xíng

defile

Components

Meaning component
hill, place

hill

Sound component
jīng warp (textile)

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartheng[ɡ]ˤeŋravine
Zhengzhangɡeːŋ

說文解字

山絕坎也。从𨸏坙聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

xíng, jìng defile Simplified

Components

Meaning component
hill, place

hill

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode