phonetic map : 竟 jing

goulnik
 October 06, 2008, 10:35 AM posted in General Discussion

@ 竟

jing
境 jìng boundary; condition
边境 biānjìng border; frontier
情境 qíngjìng n. circumstances
 竟 jìng eventually; to finish
毕竟 bìjìng after all
未竟 wèijìng incomplete
 镜 jìng mirror; lens
镜子 jìngzi mirror
眼镜 yǎnjìng glasses
獍 jìng a mythical animal
枭獍 xiāojìng disobedient; ungrateful
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changye
 October 06, 2008, 11:00 AM

It's very good to see all the characters have the same sound and tone. "竟" is a perfect phonetic radical, hehe.

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henning
 October 06, 2008, 11:10 AM

Here two more

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changye
 October 06, 2008, 11:19 AM

Just forget about 璄 (ying3)!

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goulnik
 October 06, 2008, 12:18 PM

henning, as I indicated somewhere else, I am not trying to be comprehensive : the choice of definitions as well as words and character examples is arbitrary.

For words, I try go for high-frequency both on characters used and meaning. For characters, I rely on the Wenlin / ABC dictionary. If there is no example listed, the character is not included.

Here, Wenlin has : 璄 [liǎn] [yǐng] [jǐng]
No single-syllable words currently in dictionary, the list of words containing 璄 is also empty, so I just won't include it. Sometimes if it's just some ancient word I won't list it either.

I am not trying to be encyclopedic, there are a other references for this (and unequalled support from changye where required).

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henning
 October 06, 2008, 01:06 PM

Indeed, I agree, frequency should play a role.

But you can't deny that there it is fun in hunting down rare species and nail them to the board.

"Look, a crossbread of 王 and 竟! How extravagant!"

:)

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goulnik
 October 06, 2008, 01:32 PM

I would happily spend the rest of my life hunting through Chinese dictionaries, I'd include Japanese too... but there's only so much time in a day and so many things to do, fun and otherwise!