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Translingual

Han character

(radical 123 +13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿土火廿大 (TGFTK), four-corner 80530)

References

  • KangXi: page 954, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28584
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1399, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3139, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+7FB9

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alt. forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨjŋ/
Li
Rong
/kɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/kɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gēng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kæng ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˤraŋ/
English soup

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3988
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kraːŋ/

Definitions

  1. thick soup; broth
    魚肚 / 鱼肚   yúdùgēng   fish maw soup
  2. vegetable soup
  3. soups in general
  4. (Cantonese) spoon   (Classifier: )
  5. (Cantonese) spoonful
Descendants
  • Tai:
    • Lao: ແກງ (kǣng, stew; soup)
    • Thai: แกง (gɛɛng, curry; soup; stew)

Compounds

  • 分一杯羹
  • 分我杯羹
  • 分杯羹
  • 吃閉門羹吃闭门羹
  • 和羹
  • 土托魚羹土托鱼羹
  • 塵飯塗羹尘饭涂羹
  • 大羹玄酒
  • 太羹
  • 年羹堯年羹尧
  • 懲羹吹齏惩羹吹齑
  • 指雁為羹指雁为羹
  • 殘羹残羹
  • 殘羹冷炙残羹冷炙
  • 殘羹冷飯残羹冷饭
  • 殘羹剩飯残羹剩饭
  • 沸羹
  • 爺羹娘飯爷羹娘饭
  • 爺飯娘羹爷饭娘羹
  • 百歲羹百岁羹
  • 簞食豆羹箪食豆羹
  • 羊羹 (yánggēng)
  • 羹匙 (gēngchí)
  • 羹湯羹汤
  • 羹牆羹墙
  • 羹牆見堯羹墙见尧
  • 羹藜唅糗
  • 羹飯羹饭
  • 肉羹 (ròugēng)
  • 芼羹
  • 蓴羹鱸膾莼羹鲈脍
  • 藜羹
  • 蜩螗沸羹
  • 調羹调羹 (tiáogēng)
  • 豆羹
  • 鉶羹
  • 閉門羹闭门羹

Etymology 2

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. Only used in 不羹.

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(gaeng) (hangeul , revised gaeng, McCune-Reischauer kaeng, Yale kayng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(canh)

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