矜

Information about character(s)

Radical: 矛
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qín, jīn, guān
Cantonese: ging1 gwaan1 gwan1
JapaneseKun: AWAREMU TSUTSUSHIMU HOKORU
JapaneseOn: KIN KEI KAN
Korean: KUNG KUN
Vietnamese: căng

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: pity, feel sorry for, show sympat

CE-Dict: to boast/to esteem/to sympathize

Soothill: To pity; boast; attend to; vigorous.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a widower
jin
ㄐㄧㄣ
1.to pity; to feel sorry for; to sympathize with
2.to brag; to boast
3.self-important; conceited

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《矛部》矜矛柄也。从矛今聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集中】【矛字部】矜
【唐韻】【集韻】巨巾切【韻會】【正韻】渠巾切，𠀤音㨷。【說文】矛柄。【史記·主父偃傳】起窮巷，奮棘矜。【註】矜者，戟鋋之杷也。【揚子·方言】矜謂之杖。【註】矛戟，矜卽杖也。【集韻】或作𥎊㮗，通作槿。又【廣韻】巨斤切【集韻】渠斤切，𠀤音勤。又【集韻】渠京切，音擎。義𠀤同。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤居陵切，音兢。【六書略】矜本矛柄，因音借爲矜憐之矜。【爾雅·釋訓】矜憐，撫掩之也。又【釋言】苦也。【註】可矜憐者亦辛苦。【書·泰誓】天矜于民。【詩·小雅】爰及矜人。【註】貧窮可憐之人也。【公羊傳·宣十五年】見人之厄則矜之。【註】矜，憫也。　又【小爾雅】惜也。【書·旅獒】不矜細行，終累大德。【註】矜，憐惜之意。【傳】矜持也。　又【博雅】危也。【詩·小雅】居以凶矜。【箋】凶危之地，謂四裔也。　又哀也。【揚子·方言】齊魯之閒曰矜。　又遽也。【揚子·方言】秦晉或曰矜。或曰遽。　又自賢曰矜。【書·大禹謨】汝惟不矜，天下莫與汝爭能。【公羊傳·僖九年】矜之者何。猶曰莫若我也。【註】色自美大之貌。【管子·法法篇】彼矜者滿也，細之屬也。【註】滿招損，小人之類也。　又莊以持已曰矜。【論語】君子矜而不爭。　又敬也。【孟子】使諸大夫國人皆有所矜式。　又尚也。【賈誼·治安策】嬰以廉恥，故人矜節行。　又竦也。【張衡·思𤣥賦】魚矜鱗而幷凌。　又【詩·小雅】矜矜兢兢。【註】羊羣堅强也。　又【集韻】居覲切，兢去聲。亦憐也。　又【集韻】【韻會】姑頑切【正韻】姑還切。𠀤與瘝同。【後漢·和帝紀】寤寐恫矜。【註】病也。　又同鰥。【詩·大雅】不侮矜寡。【禮·王制】老而無妻者謂之矜。【集韻】通作𩶊𥎅。【琅邪代醉編】鰥寡之鰥，禮記作矜。哀矜之矜，前漢于定國傳作鰥。二字通聲互用也。　【六書正譌】矜从令。

CF-Dict: avoir pitié/épargner/se vanter/ferme, vigoureux

Han-De-Dict: sich rühmen können mit, stolz sein auf etw. (u.E.)/Prahlerei (u.E.) (S)