese, 12 strokes in Japanese and Korean, cangjie input 竹竹日戈中 (HHAIL) or 竹中日戈中 (HLAIL), four-corner 7772₀, composition ⿰𠂎即(GHTV) or ⿲𠂎⿱丿⿰丨⿱𫜹二卩(JK) or ⿲𠂎㫐卩(2F831) or ⿰𠂎𭅺(2F832) or ⿰𠂎卽(2F833))

• 𣛬, 𮬐, 𬁋, 𦺄, 𤫈

• 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

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰraŋ): semantic 𠨍 (“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.

卿

1. (historical) high official; minister

   • 孟子為卿於齊，出吊於滕。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     孟子为卿于齐，出吊于滕。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, 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”)

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

• 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)

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

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

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卿 (eumhun 벼슬 경 (byeoseul gyeong))

1. hanja form^? of 경 (“noble”)

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

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

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