靖

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))

• 𥴰, 𦽴

• 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

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

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

靖

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) stable; peaceful; tranquil
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to pacify; to stabilize
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to govern; to administer
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to plan
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to think of
6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) respectful; prudent
7. a surname

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 靖)

1. peaceful, calm, easygoing

• 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)

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

靖(はかる) • (Hakaru) 

1. a male given name

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

靖(きよし) • (Kiyoshi) 

1. a male given name

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

靖(のぶ) • (Nobu) 

1. a male given name

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

靖(おさむ) • (Osamu) 

1. a male given name

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

靖(しずか) • (Shizuka) 

1. a female given name

From Sinitic 靖 (jìng).

靖(せい) • (Sei) 

1. a surname
2. a female given name

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

靖(せいじ) • (Seiji) 

1. a male given name

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

靖(しずむ) • (Shizumu) 

1. a male given name

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

靖(やす) • (Yasu) 

1. a male given name

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]”).

靖(やすみ) • (Yasumi) 

1. a female given name

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

靖(やすし) • (Yasushi) 

1. a male given name

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

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靖: Hán Nôm readings: tĩnh, tịnh

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