磬

磬 · qìng

musical instrument; musical stone

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qìng
Cantonese
hing3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

musical instrument; musical stone

Dictionary definitions & readings

磬 qìng · chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42451.020:qìng,qǐng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0937.040:qìng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
304.180:qìng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qìng粵hing3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ケイ キョウ キン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
경:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
khánh Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
苦定 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GEMR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4760.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0836.020 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
432.20 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0832c Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+78EC
Radical
石 · 112
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6044

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
磬
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
khengH · 苦定 · 梗開四去青溪 · #2997

PHONO-ML, source line 15695; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
973.502
kCowles
1078
kDaeJaweon
1253.110
kFennIndex
83.08
kGSR
0832c
kHanYu
42451.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
1253.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42451.020
kIRGKangXi
0836.020
kKangXi
0836.020
kKarlgren
397
kMatthews
1164
kMeyerWempe
704a
kMorohashi
24454
kSBGY
432.20
kSMSZD2003Index
475.13
kCangjie
GEMR
kFenn
404G
kFourCornerCode
4760.1
kHKGlyph
2844
kMojiJoho
MJ018659
kPhonetic
477
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6D60
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BF6B
kIRG_JSource
J0-627E
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-CFC8
kIRG_KSource
K0-4C64
kIRG_TSource
T1-7155
kIRG_VSource
V1-6072
kRSUnicode
112.11
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
BF6B
kCCCII
214E52
kCNS1986
1-7155
kCNS1992
1-7155
kEACC
214E52
kGB0
7764
kGB1
7764
kJis0
6694
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4334
kTGH
2013:6044
kTaiwanTelegraph
4334
kXerox
300:137
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5875+112.5.11
kCantonese
hing3
kDefinition
musical instrument; musical stone
kFanqie
苦定
kHangul
경:0N
kHanyuPinyin
42451.020:qìng,qǐng
kJapanese
ケイ キョウ キン
kJapaneseKun
UCHIISHI MUNASHII TSUKIRU
kJapaneseOn
KEI
kKorean
KYENG
kMandarin
qìng
kSMSZD2003Readings
qìng粵hing3
kTGHZ2013
304.180:qìng
kTang
kèng
kVietnamese
khánh
kXHC1983
0937.040:qìng

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Structure & connections

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3dictionary records using 磬0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
殸 above 石 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱殸石$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱殸石$(GHTJKPV)

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