黥

黥 · qíng

to tattoo; to brand the face of criminals

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qíng
Cantonese
king4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to tattoo; to brand the face of criminals

Dictionary definitions & readings

黥 Qíng · surname Qing

黥 qíng · to tattoo criminals on the face or forehead

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74751.070:qíng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0934.020:qíng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
304.080:qíng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qíng粵king4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゲイ ケイ ギョウ いれずみ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
경:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
渠京 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
WFYRF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6039.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1520.260 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
187.13 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0755g Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9EE5
Radical
黑 · 203
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6433

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

20 strokes
黥
Strokes
20
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

20 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
gjaeng · 渠京 · 梗開三平庚群 · #885

PHONO-ML, source line 7098; 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
1563.506
kDaeJaweon
2055.090
kGSR
0755g
kHanYu
74751.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
2055.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74751.070
kIRGKangXi
1520.260
kKangXi
1520.260
kKarlgren
392
kMatthews
1159
kMeyerWempe
1172i
kMorohashi
48123 48123:E0101
kNelson
5410
kSBGY
187.13
kSMSZD2003Index
826.08
kCangjie
WFYRF
kFourCornerCode
6039.6
kMojiJoho
MJ029919 MJ029919:E0101 MJ029920:E0102
kPhonetic
622
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
BGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7774
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F5B4
kIRG_JSource
J0-735D
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-9107
kIRG_KSource
K1-585D
kIRG_TSource
T2-6B42
kIRG_VSource
V2-916A
kRSUnicode
203.8
kTotalStrokes
20
kBigFive
F5B4
kCCCII
235E59
kCNS1986
2-6B42
kCNS1992
2-6B42
kEACC
235E59
kGB0
8784
kGB1
8784
kJis0
8361
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7823
kTGH
2013:6433
kTaiwanTelegraph
7823
kXerox
275:320
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7440+203.12.8
kCantonese
king4
kDefinition
to tattoo; to brand the face of criminals
kFanqie
渠京
kHangul
경:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74751.070:qíng
kJapanese
ゲイ ケイ ギョウ いれずみ
kJapaneseKun
IREZUMI
kJapaneseOn
GEI KEI
kKorean
KYENG
kMandarin
qíng
kSMSZD2003Readings
qíng粵king4
kTGHZ2013
304.080:qíng
kXHC1983
0934.020:qíng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 黥0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰黑京$(GHTJKPV)

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