珩

Translingual

Han character

珩 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土竹人弓 (MGHON), four-corner 1112₁, composition ⿰𤣩行)

1. top gem of the pendants from a girdle

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 731, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20971
• Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1111, character 15
• Unihan data for U+73E9

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		珩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (行) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
筕	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ
桁	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ
行	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs
胻	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs
衡	*ɡraːŋ
蘅	*ɡraːŋ
珩	*ɡraːŋ
洐	*ɡraːŋ
荇	*ɡraːŋʔ
絎	*ɡraːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡraːŋ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 行 (OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héng (heng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héng
    • Wade–Giles: hêng²
    • Yale: héng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herng
    • Palladius: хэн (xɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hang⁴
    • Yale: hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: haeng

Rime
Character	珩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸庚切
Baxter	haeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	héng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡraːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	珩
Reading #	1/1
No.	13871
Phonetic component	行
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	行
Old Chinese	/*ɡraːŋ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

珩

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. the top gem of the pendants

Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō), ぎょう (gyō)

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Korean

Hanja

珩 • (hyeong) (hangeul 형, revised hyeong, McCune–Reischauer hyŏng, Yale hyeng)

1. ornaments
2. a hat string (tied under the chin)
3. the top gem of the pendants