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 Dictionary: 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
Southern Min
(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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
  - Tâi-lô: tsing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡siɪŋ³³/
- (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 (Hokkien)	/t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡siŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/teiŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡seŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/t͡seŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: trhjeng, traengH, trhjengH

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
Baxter	trhjeng	traengH	trhjengH
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/
Bernhard 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

Japanese

Kanji

偵

(Jōyō kanji)

investigation, spy, detective

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 偵 (MC trhjeng|traengH|trhjengH).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

偵

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. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

偵: Hán Nôm readings: trinh, rình, triệng

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