# 徑

| 徑 | U+5F91, &#24465; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F91 |
| ← 徐 [U+5F90] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 徒 → [U+5F92] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 徑 |
| Shinjitai | 径 |
| Simplified | 径 |

### Han character

徑 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一女一 (HOMVM), four-corner 2121$_1$, composition ⿰彳巠)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 367, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10118
* Dae Jaweon: page 691, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 824, character 7
* Unihan data for U+5F91

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 葝 | *ɡeŋ, *ɡeŋ |
| 頸 | *keŋʔ, *ɡeŋ |
| 勁 | *kɯns, *keŋs |
| 鑋 | *kʰeŋ, *kʰeːŋs |
| 輕 | *kʰeŋ, *kʰeŋs |
| 涇 | *ɡeŋʔ, *keːŋ |
| 經 | *keːŋ, *keːŋs |
| 鵛 | *keːŋ |
| 巠 | *keːŋ |
| 剄 | *keːŋʔ |
| 烴 | *keːŋʔ |
| 徑 | *keːŋs |
| 逕 | *keːŋs |
| 桱 | *keːŋs |
| 蛵 | *qʰeːŋ |
| 陘 | *ɡeːŋ |
| 鋞 | *ɡeːŋ, *ɡeːŋʔ |
| 脛 | *ɡeːŋʔ, *ɡeːŋs |
| 踁 | *ɡeːŋs |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jìng (jing$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ging$^3$ / gaang$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kang / kin
    (Hailu, HRS): gang$^ˇ$ / gin$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gang$^4$ / gin$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): géng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kèng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gên$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$cin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jìng
*** Wade–Giles: ching$^4$
*** Yale: jìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinq
*** Palladius: цзин (czin)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ging$^3$ / gaang$^3$
*** Yale: ging / gaang
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ging$^3$ / gaang$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ging$^3$ / gang$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɪŋ³³/, /kaːŋ³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kang / kin
*** Hakka Romanization System: gang / gin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gang$^4$ / gin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kaŋ⁵⁵/, /kin⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gang$^ˇ$ / gin$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kaŋ¹¹/, /kin¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gang$^4$ / gin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kaŋ⁵³/, /kin⁵³/
* Sixian:
** kang - vernacular;
** kin - literary.
* Hailu:
** gangˇ - vernacular;
** ginˇ - literary.
* Meixian:
** gang4 - vernacular;
** gin4 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: kengH
Rime :
| Character | 徑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 古定切 |
| Baxter | kengH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /keŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /keŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɛjŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /keŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kieŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kieŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jìng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ging$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤeŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*keːŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 徑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jìng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ keng$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ˁeŋ-s/ |
| English | small path |
| 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 | 徑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6806 |
| Phonetic component | 巠 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 徑 |
| Old Chinese | /*keːŋs/ |

### Definitions

徑
* path; road
    麥理浩徑／麦理浩径 [Cantonese] ― mak$^6$ lei$^5$ hou$^6$ ging$^3$ [Jyutping] ― MacLehose Trail
    From: 9th century, Liu Zongyuan, 江雪
    Qiān shān niǎo fēi jué, wàn jìng rén zōng miè. [Pinyin]
    A thousand mountains and no bird, A myriad paths without a footprint.
* way
    門徑／门径 ― ménjìng ― way; method
* directly
* (geometry) diameter

### Compounds

* 一徑／一径
* 三徑／三径 (sānjìng)
* 傳染途徑／传染途径
* 冷徑／冷径
* 別開蹊徑／别开蹊径
* 別闢蹊徑／别辟蹊径
* 剪徑／剪径
* 半徑／半径 (bànjìng)
* 口徑／口径 (kǒujìng)
* 另闢新徑／另辟新径
* 另闢蹊徑／另辟蹊径 (lìngpìxījìng)
* 各闢蹊徑／各辟蹊径
* 單徑／单径
* 大徑／大径
* 大相徑庭／大相径庭 (dàxiāngjìngtíng)
* 孔徑／孔径
* 小徑／小径 (xiǎojìng)
* 山徑／山径 (shānjìng)
* 徑入／径入
* 徑取／径取
* 徑寸／径寸
* 徑庭／径庭 (jìngtíng)
* 徑廷／径廷 (jìngtíng)
* 徑情／径情 (jìngqíng)
* 徑流／径流
* 徑直／径直 (jìngzhí)
* 徑自／径自 (jìngzì)
* 徑行／径行 (jìngxíng)
* 徑賽／径赛
* 徑路／径路 (jìnglù)
* 徑踰／径逾
* 徑須／径须 (jìngxū)
* 徯徑／徯径
* 捷徑／捷径 (jiéjìng)
* 搜索半徑／搜索半径
* 撲花行徑／扑花行径
* 暴風半徑／暴风半径
* 曲徑通幽／曲径通幽
* 曲率半徑／曲率半径 (qūlǜ bànjìng)
* 核半徑／核半径
* 獨闢蹊徑／独辟蹊径 (dúpìxījìng)
* 球徑／球径
* 田徑／田径 (tiánjìng)
* 田徑場／田径场 (tiánjìngchǎng)
* 田徑賽／田径赛
* 田徑運動／田径运动 (tiánjìng yùndòng)
* 直徑／直径 (zhíjìng)
* 直情徑行／直情径行
* 石徑／石径
* 破壞半徑／破坏半径
* 終南捷徑／终南捷径 (Zhōngnán jiéjìng)
* 羊腸小徑／羊肠小径 (yángchángxiǎojìng)
* 翦徑／翦径
* 舊家行徑／旧家行径
* 花徑／花径 (huājìng)
* 蔓徑荒草／蔓径荒草
* 蔣舍三徑／蒋舍三径
* 蓬蒿滿徑／蓬蒿满径
* 行不由徑／行不由径 (xíngbùyóujìng)
* 行徑／行径 (xíngjìng)
* 路徑／路径 (lùjìng)
* 蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng)
* 途徑／途径 (tújìng)
* 道而不徑／道而不径
* 邪徑／邪径
* 長驅徑入／长驱径入
* 門徑／门径 (ménjìng)
* 陶潛三徑／陶潜三径

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 径 |
| Kyūjitai | 徑 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 径)
* path
* diameter
* method

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けい (kei)
* Kun: こみち (komichi)、ちかみち (chikamichi)、みち (michi)

## Korean
### Hanja

徑 (eumhun 지름길 경 (jireumgil gyeong))
* hanja form of 경 (“shortcut, path”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

徑: Hán Nôm readings: kính, kinh
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation