# 頃

| 頃 | U+9803, &#38915; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9803 |
| ← 頂 [U+9802] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 頄 → [U+9804] |

## Translingual
### Han character

頃 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+2, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心一月金 (PMBC), four-corner 2178$_6$, composition ⿰匕頁)

#### Derived terms

* 傾, 𠼴, 蹞, 䔛, 廎
* 熲, 潁, 穎, 頴, 顈, 𨻺

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1399, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43338
* Dae Jaweon: page 1915, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4355, character 5
* Unihan data for U+9803

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 頃 :
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 顈 | *ɡeːnʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 傾 | *kʰʷeŋ |
| 頃 | *kʰʷeŋ, *kʰʷeŋʔ |
| 穎 | *ɢʷeŋʔ |
| 潁 | *ɢʷeŋʔ |
| 熲 | *kʷeːŋʔ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 匕 + 頁 (“head”).
The head is askew, the original meaning of 傾／倾 (qīng).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qǐng (qing$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): king$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khién / khián
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khéng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kuang$^2$ / kuêng$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$chin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qǐng
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǐng
*** Wade–Giles: chʻing$^3$
*** Yale: chǐng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiing
*** Palladius: цин (cin)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: king$^2$
*** Yale: kíng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: king$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: king$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɪŋ³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khién
*** Hakka Romanization System: kien$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kian$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en³¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khián
*** Hakka Romanization System: kian$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kian$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khéng
*** Tâi-lô: khíng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qeang
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kuang$^2$ / kuêng$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuáng / khuéng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuaŋ⁵²/, /kʰueŋ⁵²/
* kuang2 - Shantou;
* kuêng2 - Chaozhou.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit頃 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕʰiŋ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕʰiə̃⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡ɕʰĩn⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕʰin⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡ɕʰyn⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡ɕʰĩ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡ɕʰin²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡ɕʰin²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰiəŋ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕʰʟ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡ɕʰin⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡ɕʰoŋ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰyʌ̃³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕʰyn⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡ɕʰyn⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kʰeŋ³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kʰeŋ³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kʰiŋ³⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kʰiŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kʰiŋ³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kʰeiŋ⁴⁴/ /kʰaiŋ³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kʰuaŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /xeŋ³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: khjwiengX
Rime :
| Character | 頃 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (122) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 去潁切 |
| Baxter | khjwiengX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰwiᴇŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰʷiɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰiuæŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwiajŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰiuɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰĭwɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰi̯wɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiǒng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hing$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷʰeŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷeŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 頃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qǐng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khjwieng$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ʷʰeŋʔ/ |
| English | interval, short while |
| 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 | 頃 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 10508 |
| Phonetic component | 頃 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 頃 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰʷeŋʔ/ |

#### Definitions

頃
* A unit of area equal to 100 畝／亩 (mǔ) or 6.67 hectares.
* (literary) short while
* (literary) just now; just
* (literary) about; circa (after dates)

#### Compounds

* 一碧萬頃 / 一碧万顷
* 俄頃 / 俄顷 (éqǐng)
* 公頃 / 公顷 (gōngqǐng)
* 千頃陂 / 千顷陂
* 少頃 / 少顷 (shǎoqǐng)
* 有頃 / 有顷 (yǒuqǐng)
* 煙波萬頃 / 烟波万顷
* 碧波萬頃 / 碧波万顷
* 萬頃 / 万顷
* 萬頃琉璃 / 万顷琉璃
* 頃久 / 顷久
* 頃之 / 顷之 (qǐngzhī)
* 頃刻 / 顷刻 (qǐngkè)
* 頃者 / 顷者
* 食頃 / 食顷

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qīng (qing$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): king$^1$
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: king$^1$
*** Yale: kīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: king$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: king$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: khjwieng
Rime :
| Character | 頃 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (122) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 去營切 |
| Baxter | khjwieng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰwiᴇŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰʷiɛŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰiuæŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwiajŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰiuɛŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰĭwɛŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰi̯wɛŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiōng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hing$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷeŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 頃 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 10507 |
| Phonetic component | 頃 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 傾 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰʷeŋ/ |

#### Definitions

頃
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 傾／倾 (qīng).

#### Compounds

* 頃筐 / 顷筐

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuǐ (kui$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuěi
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuei$^3$
*** Yale: kwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koei
*** Palladius: куй (kuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

頃
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 跬 (“half a step”)

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04538

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: けい (kei)
* On: き (ki)
* Kun: ころ (koro, 頃, Jōyō)、しばらく (shibaraku, 頃く)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 頃
* ころ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 頃 – see the following entry. :
| 【ころ】 | [particle] in, on, at (about time), at that time, around, about, approximately [noun] such a time [noun] time of year, season Alternative spelling 比 |
(This term, 頃, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 頃
* ころ > ごろ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 頃 – see the following entry. :
| 【ごろ】 | [particle] Alternative form of ころ (koro) |
(This term, 頃, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

頃 (eumhun 반걸음 규 (ban'georeum gyu))
* hanja form of 규 (“moment, half a step”)
* hanja form of 규 (“measurement of area equal to 100 mu or 6.7 hectares”)
頃 (eumhun 넓이 경 (neolbi gyeong))
* hanja form of 경 (“width”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

頃: Hán Nôm readings: khoảnh, khỉnh, cảnh
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