杠

See also: 槓

Translingual

Han character

杠 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木一 (DM) or 難木一 (XDM), four-corner 4191₀, composition ⿰木工)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 512, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14481
• Dae Jaweon: page 898, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1157, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6760

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		杠

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

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 杠 – see 槓 (“thick rod; thick pole; bar; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 槓).

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāng (gang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gang
    • Wade–Giles: kang¹
    • Yale: gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gang
    • Palladius: ган (gan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gong¹
    • Yale: gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kaewng

Rime
Character	杠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古雙切
Baxter	kaewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/kɔŋ/
Wang Li	/kɔŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gong1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kroːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杠
Reading #	1/1
No.	3998
Phonetic component	工
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	江
Old Chinese	/*kroːŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 杠

1. flagpole
2. bridge

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gong
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹
    • Yale: gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
    • Palladius: гун (gun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 杠

1. Only used in 杠里.

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Japanese

Kanji

杠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: てこ (teko)

Noun

杠(ゆずりは) or 杠(ユズリハ) • (yuzuriha) 

1. ユズリハ: (rare) Daphniphyllum macropodum

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Korean

Hanja

杠 • (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 杠 (gông, giang)

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