# 径

| 径 | U+5F84, &#24452; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F84 |
| ← 徃 [U+5F83] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 待 → [U+5F85] |

## Translingual

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

### Alternative forms

* In mainland China, the right component of this character is 𢀖 (⿱ス工) which is the simplified component of 巠.
* In Taiwan (based on its encoding standard), Japanese shinjitai and Korean hanja, the right component of this character is 圣 instead.
* Due to Han unification, both forms are encoded under the same code point. This character may appear to be 径 (mainland China) or 径 (Taiwan/Japan/Korea) depending on the font used.

### Han character

径 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹人弓人一 (HONOM) or 竹人水土 (HOEG), four-corner 2721$_2$, composition ⿰彳𢀖(G) or ⿰彳圣(TJK))

#### Related characters

* 徑 (Traditional form of 径, kyūjitai form of 径)
* 逕 (Variant traditional form of 徑 in mainland China)

#### Derived characters

* 𱽮

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 365, character 41
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10080
* Dae Jaweon: page 686, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 818, character 1
* Unihan data for U+5F84

## Chinese
### Glyph 1

    This section refers to ⿰彳𢀖 glyph. (径)

#### Etymology 1
##### Glyph origin

Simplified from 徑 (巠 → 𢀖) based on the table of 54 simplified radical components listed in the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme by the People's Republic of China.

##### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 径 – see 徑 (“path; road; way; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 徑).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

#### Etymology 2
##### Glyph origin

Simplified from 逕 which is listed as a variant traditional form of 徑／径 (jìng) in the 1956 first round revision table of variant Chinese characters (第一批异体字整理表) by the People's Republic of China.
As a variant form, 逕／迳 (jìng) is to be replaced by 徑／径 (jìng) as its orthodox form, which is succeeded by 径 as the simplified form of 徑／径 (jìng).

##### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 径 – see 逕 (“small path; to go to; to reach; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 逕).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

#### Usage notes

Note that in modern Taiwan, 徑／径 (jìng) and 逕／迳 (jìng) are considered as two different characters while in mainland China, 逕／迳 (jìng) is considered a variant traditional form of 徑／径 (jìng).

### Glyph 2

    This section refers to ⿰彳圣 glyph. (径)

#### Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant simplified from 徑 (巠 → 圣) found in a moveable type copy of the classical Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei 《金瓶梅 (Jīnpíngméi)》.
First attested in 《宋元以來俗字譜》, a variant forms dictionary compiled in 1930 that records unorthodox forms (俗字 (súzì)) that have existed since the Song dynasty.
Another similar character, which has (⿱ス土) as its right component can also be found in 《太平樂府》.

#### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 径 – see 徑 (“path; road; way; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 徑).

#### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01289-001
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01289-009

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 径 |
| Kyūjitai | 徑 |

### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 徑)
* path
* diameter
* method

#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
* Kun: こみち (komichi, 径)、みち (michi, 径)、さしわたし (sashiwatashi, 径)

#### Compounds

* 径間(けいかん) (keikan)
* 径庭(けいてい) (keitei)
* 径路(けいろ) (keiro)

## Korean
### Hanja

径 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

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

#### References

* Nom Foundation