偵

See also: 侦

偵	U+5075, 偵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5075

← 側
[U+5074]

CJK Unified Ideographs

偶 →
[U+5076]

Translingual

Han character

偵 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人卜月金 (OYBC), four-corner 2128₆, composition ⿰亻貞)

References

KangXi: page 111, character 35
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 898
Dae Jaweon: page 238, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 189, character 1
Unihan data for U+5075

Chinese

trad.		偵
simp.		侦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偵

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Small seal script

**Small seal script**
s05927

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
偵	rtaːŋs, tʰeŋ, *tʰeŋs
幀	*rtɯːŋs
湞	rdeːŋ, teŋ
貞	*teŋ
楨	*teŋ
禎	*teŋ
赬	*tʰeŋ
遉	*tʰeŋs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēn, zhēng (zhen¹, zheng¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ, ㄓㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): cheng

(Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhen
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹
  - Yale: jēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
  - Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jheng
  - Wade–Giles: chêng¹
  - Yale: jēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
  - Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹
  - Yale: jīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
  - Tâi-lô: tsing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 偵
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂən⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/ʈ͡ʂən²¹/ /t͡sən²¹/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/tʃəŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂəŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/ʈ͡ʂẽ²¹/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂə̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡sən⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sən⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡sen⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂə̃⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂən³¹/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂən²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡səŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ʈ͡ʂəŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡səŋ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/t͡sən⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sen³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡seŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕiʌ̃³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡ɕiɛ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂən³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ʈ͡ʂən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sɨn⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sən⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/tʃen²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡seŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/t͡seŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡siŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/teiŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡seŋ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/t͡seŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: /ʈʰiᴇŋ/, /ʈˠæŋ^H/, /ʈʰiᴇŋ^H/

Rime
Character	偵	偵	偵
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)	知 (9)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	庚 (109)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II	III
Fanqie	丑貞切	猪孟切	丑鄭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰiᴇŋ/	/ʈˠæŋ^H/	/ʈʰiᴇŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɛŋ/	/ʈᵚaŋ^H/	/ʈʰiɛŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiæŋ/	/ȶaŋ^H/	/ȶʰiæŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰiajŋ/	/ʈaɨjŋ^H/	/ʈʰiajŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiɛŋ/	/ȶɐŋ^H/	/ȶʰiɛŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭɛŋ/	/ȶɐŋ^H/	/ȶʰĭɛŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ɛŋ/	/ȶɐŋ^H/	/ȶʰi̯ɛŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēng	zhèng	chèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing¹	zang³	cing³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rtaːŋs/, /*tʰeŋ/, /*tʰeŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偵	偵	偵
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	17024	17031	17034
Phonetic component	貞	貞	貞
Rime group	陽	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	倀	檉	遉
Old Chinese	/*rtaːŋs/	/*tʰeŋ/	/*tʰeŋs/

Definitions

偵

to spy, reconnoiter
detective
^† Alternative form of 貞／贞 (zhēn, “divination”).

Compounds

偵伺／侦伺 (zhēnsì)
偵察／侦察 (zhēnchá)
偵察兵／侦察兵 (zhēnchábīng)
偵察機／侦察机 (zhēnchájī)
偵察衛星／侦察卫星
偵探／侦探 (zhēntàn)
偵探小說／侦探小说
偵望／侦望

偵查／侦查 (zhēnchá)
偵查終結／侦查终结
偵測／侦测 (zhēncè)
偵破／侦破 (zhēnpò)
偵緝／侦缉 (zhēnjī)
偵緝隊／侦缉队
偵聽／侦听

偵訊／侦讯 (zhēnxùn)
偵訊筆錄／侦讯笔录
偵辦／侦办 (zhēnbàn)
偵錯／侦错
偵防／侦防
偵騎／侦骑
海上偵察／海上侦察

Japanese

Kanji

偵

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

investigation, spy, detective

Readings

Go-on: ちょう (chō)
Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
Kun: うかがう (ukagau, 偵う)

Compounds

偵察
偵知
探偵
内偵
密偵

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 偵 (MC ʈʰiᴇŋ, ʈˠæŋ^H, ʈʰiᴇŋ^H).

Hanja

Wikisource 偵 (eumhun 염탐할 정 (yeomtamhal jeong))

Hanja form^? of 정 (“investigation; spy”).

Compounds

정라 (偵邏, jeongna)
정찰 (偵察, jeongchal)
정탐 (偵探, jeongtam)
탐정 (探偵, tamjeong)
밀정 (密偵, miljeong)
정객 (偵客, jeonggaek)

References

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

Vietnamese

Han character

偵: Hán Nôm readings: trinh, rình, triệng

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