慷

Translingual

Han character

慷 (radical 61 心+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心戈中水 (PILE), four-corner 9003₂, composition ⿰忄康)

1. ardent
2. generous, magnanimous

References

• KangXi: page 400, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11146
• Dae Jaweon: page 740, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2347, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6177

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		慷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāng (kang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung², kong²
• Min Nan (POJ): khóng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: k'ang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kang
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung², kong²
    • Yale: húng, kóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung², kong²
    • IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵/, /kʰɔːŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóng
    • Tâi-lô: khóng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (慷, reconstructed)
Character (慷), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 唐 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 苦朗切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋX/	/kʰaŋX/	/kʰɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (慷, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
慷					3987					庚					陽					0					慷					/*kʰlaːŋʔ/

Compounds

• 慷慨

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Japanese

Kanji

慷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: いきどおる (ikidooru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: khảng

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