# 蜻

| 蜻 | U+873B, &#34619; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-873B |
| ← 蜺 [U+873A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蜼 → [U+873C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蜻 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈手一月 (LIQMB), four-corner 5512$_7$, composition ⿰虫青(GTH) or ⿰虫靑(JKV))

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1088, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33203
* Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2858, character 8
* Unihan data for U+873B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 猜 | *sʰlɯː |
| 輤 | *sʰleːns |
| 綪 | *sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ |
| 倩 | *sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs |
| 棈 | *sʰleːns |
| 蒨 | *sʰeːns |
| 篟 | *sʰeːns |
| 生 | *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs |
| 牲 | *sreŋ |
| 笙 | *sreŋ |
| 甥 | *sreŋ |
| 鉎 | *sreŋ, *sleːŋ |
| 珄 | *sreŋ |
| 鼪 | *sreŋ, *sreŋs |
| 猩 | *sreŋ, *seːŋ |
| 狌 | *sreŋ |
| 眚 | *sreŋʔ |
| 貹 | *sreŋs |
| 崝 | *zreːŋ |
| 精 | *ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs |
| 菁 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 鶄 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 蜻 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 鼱 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 婧 | *ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ |
| 睛 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ |
| 箐 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 聙 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 旌 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 清 | *sʰleŋ |
| 圊 | *sʰleŋ |
| 請 | *sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ |
| 凊 | *sʰleŋs |
| 䝼 | *zleŋs, *zleŋ |
| 靚 | *zleŋs |
| 情 | *zleŋ |
| 晴 | *zleŋ |
| 夝 | *zleŋ |
| 靜 | *zleŋʔ |
| 靖 | *zleŋʔ |
| 睲 | *seŋʔ, *seːŋs |
| 惺 | *seŋʔ, *seːŋ |
| 性 | *sleŋs |
| 姓 | *sleŋs |
| 靗 | *l̥ʰeŋs |
| 鯖 | *ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 青 | *sʰleːŋ |
| 靘 | *sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs |
| 掅 | *sʰleːŋs |
| 胜 | *sleːŋ |
| 曐 | *sleːŋ |
| 星 | *sleːŋ |
| 鮏 | *sleːŋ |
| 腥 | *seːŋ, *seːŋs |
| 鯹 | *seːŋ |
| 醒 | *seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs |
| 篂 | *seːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): qīng (qing$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qin$^1$
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): sìn / cìn
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cing$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ten$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): qin$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): jin$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): qing$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chĭng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chheng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cên$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$shin; $^1$chin / $^1$sin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cing
*** Wade–Giles: chʻing$^1$
*** Yale: chīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ching
*** Palladius: цин (cin)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: qin$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kin
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: sìn / cìn
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): sin$^1$ / cin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sĩ³¹/, /t͡sʰĩ³¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cing$^1$
*** Yale: chīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsing$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ten$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰen³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: qin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰin⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: jin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sin⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: qing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰiŋ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chĭng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng
*** Tâi-lô: tshing
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhefng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cên$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰẽ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$shin; $^1$chin
*** MiniDict: shin$^平$; chin$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$xin; $^1$qin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵³/, /t͡ɕʰin⁵³/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$sin
*** MiniDict: sin$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sin⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tsheng
Rime :
| Character | 蜻 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 倉經切 |
| Baxter | tsheng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰeŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰeŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰɛŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰɛjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰeŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰieŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡sʰieŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qīng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cing$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰleːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蜻 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 11363 |
| Phonetic component | 生 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 靑 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰleːŋ/ |

#### Definitions

蜻
* Used in words for the dragonfly.

#### Compounds

* 兒蜻 / 儿蜻
* 玉蜻蜓
* 竹蜻蛉
* 竹蜻蜓
* 草蜻蛉
* 蜻咩
* 蜻胲
* 蜻𧉪
* 蜻蛉 (qīnglíng)
* 蜻蜓 (qīngtíng)
* 蜻蜓蜓
* 蜻蜓點水 / 蜻蜓点水
* 蜻蜻
* 蜻蜻子
* 蜻雀兒 / 蜻雀儿
* 豎蜻蜓 / 竖蜻蜓

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jīng (jing$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jing
*** Wade–Giles: ching$^1$
*** Yale: jīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jing
*** Palladius: цзин (czin)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsjeng
Rime :
| Character | 蜻 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 子盈切 |
| Baxter | tsjeng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡siᴇŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡siɛŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡siæŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡siajŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siɛŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭɛŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡si̯ɛŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jīng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zing$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蜻 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 11330 |
| Phonetic component | 生 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 精 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsleŋ/ |

#### Definitions

蜻
* Only used in 蜻蛚 (jīngliè).

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jìng (jing$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ
* 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/

#### Definitions

蜻
* Only used in 蜻蜻 (jìngjìng).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: せい (sei)

## Korean
### Hanja

蜻 • (cheong) (hangeul 청, revised cheong, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏng, Yale cheng)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蜻: Hán Nôm readings: thanh
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