槓

槓 U+69D3, 槓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69D3 ← 槒 [U+69D2] CJK Unified Ideographs 槔 → [U+69D4]

See also: 杠

Translingual

Han character

槓 (radical 75 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木一月金 (DMBC), four-corner 4198₆, composition ⿰木貢)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 546, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15343
• Dae Jaweon: page 934, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1260, character 4
• Unihan data for U+69D3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		槓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàng (gang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³, gung³, lung⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): kòng / kǹg

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˋ
    • Wade-Giles: kang⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganq
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong³, gung³, lung⁵
    • Yale: gong, gung, lúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³, gung³, lung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³, gung³, lung⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³/, /kʊŋ³³/, /lʊŋ¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòng / kǹg
    • Tâi-lô: kòng / kǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koxng, kngx
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ²¹/, /kŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ⁴¹/, /kŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ²¹/, /kŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ¹¹/, /kŋ̍¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ²¹/, /kŋ̍²¹/

Definitions

槓

1. lever, pole, crowbar
2. sharpen
3. (Cantonese) wardrobe, trunk

Compounds

• 槓桿／杠杆 (gànggǎn, “lever”)

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Japanese

Kanji

槓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: こう (kō)
• Kan’on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: てこ (teko, 槓)

Compounds

Compounds

• 槓子 (カンツ) (kantsu)
• 槓桿 (こうかん) (kōkan): lever

Kanji in this term
槓
かん Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

From Mandarin 槓／杠 (gàng).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Noun

槓 (hiragana かん, katakana カン, rōmaji kan)

1. (mahjong) kong

Coordinate terms

• 吃 (チー) (chī), 碰 (ポン) (pon)

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Korean

Hanja

槓 • (gong) (hangeul 공, revised gong, McCune-Reischauer kong, Yale kong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

槓 (cổng)

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