Character: 頃
Modern (Beijing) reading: qǐng
Preclassic Old Chinese: khʷeŋ
Classic Old Chinese: khweŋ
Western Han Chinese: khweŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: khjweŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: khjweŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khjweŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: khjweŋ
Middle Chinese: khjweŋ
English meaning : be slanting, oblique
Russian meaning[s]: 1) короткий промежуток времени, момент; только что; 2) цин (мера земли в 100 му, около 6,67 га); [qīng] наклонный, косой, вм. 傾
Shuowen gloss: 頭不正也.從匕頁. [385]
Comments: In earliest texts (as well as according to the Shuowen definition) identical to 傾 *khʷeŋ q.v. Since Late Zhou the character was used also for *khʷeŋʔ (MC khjwéŋ, FQ 去穎) 'a short moment of time' (since Han also for a homonymous *khʷeŋʔ 'measure of land' - about 6.67 hectars).
Radical: 181
Four-angle index: 8119
Karlgren code: 0828 a
Shijing occurrences: 3.1, 20.3
