景

景 U+666F, 景
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-666F
← 普
[U+666E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 晰 →
[U+6670]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

景 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日卜口火 (AYRF), four-corner 60906, composition ⿱日京)

Derived characters

Additional Derived Characters
  • 𠎠, 𠘉, 𠾶, 𡐹, 𡡡, 𡼮, 𢒬, 𬄣, 𥋓, 𥖉, 𮂙, 𫃏, 𦅡, 𧑊, 𩐿, 𫖧, 𩻱(𬶱)
  • 𨗈, 𭧟, 𮶎, 𢀍, 𪆣, 𭨗, 𡼩, 𢇔, 𠑱, 𭞳, 𣌚

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 496, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13983
  • Dae Jaweon: page 862, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1520, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+666F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 景
alternative forms 㬌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 景
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (京) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
涼 *ɡ·raŋ, *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs
凉 *ɡ·raŋ
椋 *ɡ·raŋ
綡 *ɡ·raŋ
輬 *ɡ·raŋ
諒 *ɡ·raŋs
掠 *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raɡ
弶 *ɡaŋs
京 *kraŋ
麖 *kraŋ
鶁 *kraŋ
景 *kraŋʔ
鯨 *ɡraŋ
黥 *ɡraŋ
勍 *ɡraŋ
剠 *ɡraŋ
倞 *ɡraŋs
影 *qraŋʔ
璟 *qraŋʔ, *kʷraŋʔ
憬 *kʷraŋʔ
暻 *kʷraŋʔ
澋 *ɡʷraːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kraŋʔ): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 京 (OC *kraŋ). Originally, it meant "sunlight". Compare 昜.

Etymology 1

Possibly Sino-Tibetan. Probably related to 鏡 (OC *kraŋs, “mirror”) and 影 (OC *qraŋʔ, “shadow”) (Wang, 1982; Baxter and Sagart, 2014). STEDT compares it to Proto-Kuki-Chin *klaaŋ-I, *klaan-II (“to shine; light; bright”) and lists 亮 (OC *raŋs, “bright”), 陽 (OC *laŋ, “sunshine”), 章 (OC *kjaŋ, “emblem; to display”) as additional comparanda.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 景
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居影切
Baxter kjaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚiaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kiajŋX/
Li
Rong 		/kiɐŋX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭɐŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki̯ɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jǐng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ging2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 景
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jǐng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kjængX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.qraŋʔ/
English bright; image

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 景
Reading # 1/1
No. 6831
Phonetic
component 		京
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		警
Old
Chinese 		/*kraŋʔ/

Definitions

景

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sunlight
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sun
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bright; luminous
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) time
  5. scenery; view (Classifier: 個／个 c)
    個景咁靚，一定要影返幾張相留念。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    个景咁靓，一定要影返几张相留念。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    go3 ging2 gam3 leng3, jat1 ding6 jiu3 jing2 faan1 gei2 zoeng1 soeng3-2 lau4 nim6. [Jyutping]
    The scenery is so beautiful! We've got to take a few pictures to mark the occasion.
  6. conditions; situation
  7. scene; setting; scenario
  8. Classifier for scenes of a play, drama, etc.
  9. a surname

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (景):
  • → Vietnamese: cảnh (景)

Etymology 2

Cognate with 京 (OC *kraŋ, “mound; capital”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 景
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居影切
Baxter kjaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚiaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kiajŋX/
Li
Rong 		/kiɐŋX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭɐŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki̯ɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jǐng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ging2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 景
Reading # 1/1
No. 6831
Phonetic
component 		京
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		警
Old
Chinese 		/*kraŋʔ/

Definitions

景

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) great; large
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) auspicious
  3. to admire; to appreciate

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 景
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居影切
Baxter kjaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚiaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kiajŋX/
Li
Rong 		/kiɐŋX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭɐŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki̯ɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jǐng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ging2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 景
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jǐng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kjængX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[C.q]raŋʔ/
English a kind of coat

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 景
Reading # 1/1
No. 6831
Phonetic
component 		京
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		警
Old
Chinese 		/*kraŋʔ/

Definitions

景

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 幜 (jǐng, “a kind of coat”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Definitions

景

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 影 (yǐng, “shadow”)

References

Japanese

Kanji

景

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. scenery

Readings

  • Go-on: きょう (kyō)←きやう (kyau, historical)、よう (yō)←やう (yau, historical)
  • Kan-on: えい (ei)、けい (kei, Jōyō)
  • Kun: けしき (keshiki)、かげ (kage, 景)

Compounds

Compounds of 景
Common
Uncommon
Rare/archaic

Noun

景(けい) • (kei) 

  1. vista, view, scene
  2. counter for scenes (in a play)

Noun

景(かげ) • (kage) 

  1. alternative form of 影

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 景 (MC kjaengX). Recorded as Middle Korean 겨ᇰ〮 (kyéng) (Yale: kyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

景 (eumhun 볕 경 (byeot gyeong))

  1. hanja form? of 경 (“view; vista”)

Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 景 / 影 (MC 'jaengX).

Hanja

景 (eumhun 그림자 영 (geurimja yeong))

  1. alternative form of 影 (“hanja form? of 영 (“shadow”)”)

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

景: Hán Nôm readings: cảnh, ảnh, khảnh, kiểng, ngoảnh, kẻng, ngảnh

Noun

景 • (cảnh)

  1. chữ Hán form of cảnh
    1. a beautiful appearance of which one enjoys the sight of
    2. situation; state of affairs; state; condition
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