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Translingual

Han character

(radical 130 +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月十金一 (BJCM), four-corner 73211, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 987, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29630
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1439, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2092, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8154

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ
*kluːmʔ, *koːŋ
*kluːmʔ
*ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
*kroːŋ
*kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ
*kroːŋ
*kroːŋ
*kroːŋ
*kroːŋ
*kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
*kroːŋ
*kroːŋ, *koːŋ
*kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
*kʰroːŋ
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
*kʰroːŋ
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
*qʰroːŋ
*qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ
*qʰroːŋ
*ɡroːŋ
*ɡroːŋʔ
*ɡ·roːŋ
*koːŋ
*koːŋ
*koːŋ
*koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
*koːŋ, *kuːŋ
*koːŋ
*koːŋ
*koːŋs
*koːŋs
*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
*kʰoːŋ
*kʰoːŋ
*kʰoːŋ
*kʰoːŋ
*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
*kʰoːŋs
*qʰoːŋ
*qʰoːŋʔ
*ɡoːŋ
*ɡoːŋ
*ɡoːŋ
*ɡoːŋ
*ɡoːŋ
*ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ
*ɡoːŋʔ
*ɡoːŋʔ
*koŋʔ
*koŋʔ
*kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ
*kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs
*ɡoŋ
*ɡoŋ
*ɡoŋ
*ɡoŋ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (9)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰˠʌŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰᵚɔŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɔŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰaɨwŋ/
Li
Rong
/kʰɔŋ/
Wang
Li
/kʰɔŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɔŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiāng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 4005
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰroːŋ/

Noun

  1. chest cavity
  2. hollow in body
  3. accent of one's speech
    調 /    qiāngdiào   accent

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Compounds

Usage notes

The くう reading is favoured especially by medical professionals. こう is the most common on'yomi for a kanji to have, whereas くう is one of the least common, so the homophony difference is vast. Furthermore, the component of this kanji is usually read as くう.


Korean

Hanja

(gang) (hangeul , revised gang, McCune-Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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Compounds


Vietnamese

Han character

(xoang, khang, xăng, xang)

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