晶

See also: 品

晶	U+6676, 晶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6676

← 晵
[U+6675]

CJK Unified Ideographs

晷 →
[U+6677]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

晶 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日日日 (AAA), four-corner 6066₀, composition ⿱日昍)

Derived characters

橸, 曐, 曑, 曟, 曡, 㬪, 蕌

Additional Derived Characters

𨼗, 𭲟, 𮹐, 𨗏, 𤩜, 𱗷, 𣊖, 𪱈, 𬁬, 𮵸, 𩅟, 𦣖, 𫦡

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 497, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14000
Dae Jaweon: page 863, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1518, character 10
Unihan data for U+6676

Chinese

simp. and trad.		晶
alternative forms		精𣇵𦜳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 晶
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): Triplication of 日 (“sun”).

Etymology

Likely related to 精 (OC *ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs, “something polished”). Note also similarities to Burmese စဉ့် (cany., “glaze”) (Luce, 1981).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīng (jing¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zing¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): den¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chîn
Northern Min (KCR): céng
Eastern Min (BUC): cĭng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zing¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): cheng / chiⁿ / cheⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): zian¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jing
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹
  - Yale: jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jing
  - Palladius: цзин (czin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zing¹
  - Yale: jīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: den¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ten³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: jin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sin²⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: céng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seiŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cĭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zing¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
  - Tâi-lô: tsing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sĩ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sẽ⁴⁴/

Note:

cheng - literary;
chiⁿ/cheⁿ - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: zian¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiaⁿ
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩã³³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹cin
  - MiniDict: cin^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵³/

Middle Chinese: tsjeng

Rime
Character	晶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子盈切
Baxter	tsjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tseŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	晶
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjeng ›
Old Chinese	/*tseŋ/
English	bright, limpid
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	晶
Reading #	1/1
No.	6844
Phonetic component
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	精
Old Chinese	/*ʔsleŋ/

Definitions

晶

brilliant; glittering
crystal; quartz
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sun

Compounds

二軸晶 / 二轴晶
亮晶晶 (liàngjīngjīng)
假晶
偉晶岩 / 伟晶岩
光電晶體 / 光电晶体
冰晶 (bīngjīng)
包晶反應 / 包晶反应
微晶 (wēijīng)
晶亮 (jīngliàng)
晶化 (jīnghuà)
晶帶 / 晶带
晶晶 (jīngjīng)
晶晶亮亮
晶洞 (jīngdòng)
晶片 (jīngpiàn)
晶狀體 / 晶状体 (jīngzhuàngtǐ)
晶球 (jīngqiú)
晶瑩 / 晶莹 (jīngyíng)
晶瑩剔透 / 晶莹剔透
晶盤 / 晶盘 (jīngpán)
晶粒生長 / 晶粒生长
晶系 (jīngxì)
晶軸 / 晶轴
晶面
晶體 / 晶体 (jīngtǐ)
晶體管 / 晶体管 (jīngtǐguǎn)
正方晶系
水晶 (shuǐjīng)
水晶塔
水晶婚
水晶宮 / 水晶宫 (Shuǐjīnggōng)
水晶床
水晶毬 / 水晶球
水晶燈籠 / 水晶灯笼
水晶體 / 水晶体 (shuǐjīngtǐ)
水晶鹽 / 水晶盐
液晶 (yèjīng)
液晶窗
矽晶片
粉晶
紅晶 / 红晶
紫水晶 (zǐshuǐjīng)
結晶 / 结晶 (jiéjīng)
結晶岩 / 结晶岩
結晶玻璃 / 结晶玻璃
結晶體 / 结晶体 (jiéjīngtǐ)
茶晶 (chájīng)
藍晶 / 蓝晶
藍晶晶 / 蓝晶晶 (lánjīngjīng)
藍晶石 / 蓝晶石
血晶
重晶石 (zhòngjīngshí)
雪晶 (xuějīng)
電晶體 / 电晶体 (diànjīngtǐ)
黃晶 / 黄晶
黑晶
墨晶

References

“Query for 晶”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
“晶”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

晶

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
Kan-on: せい (sei)
Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 晶らか)
Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、てる (teru)、まさ (masa)

Compounds

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
晶
あきら Grade: S
nanori

(Tokyo) あきら [áꜜkìrà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [a̠kʲiɾa̠]

Proper noun

晶(あきら) • (Akira)

a unisex given name

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [정]

Hanja

Wikisource

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

晶: Hán Nôm readings: tinh

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