# 囧

| 囧 | U+56E7, &#22247; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56E7 |
| ← 囦 [U+56E6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 囨 → [U+56E8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

囧 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田金月 (WCB), four-corner 6022$_7$, composition ⿴囗⿱八冂(G) or ⿴四冂(HTJK))

#### Derived characters

* 𦀝, 朙, 𡮀, 莔, 𥭮, 𡜸, 𢚊, 𥁰, 𧖸, 𣖇
* 㴄 (Exception: Only for mainland China character form. Taiwan character form contains ⿴囗⿱儿口 as right component instead)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 217, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4707
* Dae Jaweon: page 444, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 715, character 12
* Unihan data for U+56E7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 囧 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Pictogram (象形), resembling a window.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǒng (jiong$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄥˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwing$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$cion
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǒng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyǒng
*** Wade–Giles: chiung$^3$
*** Yale: jyǔng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeong
*** Palladius: цзюн (czjun)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwing$^2$
*** Yale: gwíng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwing$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guing$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɪŋ³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
*** Tâi-lô: kíng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: keang
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$cion
*** MiniDict: cion$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$jion
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕioŋ³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kjwaengX
Rime :
| Character | 囧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 庚 (112) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 俱永切 |
| Baxter | kjwaengX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠwiæŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷᵚiaŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiuaŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwiajŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kiuɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭwɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ki̯wɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiǒng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwing$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*k-mraŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 囧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiǒng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjwæng$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*k-mraŋʔ/ (dialect: *k.mr- > *kʷr-) |
| English | bright window |
| 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 | 囧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6909 |
| Phonetic component | 囧 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 憬 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷaŋʔ/ |
| Notes | 讀若獷 |

### Definitions

囧
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) patterned window; a clear and bright window; shining, brightness
    From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2nd century CE
    Jiǒng, chuāngyǒu lìlóu kǎimíng, xiàngxíng. [Pinyin]
    Jiong — An open and light window. Pictographic.
    From: Jiang Yan, "Miscellaneous Poems — Imitation of Zhang Chuo's 'Miscellaneous Writing'", from the anthology of Wen Xuan
    Jiǒng jiǒng qiū yuè míng, píng xuān yǒng Yáo Lǎo. [Pinyin]
    The moonlight at an autumn night was brightly clean; I leaned on the railing, chanting poems and savouring the logics of the ancient sages (lit. of Yao and Laozi).
* (neologism, slang, humorous) an emoticon expressing surprise, shock, embarrassment, helplessness or awkwardness
    From: Xinhua, 《眾名人爆料高考囧事》 ("Celebrities reveal their embarrassing moments before/at the University Entrance Examination")
    Ér nàxiē shēnghuó zài guānghuán zhōng de míngxīng hé míngrén men, céngjīng yě yǒu guò lèisì de jīnglì, tāmen nánwàng de wǎngshì zhōng yě bùfá qùwén hé jiǒng shì...... Lǐ Xiǎng zài gāosān shí xuǎnzé fàngqì gāokǎo, què chénggōng chuàngyè, shēnjià shàng yì. [Pinyin]
    The celebrities and notabilities now living under spotlights used to have similar experiences; there was no lack of amusing anecdotes and embarrassing moments in their unforgettable pasts ... Li Xiang dropped out of school during the third year of high school, choosing not to take the University Entrance Examination. Instead, he successfully started an enterprise, now worth hundreds of millions.

#### Synonyms

* Orz
* 囧rz
* 囧rz=3

### Compounds

* 囧囧 (jiǒngjiǒng)
* 囧態 / 囧态 (jiǒngtài)

### Descendants

* → Korean: 경(冏) (gyeong)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けい (kei)、きょう (kyō)
* Kun: あきらか (akiraka)

## Korean
### Hanja

囧 (eumhun 빛날 경 (binnal gyeong))
* Alternative form of 冏 (“hanja form of 경 (“to shine; to be bright”)”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.