港

See also: 巻

Translingual

shinjitai	港
simplified	港
traditional	港

Alternative forms

Note that, as in 巷, in Chinese, the bottom is 巳, while in Japanese, the bottom is 己.

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 氵 + phonetic 巷.

Ideogrammic compound (會意) proposed as alternative: a harbor is a road by the water.

Han character

港 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水廿金山 (ETCU), four-corner 3411₇)

References

• KangXi: page 635, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17783
• Dae Jaweon: page 1042, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1668, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6E2F

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		港

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎng (gang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong²
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): kóng
• Min Dong (BUC): gē̤ng
• Min Nan (POJ): káng
• Wu (WT Romanisation): kaan (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˇ
    • Wade-Giles: kang³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaang
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ²¹⁴/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong²
    • Yale: góng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóng
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /koŋ³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gē̤ng
    • IPA ^(key): /køyŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káng
    • Tâi-lô: káng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: kaan (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑ̃³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (港, reconstructed)
Character (港), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 江 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 古項切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣʌŋX/	/kɔŋX/	/kɔŋX/	/kɯɔŋX/	/kaɨwŋX/	/kɔŋX/	/kɔŋX/
Character (港), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 東 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 胡貢切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦuŋH/	/ɣuŋH/	/ɣuŋH/	/ɦuŋH/	/ɦəwŋH/	/ɣuŋH/	/ɣuŋH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (港, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
港					4150					共					東					0					講					/*kroːŋʔ/
港					4163					共					東					0					哄					/*ɡloːŋs/					見馬融賦

Definitions

1. port, harbour / harbor
2. Hong Kong (abbreviation)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 港務／港务

• 港商

• 港埠

• 港幣／港币

• 港式

• 港汊

• 港澳

• 港灣／港湾

• 港臺／港台

• 港臺文學／港台文学

• 港警

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Japanese

Kanji

港

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: みなと (minato)

Compounds

Derived terms

港澳 港湾 漁港 空港 軍港 出港 要港 香港

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• (Tokyo) みなと [mìnátó] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [mina̠to̞]

Noun

港 (hiragana みなと, romaji minato)

1. port

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Korean

Hanja

港 (hang) (hangeul 항, McCune-Reischauer hang, Yale hang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

港 (cảng)

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