緊
See also: 紧
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Translingual
Han character
緊 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8 in Chinese, 糸+9 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 尸水女戈火 (SEVIF), four-corner 77903, composition ⿱臤糸)
Derived characters
- 𡁵
References
- KangXi: page 929, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27603
- Dae Jaweon: page 1367, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3410, character 8
- Unihan data for U+7DCA
Chinese
| trad. | 緊 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 紧 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (臣) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kinʔ) : phonetic 臤 (OC *kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins) + semantic 糸.
Pronunciation
Definitions
緊
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 緊 (“tight”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 緊 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 緊 |
| Guilin | 緊 | |
| Singapore | 緊 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 緊, 衡 † |
| Hong Kong | 緊, 衡 † | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 緊 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 緊, 絚 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 絚 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 絚 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 絚 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 絚 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 絚 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 絚 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 絚 |
| Quanzhou | 絚, 絚丹 | |
| Zhangzhou | 絚 | |
| Taipei | 絚 GT | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 絚 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 絚 | |
| Chaozhou | 絚 | |
| Shantou | 絚 | |
| Jieyang | 絚 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified); † - only used for pulled objects as a resultative | |
Dialectal synonyms of 快 (“fast; quick; speedy”) [map]
Compounds
Derived terms from 緊
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Etymology 2
Possibly from earlier 近處／近处 (gan6-2 cyu3, gan6-2 syu3, “future marker expressing the imminent aspect”) (Kataoka, 2018).
Pronunciation
Definitions
緊
- (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Nanning Pinghua) Grammatical particle used to express progressive aspect (an ongoing activity) which may undergo a change of state. Similar to the -ing form in English.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 著 (“(particle indicating the continuation of an action or a state)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 著 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 著 |
| Taiwan | 著 | |
| Harbin | 著 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 著 | |
| Jinan | 著 | |
| Wanrong | 著 | |
| Xi'an | 著 | |
| Wuhan | 倒 | |
| Guiyang | 倒 | |
| Guilin | 倒 | |
| Liuzhou | 倒, 穩 | |
| Xuzhou | 著 | |
| Nanjing | 著 | |
| Singapore | 著 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 緊 |
| Hong Kong | 緊 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 緊 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 倒 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 等 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 等 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 等 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 等 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 緊 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 等 | |
| Kuching (Hepo) | 緊 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 著 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 緊 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 勒海, 勒該 |
| Ningbo | 的, 該, 當, 東, 仔, 勒眼 | |
| Zhoushan | 底, 的 rare, 該, 當, 仔, 勒眼 | |
See also
- (Cantonese) 住 (zyu6)
References
- “緊”, 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–
- “Entry #10785”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
緊
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Readings
Korean
Vietnamese
Han character
緊: Hán Nôm readings: khẩn, lẳm
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