埪

Translingual

Han character

埪 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土十金一 (GJCM), composition ⿰土空)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 230, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5175
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 458, character 4
• Unihan data for U+57EA

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		埪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
缸	*kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ
篢	*kluːmʔ, *koːŋ
贑	*kluːmʔ
涳	*ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
江	*kroːŋ
肛	*kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ
扛	*kroːŋ
杠	*kroːŋ
豇	*kroːŋ
茳	*kroːŋ
釭	*kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
矼	*kroːŋ
玒	*kroːŋ, *koːŋ
虹	*kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
腔	*kʰroːŋ
崆	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
羫	*kʰroːŋ
控	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
椌	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
悾	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
跫	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
啌	*qʰroːŋ
谾	*qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ
舡	*qʰroːŋ
缻	*ɡroːŋ
項	*ɡroːŋʔ
屸	*ɡ·roːŋ
功	*koːŋ
工	*koːŋ
疘	*koːŋ
魟	*koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
攻	*koːŋ, *kuːŋ
愩	*koːŋ
碽	*koːŋ
貢	*koːŋs
羾	*koːŋs
空	*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
箜	*kʰoːŋ
硿	*kʰoːŋ
埪	*kʰoːŋ
鵼	*kʰoːŋ
倥	*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
鞚	*kʰoːŋs
叿	*qʰoːŋ
嗊	*qʰoːŋʔ
訌	*ɡoːŋ
紅	*ɡoːŋ
仜	*ɡoːŋ
葒	*ɡoːŋ
渱	*ɡoːŋ
鴻	*ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ
汞	*ɡoːŋʔ
澒	*ɡoːŋʔ
鞏	*koŋʔ
巩	*koŋʔ
銎	*kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ
恐	*kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs
蛩	*ɡoŋ
筇	*ɡoŋ
桏	*ɡoŋ
邛	*ɡoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰoːŋ) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 空 (OC *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōng (kong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kong
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹
    • Yale: kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kong
    • Palladius: кун (kun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hung¹
    • Yale: hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khuwng

Rime
Character	埪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦紅切
Baxter	khuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəwŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰuŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	埪
Reading #	1/1
No.	4037
Phonetic component	工
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	空
Old Chinese	/*kʰoːŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 埪

1. ^† shrine

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (粵拼資料庫)