Chinese

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awkward; clumsy; dull
awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my
 
thorns; brambles
trad. (拙荊/拙荆) /
simp. (拙荆)

Etymology

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From the story of Meng Guang (孟光), the virtuous and hardworking wife of poet Liang Hong (梁鴻) in the Eastern Han dynasty, who had simple dressing with a twig hairpin and coarse cloth skirt.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (23) (28)
Final () (82) (111)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsywet kjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiuᴇt̚/ /kˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʷiɛt̚/ /kᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjuæt̚/ /kiaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cwiat̚/ /kiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiuɛt̚/ /kiɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭuɛt̚/ /kĭɐŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯wɛt̚/ /ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhuo jīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zyut3 ging1

Noun

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拙荊

  1. (literary, humble) my wife

Synonyms

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  NODES
Story 1