恒

See also: 恆

恒 U+6052, 恒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6052 ← 恑 [U+6051] CJK Unified Ideographs 恓 → [U+6053]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𠋧, 𠷐, 𡍷, 搄, 𪶥, 暅, 𦞌, 𣕲, 𮀲, 縆, 𬘵, 䱴, 𱈈, 𭏃, 𭖿, 𬝖, 𱞵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 384, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10527
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2294, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6052

Usage notes

This character is listed as an unorthodox form (俗字) of 恆, according to the Kangxi Dictionary.

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 恒 – see 恆 (“lasting; constant; ordinary; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 恆).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	恒
Kyūjitai	恆

Kanji

恒

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 恆)

1. always, constant

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
• Kun: つね (tsune, 恒)
• Nanori: ちか (chika)、のぶ (nobu)、ひさ (hisa)、ひさし (hisashi)、ひとし (hitoshi)

Compounds

• 恒(こう)隠(いん)圏(けん) (kōinken): the area on the globe in which a given star is never visible
• 恒(こう)温(おん) (kōon): constant temperature; homoiothermic, homoiothermal
• 恒(こう)温(おん)槽(そう) (kōonsō): a temperature-controlled or thermostatic bath, chamber, or oven
• 恒(こう)温(おん)動(どう)物(ぶつ) (kōon dōbutsu): a homoiotherm
• 恒(こう)河(が) (Kōga): the Ganges River
• 恒(こう)河(が)沙(しゃ) (Kōgasha): all the sand on the banks of the Ganges River: an infinite amount
• 恒(こう)規(き) (kōki): a rule or principle that must always be followed
• 恒(こう)儀(ぎ) (kōgi): a custom or convention
• 恒(こう)久(きゅう) (kōkyū): permanence

Derived terms

• 恒(とこ)とわ (tokotowa, “always, forever”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
恒
つね Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
恆 (kyūjitai)

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

【常つね】5 [adjective] (obsolete) eternal, permanent, consistent [adjective] (obsolete) normal, everyday, regular, usual, ordinary [noun] constant, continuous, always [noun] usual, ordinary, everyday, normal [noun] custom, habit, practice

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
恒
こう Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
恆 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 恆 (MC hong).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

Affix

恒(こう) • (kō) 

1. constancy, immutability, unchanging, always

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
恒
ひさし Grade: S
nanori

Alternative spelling
恆 (kyūjitai)

From the Classical Japanese adjective 久(ひさ)し (hisashi, “a long time”), modern 久(ひさ)しい (hisashii).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひさし [híꜜsàshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [çisa̠ɕi]

Proper noun

恒(ひさし) • (Hisashi) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
恒
ゆずる Grade: S
nanori

Alternative spelling
恆 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆずる [yùzúrú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟zɨɾɯ̟]

Proper noun

恒(ゆずる) • (Yuzuru) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

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

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