吭

吭 U+542D, 吭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542D ← 听 [U+542C] CJK Unified Ideographs 吮 → [U+542E]

Translingual

Han character

吭 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口卜竹弓 (RYHN), four-corner 6001₇, composition ⿰口亢)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 178, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3353
• Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 594, character 5
• Unihan data for U+542D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		吭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
笐	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs
亢	*kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs
牨	*kaːŋ
苀	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
魧	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
迒	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
邟	*kʰaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
忼	*kʰaːŋʔ, *qʰaːŋ
骯	*kʰaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *qaːŋ
抗	*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
炕	*kʰaːŋs, *qʰaːŋ
伉	*kʰaːŋs
閌	*kʰaːŋs
犺	*kʰaːŋs
蚢	*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
砊	*kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
阬	*kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
頏	*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
航	*ɡaːŋ
杭	*ɡaːŋ
沆	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
肮	*ɡaːŋ
吭	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋs
秔	*kraːŋ
坑	*kʰraːŋ
劥	*kʰraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋs): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 亢 (OC *kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēng (keng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khóng / khngh / khōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: keng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻêng¹
    • Yale: kēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keng
    • Palladius: кэн (kɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hang¹
    • Yale: hāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóng
    • Tâi-lô: khóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qorng
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khngh
    • Tâi-lô: khngh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qngq
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰŋ̍ʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khōng
    • Tâi-lô: khōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qong
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ³³/

Definitions

吭

1. to utter; to utter a sound

Compounds

• 不吭氣 / 不吭气
• 不敢吭聲 / 不敢吭声
• 吭哧 (kēngchi)
• 吭氣 / 吭气 (kēngqì)
• 吭聲 / 吭声 (kēngshēng)
• 悶不吭聲 / 闷不吭声

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háng (hang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hâng / hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háng
    • Wade–Giles: hang²
    • Yale: háng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harng
    • Palladius: хан (xan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hong⁴
    • Yale: hòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâng
    • Tâi-lô: hâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haang
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /haŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /haŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
    • Tâi-lô: hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: hang, hangH

Rime
Character	吭	吭
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡郎切	下浪切
Baxter	hang	hangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑŋ/	/ɦɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑŋ/	/ɦɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑŋ/	/ɣɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaŋ/	/ɦaŋH/
Li Rong	/ɣɑŋ/	/ɣɑŋH/
Wang Li	/ɣɑŋ/	/ɣɑŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑŋ/	/ɣɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	háng	hàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong4	hong6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːŋ/, /*ɡaːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吭	吭
Reading #	1/3	3/3
No.	7389	7394
Phonetic component	亢	亢
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	航	吭
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːŋ/	/*ɡaːŋs/

Definitions

吭

1. throat (of birds)
2. throat in general

Compounds

• 引吭
• 引吭高歌
• 扼吭
• 扼吭拊背
• 搗虛批吭 / 捣虚批吭

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàng (hang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàng
    • Wade–Giles: hang⁴
    • Yale: hàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hanq
    • Palladius: хан (xan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hangX

Rime
Character	吭
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡朗切
Baxter	hangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaŋX/
Li Rong	/ɣɑŋX/
Wang Li	/ɣɑŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吭
Reading #	2/3
No.	7393
Phonetic component	亢
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	沆
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːŋʔ/

Definitions

吭

1. voice
2. to swallow

Japanese

Kanji

吭

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. throat
2. neck
3. pivot

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: のど (nodo, 吭)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
吭
のど Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 吭 – see the following entry.

【のど】 [noun] the throat [noun] (by extension) one's singing voice [noun] (by extension) one's vitals Alternative spellings 喉, 咽

(This term, 吭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^▲吭”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

吭 • (hang) (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune–Reischauer hang)

1. throat