qìng, qì
to speak softly
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernHistorical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[C.qʰ]ˤeŋʔ | khengX | qǐng | cough, clear the throat |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
7540th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 18 |
Unicode | U+8B26 |
Shuowen | “謦,欬也。从言,殸聲。殸,籀文磬字。” |
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