硜

See also: 硁

硜 U+785C, 硜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-785C ← 硛 [U+785B] CJK Unified Ideographs 硝 → [U+785D]

Translingual

Han character

硜 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口一女一 (MRMVM), four-corner 1161₁, composition ⿰石巠)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 830, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24200
• Dae Jaweon: page 1246, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2433, character 2
• Unihan data for U+785C

Chinese

trad.		硜
simp.		硁

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēng (keng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kheng / khng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: keng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻêng¹
    • Yale: kēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keng
    • Palladius: кэн (kɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang¹
    • Yale: hāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng
    • Tâi-lô: khing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khng
    • Tâi-lô: khng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰŋ̍³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kheang

Rime
Character	硜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	口莖切
Baxter	kheang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰɛŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰreːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	硜
Reading #	1/1
No.	6781
Phonetic component	坙
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鏗
Old Chinese	/*kʰreːŋ/
Notes	見論語

Definitions

硜

1. Sound of stones knocking together: clang
2. (literary) firm; resolute

Compounds

• 硜硜／硁硁

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 硜 – see 磬 (“stone chimes; sounding stone; qing; inverted bell”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 磬).

Japanese

Kanji

硜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sound of stones knocking together

Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō); きょう (kyō); けい (kei)

Korean

Hanja

硜 • (gaeng) (hangeul 갱, revised gaeng, McCune–Reischauer kaeng, Yale kayng)

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