恒

See also 恆

Translingual

Han character

恒 (radical 61 心+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 心一日一 (PMAM), four-corner 9101₆, composition ⿰忄亘)

1. constant, regular, persistent

References

• KangXi: page 384, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10527
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2294, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6052

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Japanese

Kanji

恒 (common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 恆)

1. always; constant

Readings

• Go'on: ごう, (gō)
• Kan'on: こう (kō)
• Kun: つね (tsune)
• Nanori: のぶ (nobu), ひさ (hisa), ひさし (hisashi)

Compounds

Compounds

恒隠圏 (こういんけん, kōinken): the area on the globe in which a given star is never visible 恒温 (こうおん, kōon): constant temperature; homoiothermic, homoiothermal 恒温槽 (こうおんそう, kōonsō): a temperature-controlled or thermostatic bath, chamber, or oven 恒温動物 (こうおんどうぶつ, kōon dōbutsu): a homoiotherm 恒河 (こうが, Kōga): the Ganges River 恒河沙 (こうがしゃ, Kōgasha): all the sand on the banks of the Ganges River: an infinite amount 恒規 (こうき, kōki): a rule or principle that must always be followed 恒儀 (こうぎ, kōgi): a custom or convention 恒久 (こうきゅう, kōkyū): permanence

Derived terms

Derived terms

恒とわ (とことわ, tokotowa): always, forever

Noun

恒 (hiragana つね, romaji tsune)

1. constant, always
2. usual, ordinary, everyday, normal
   • 恒の服装で出て行った。
     • つねのふくそうででていった。
     • Tsune no fukusō de dete itta.
       • He went out in his usual / normal / everyday clothes.

Usage notes

This is an alternative form of 常 which is more common.

Proper noun

恒 (hiragana ひさし, romaji Hisashi)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

恒 (hangeul 항, 긍, revised hang, geung, McCune-Reischauer hang, kŭng, Yale hang, kung)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

恒 (traditional 恆, pinyin héng (heng2), gēng (geng1), Wade-Giles heng², keng¹)

Compounds

• 恒河沙
• 恒温
• 恒心
• 恒星