更

See also: 史 and 吏

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

更 (radical 73 曰+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一中田大 (MLWK), four-corner 1050₆)

1. change, replace
2. more, still further, much more

Derived characters

• 便 硬 梗

References

• KangXi: page 502, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14283
• Dae Jaweon: page 874, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 20, character 2
• Unihan data for U+66F4

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Cantonese

Hanzi

更 (Jyutping ang1, gang1, gang3, Yale ang1, gang1, gang3)

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Hakka

Hanzi

更 (POJ kang (kang¹), kèn (ken¹), Hagfa Pinyim gang1, gen4)

References

• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

更

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: さら (sara), ふける (fukeru), あらためる (aratameru)

Compounds

• 変更 (へんこう, henkō)
• 更新 (こうしん, kōshin)

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Korean

Hanja

更 (gyeong, gaeng) (hangeul [[경, 갱]], revised gyeong, gaeng, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng, kaeng, Yale kyeng, kayng)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

Mandarin (Standard Chinese, Beijing) Pinyin gēng, gèng Zhuyin ㄍㄥ , ㄍㄥˋ IPA (key) /kɤŋ⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵¹/ Audio (file)

Hanzi

更 (Pinyin gēng (geng1), gèng (geng4), Wade-Giles keng¹, keng⁴)

Verb

更 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin gēng)

1. to change, to replace
2. to experience

Noun

更 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin gēng)

1. watch (of a sentry)
2. (old) one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided

Adverb

更 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin gèng)

1. more, further, even more

References

• "更" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-03-10.

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Vietnamese

Han character

更 (canh, cánh)