鞏

See also: 巩

Translingual

Han character

鞏 (radical 177 革+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一弓廿中十 (MNTLJ), four-corner 1750₆, composition ⿱巩革)

1. bind
2. firm, secure, strong
3. a Chinese surname

References

• KangXi: page 1387, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42819
• Dae Jaweon: page 1902, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4333, character 4
• Unihan data for U+978F

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Chinese

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trad.		鞏
simp.		巩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒng (gong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: kung³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goong
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung²
    • Yale: gúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung²
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (鞏, reconstructed)
Character (鞏), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 鍾 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 居悚切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɨoŋX/	/ki̯woŋX/	/kioŋX/	/kioŋX/	/kuawŋX/	/kĭwoŋX/	/kioŋX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (鞏, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
鞏								gǒng								‹ kjowngX ›								/*k(r)oŋʔ/								bind with leather straps
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
鞏					4067					工					東					0					拱					/*koŋʔ/

Proper noun

鞏

1. A surname​.

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Japanese

Kanji

鞏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: きょう (kyō)
• Kun: かたい (katai)

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Korean

Hanja

鞏 (gong) (hangeul 공, revised gong, McCune-Reischauer kong, Yale kong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: củng

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