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| Stroke order | |||
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景 (Kangxi radical 72,日+8, 12 strokes,cangjie input日卜口火 (AYRF),four-corner60906,composition⿱日京)
| simp. andtrad. | 景 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 㬌 | |
| Historical forms of the character景 |
|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) |
| Small seal script |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*kraŋʔ): semantic 日(“sun”) + phonetic 京(OC*kraŋ). Originally, it meant "sunlight". Compare昜.
PossiblySino-Tibetan. Probably related to鏡 (OC*kraŋs, “mirror”) and影 (OC*qraŋʔ, “shadow”) (Wang, 1982;Baxter and Sagart, 2014). STEDT compares it toProto-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.
| 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; | |
| 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/ |
景
Cognate with京 (OC*kraŋ, “mound; capital”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.
| 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/ |
景
| 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; | |
| 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/ |
景
景
FromMiddle Chinese景 (MC kjaengX). Recorded asMiddle Korean겨ᇰ〮(kyéng) (Yale:kyeng) inHunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

FromMiddle Chinese景 /影 (MC 'jaengX).
景 (eumhun그림자영(geurimja yeong))
景:Hán Nôm readings:cảnh,ảnh,khảnh,kiểng,ngoảnh,kẻng,ngảnh