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See also:
U+4FE0, 俠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FE0

[U+4FDF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4FE1]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 9, +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人大人人 (OKOO), four-corner 24238, composition )

  1. knight-errantry

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 105, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 706
  • Dae Jaweon: page 224, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 158, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+4FE0

Chinese

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trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • kiap - colloquial variant;
  • hia̍p - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (158)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter hep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦep̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦep̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɛp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦɛp̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣep̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣiep̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣiep̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xié
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jip6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5915
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡeːb/

Definitions

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  1. chivalrous person; knight-errant
  2. chivalrous; gallant

Compounds

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References

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  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 254.

Japanese

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Shinjitai
(extended)

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. chivalrous person
  2. chivalry
  3. knight-errant
  4. tomboy

Readings

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
きょう
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC hep).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(きょう) (kyōけふ (kefu)?

  1. Kyūjitai form of : chivalrous spirit

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
きゃん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From a later borrowing of Middle Chinese (MC hep). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(きゃん) (kyan

  1. Kyūjitai form of : a chivalrous person; a tomboy

Adjective

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(きゃん) (kyan-na (adnominal (きゃん) (kyan na), adverbial (きゃん) (kyan ni))

  1. Kyūjitai form of : chivalrous, tomboyish
Inflection
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(hyeop) (hangeul , revised hyeop, McCune–Reischauer hyŏp)

  1. chivalrous person
  2. knight-errant

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: hiệp

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