# 阱

| 阱 | U+9631, &#38449; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9631 |
| ← 阰 [U+9630] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 防 → [U+9632] |

## Translingual
### Han character

阱 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+4, 7 strokes in traditional Chinese, 6 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 弓中廿廿 (NLTT), four-corner 3055$_8$, composition ⿰阝井)

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1347, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41574
* Dae Jaweon: page 1848, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4116, character 4
* Unihan data for U+9631

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 阱 :
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 硎 | *kʰreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ |
| 耕 | *kreːŋ |
| 荊 | *keŋ |
| 井 | *skeŋʔ |
| 丼 | *kl'oːmʔ, *skeŋʔ |
| 妌 | *sɡeŋʔ |
| 穽 | *sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs |
| 阱 | *sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs |
| 汫 | *sɡeːŋʔ |
| 刑 | *ɡeːŋ |
| 形 | *ɡeːŋ |
| 邢 | *ɡeːŋ |
| 鉶 | *ɡeːŋ |
| 型 | *ɡeːŋ |
| 侀 | *ɡeːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 阝 (“mound”) + phonetic 井 (OC *skeŋʔ, “well”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jǐng (jing$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zing$^6$ / zeng$^6$ / zeng$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiáng
* Eastern Min (BUC): sêng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chéng / chíⁿ / chéⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zên$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jǐng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jǐng
*** Wade–Giles: ching$^3$
*** Yale: jǐng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
*** Palladius: цзин (czin)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zing$^6$ / zeng$^6$ / zeng$^2$
*** Yale: jihng / jehng / jéng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzing$^6$ / dzeng$^6$ / dzeng$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jing$^6$ / zéng$^6$ / zéng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɪŋ²²/, /t͡sɛːŋ²²/, /t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiáng
*** Hakka Romanization System: jiang$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: jiang$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯aŋ³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sêng
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛiŋ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéng
*** Tâi-lô: tsíng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zeang
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chíⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsínn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cvie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sĩ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sĩ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsénn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zvea
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sẽ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ̃⁵³/
* chéng - literary;
* chíⁿ/chéⁿ - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: dzjengX
Rime :
| Character | 阱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 疾郢切 |
| Baxter | dzjengX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ziᴇŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ziɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ziæŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ziajŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ziɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zĭɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi̯ɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jìng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zing$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɡeŋʔ/, /*sɡeŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 阱 | 阱 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 6856 | 6858 |
| Phonetic component | 井 | 井 |
| Rime group | 耕 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 靜 | 淨 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɡeŋʔ/ | /*sɡeŋs/ |
| Notes | | 同穽 |

### Definitions

阱
* pitfall, trap

### Compounds

* 坎阱 (kǎnjǐng)
* 投阱下石
* 文錦覆阱 / 文锦覆阱
* 自墜陷阱 / 自坠陷阱
* 觸機落阱 / 触机落阱
* 避阱入坑
* 阱中之虎
* 陷阱 (xiànjǐng)

### References

* “阱”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): せい (sei)、じょう (jō)
* Kun: あな (ana)

## Korean
### Hanja

阱 (eum 정 (jeong))
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