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敬

敬 is read as jìng.

Pinyin

jìng

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 敬

Basic meaning

respect, honor; respectfully

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Chen/Qi tradition for the posthumous-title layer; later changed-surname layers should be treated separately.

Origin note

Jing/敬 is more than the dictionary meaning respect. The strongest sourced layer is a Gui-surname / Chen Wan tradition: after Chen Wan fled to Qi, descendants are said to have used the posthumous title Jingzhong as a surname. A second important layer is changed surname, including the Qing Qianlong-era Gou Huanan-to-Jing account. Other surname encyclopedias add Ji Jingkang and taboo-avoidance traditions; those are presented as parallel traditions rather than collapsed into one origin.

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