靖 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

靖 (Kangxi radical 174, 靑+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿手一月 (YTQMB), four-corner 0512₇, composition ⿰立青(GHTJ) or ⿰立靑(K or U+FA1C))

• 𥴰, 𦽴

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1381, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42570
• Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4046, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9756

• Unihan data for U+FA1C

• Unihan data for U+FAC8

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zleŋʔ) : semantic 立 (“to stand; to establish”) + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

Same word as 靜 (OC *zleŋʔ, “to keep quiet”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

靖

1. ^† stable; peaceful; tranquil
2. ^† to pacify; to stabilize
3. ^† to govern; to administer
4. ^† to plan
5. ^† to think of
6. ^† respectful; prudent
7. a surname

靖

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 靖)

1. peaceful, calm, easygoing

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: やす (yasu, 靖)、やすい (yasui, 靖い)^{←やすし (yasusi, 靖し, historical)}、やすんじる (yasunjiru, 靖んじる)、やすんずる (yasunzuru, 靖んずる)^{←やすんず (yasunzu, 靖んず, historical)}
• Nanori: おさむ (osamu)、きよし (kiyoshi)、しず (shizu)、しずか (shizuka)、しずむ (shizumu)、せい (sei)、せいじ (seiji)、のぶ (nobu)、はかる (hakaru)、やす (yasu)、やすし (yasushi)、やすみ (yasumi)

From verb 図る (hakaru, “to intend, to plan, to set a goal or direction”).

靖(はかる) • (Hakaru) 

1. a male given name

Nominalization of kiyoshi, the pre-modern terminal form (終止形 (shūshikei)) of adjective 清い (kiyoi, “clean, pure”).

靖(きよし) • (Kiyoshi) 

1. a male given name

Nominalization of verb のぶ (nobu, “延ぶ, 伸ぶ: to grow, to extend”).

靖(のぶ) • (Nobu) 

1. a male given name

Nominalization of verb 治む (osamu, “to make something calm, to stabilize”).

靖(おさむ) • (Osamu) 

1. a male given name

Nominalization of adjective 静か (shizuka, “calm, quiet”).

靖(しずか) • (Shizuka) 

1. a female given name

From Sinitic 靖 (jìng).

靖(せい) • (Sei) 

1. a surname
2. a female given name

Probably from 政治 (seiji, “politics”), from the underlying idea of "calming or stabilizing a country", similar to the name Osamu.

靖(せいじ) • (Seiji) 

1. a male given name

Nominalization of verb 静む (shizumu, “to become quiet, to become settled”).

靖(しずむ) • (Shizumu) 

1. a male given name

Stem form of adjective 安い (yasui, “peaceful, calm, easygoing”).

靖(やす) • (Yasu) 

1. a male given name

From 休み (yasumi, “a rest, a break, a vacation”), the stem noun form of verb 休む (yasumu, “to rest, to take a break, to take a vacation”), from adjective 安い (yasui, “peaceful, calm, easygoing”) + auxiliary verb む (mu, “to become [adjective], to make something [adjective]”).

靖(やすみ) • (Yasumi) 

1. a female given name

Nominalization of yasushi, the pre-modern terminal form (終止形 (shūshikei)) of adjective 安い (yasui, “peaceful, calm, easygoing”).

靖(やすし) • (Yasushi) 

1. a male given name

靖 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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靖: Hán Nôm readings: tĩnh, tịnh

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