頃

See also: 顷

頃 U+9803, 頃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9803 ← 頂 [U+9802] CJK Unified Ideographs 頄 → [U+9804]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

頃 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+2, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心一月金 (PMBC), four-corner 2178₆, 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

trad.		頃
simp.		顷
alternative forms		𩓏

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (頃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	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 (qing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khién / khián
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khéng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuang² / kuêng²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵chin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing³
    • Yale: chǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiing
    • Palladius: цин (cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: king²
    • Yale: kíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king²
    • Guangdong Romanization: king²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khién
    • Hakka Romanization System: kien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khián
    • Hakka Romanization System: kian`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian³
    • 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: kuang² / kuêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuáng / khuéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ⁵²/, /kʰueŋ⁵²/

Note:

• kuang2 - Shantou;
• kuêng2 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵chin
    • MiniDict: chin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰin³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 頃
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹³/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕʰiŋ¹³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵³/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵³/
	Xining	/t͡ɕʰiə̃⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕʰĩn⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕʰin⁴²/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕʰyn⁵³/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕʰĩ⁵³/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕʰin²¹²/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕʰin²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰiəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕʰʟ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕʰin⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕʰoŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰyʌ̃³⁵/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕʰyn⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕʰyn⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kʰeŋ³⁵/
	Nanning	/kʰeŋ³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kʰiŋ³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kʰiŋ⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kʰiŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kʰeiŋ⁴⁴/ /kʰaiŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kʰuaŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/xeŋ³¹/

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• 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	/kʰwiᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷiɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwiajŋX/
Li Rong	/kʰiuɛŋX/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwɛŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hing2

• 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	‹ khjwiengX ›
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

1. A unit of area equal to 100 畝／亩 (mǔ) or 6.67 hectares.
2. (literary) short while
3. (literary) just now; just
4. (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 (qing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cing
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹
    • Yale: chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ching
    • Palladius: цин (cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: king¹
    • Yale: kīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: king¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• 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/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hing1

• 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

1. ^† Original form of 傾／倾 (qīng).

Compounds

• 頃筐／顷筐

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuǐ (kui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuěi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei³
    • Yale: kwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koei
    • Palladius: куй (kuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

頃

1. ^† Alternative form of 跬 (“half a step”)

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

頃

(common “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

(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))

1. Hanja form^? of 규 (“moment, half a step”).
2. Hanja form^? of 규 (“measurement of area equal to 100 mu or 6.7 hectares”).

頃 (eumhun 넓이 경 (neolbi gyeong))

1. Hanja form^? of 경 (“width”).

Vietnamese

Han character

頃: Hán Nôm readings: khoảnh, khỉnh, cảnh

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