箜篌

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (箜篌)		箜	篌
simp. #(箜篌)		箜	篌

Etymology

Transcription of a foreign term from the west. Compare Sogdian [script needed] (cngryʾ /⁠čangaryā⁠/), [script needed] (cyngryʾ /⁠čingaryā⁠/), both names of this instrument in the Sogdian language, as well as Persian چنگ (čang) and the Turkic harp of çeng.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōnghóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄏㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ hau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōnghóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: konghóu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-hou²
    • Yale: kūng-hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: konghour
    • Palladius: кунхоу (kunxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ hau⁴
    • Yale: hūng hàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ hau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ heo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khuwng huw

Rime
Character	箜	篌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	苦紅切	戸鉤切
Baxter	khuwng	huw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuŋ/	/ɦəu/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuŋ/	/ɦəu/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəwŋ/	/ɦəw/
Li Rong	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣu/
Wang Li	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kōng	hóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung1	hau4

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 箜篌

1. (music, chiefly historical) a term used to refer to one of a number of different plucked string instruments (mostly harps) used in the music of ancient China

Usage notes

• This instrument has been revived in modernized form in the 20th century.

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Japanese

Noun

箜篌 • (kugo) 

1. an old East Asian stringed instrument

Noun

箜篌 • (kūgo) 

1. an old East Asian stringed instrument

Synonyms

• 百済(くだら)琴(ごと) (kudaragoto)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
箜	篌

Noun

箜篌 • (gonghu) (hangeul 공후)

1. hanja form^? of 공후 (“any of a number of harps used in ancient East Asia”)