缸

缸 U+7F38, 缸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F38 ← 缷 [U+7F37] CJK Unified Ideographs 缹 → [U+7F39]

Translingual

Han character

缸 (Kangxi radical 121, 缶+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人山一 (OUM), four-corner 8171₀, composition ⿰缶工)

Derived characters

• 𤭬

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 944, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28112
• Dae Jaweon: page 1385, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2935, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7F38

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
缸	*kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ
篢	*kluːmʔ, *koːŋ
贑	*kluːmʔ
涳	*ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
江	*kroːŋ
肛	*kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ
扛	*kroːŋ
杠	*kroːŋ
豇	*kroːŋ
茳	*kroːŋ
釭	*kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
矼	*kroːŋ
玒	*kroːŋ, *koːŋ
虹	*kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
腔	*kʰroːŋ
崆	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
羫	*kʰroːŋ
控	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
椌	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
悾	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
跫	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
啌	*qʰroːŋ
谾	*qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ
舡	*qʰroːŋ
缻	*ɡroːŋ
項	*ɡroːŋʔ
屸	*ɡ·roːŋ
功	*koːŋ
工	*koːŋ
疘	*koːŋ
魟	*koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
攻	*koːŋ, *kuːŋ
愩	*koːŋ
碽	*koːŋ
貢	*koːŋs
羾	*koːŋs
空	*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
箜	*kʰoːŋ
硿	*kʰoːŋ
埪	*kʰoːŋ
鵼	*kʰoːŋ
倥	*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
鞚	*kʰoːŋs
叿	*qʰoːŋ
嗊	*qʰoːŋʔ
訌	*ɡoːŋ
紅	*ɡoːŋ
仜	*ɡoːŋ
葒	*ɡoːŋ
渱	*ɡoːŋ
鴻	*ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ
汞	*ɡoːŋʔ
澒	*ɡoːŋʔ
鞏	*koŋʔ
巩	*koŋʔ
銎	*kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ
恐	*kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs
蛩	*ɡoŋ
筇	*ɡoŋ
桏	*ɡoŋ
邛	*ɡoŋ

Etymology 1

trad.		缸
simp. #		缸
alternative forms		堈／𰉙 罁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gāng (gang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gang¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): gong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kông
• Jin (Wiktionary): gon¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): gŏng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong / kng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): geng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gang
    • Wade–Giles: kang¹
    • Yale: gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gang
    • Palladius: ган (gan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (缸兒／缸儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gangr
    • Wade–Giles: kang¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: gāngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gangl
    • Palladius: ганр (ganr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gang¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gong¹
    • Yale: gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔŋ⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gon¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kɒ̃¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kouŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong / kng
    • Tâi-lô: kong / kng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofng, kngf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/, /kŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/, /kŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/, /kŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/, /kŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/, /kŋ̍⁴⁴/

Note:

• kong - literary;
• kng - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: geng¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: haewng

Rime
Character	缸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	下江切
Baxter	haewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣɔŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣɔŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kroːŋ/, /*ɡroːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	缸	缸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3991	4017
Phonetic component	工	工
Rime group	陽	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	岡	栙
Old Chinese	/*kroːŋ/	/*ɡroːŋ/
Notes	堈𤭛今字，本江韻缸瓨音變

Definitions

缸

1. vat; crock; jar (usually with a large opening and small bottom, made of clay, porcelain, enamel, glass, etc.) (Classifier: 口 m)

   水缸  ―  shuǐgāng  ―  water vat

2. pot-shaped vessel
3. compound of sand, clay, etc. for making earthenware

Synonyms

• (compound): 缸瓦 (gāngwǎ)

Compounds

• 二缸湯／二缸汤
• 企缸
• 太平水缸
• 封缸酒
• 把兒缸子／把儿缸子
• 搪缸
• 染缸
• 水缸 (shuǐgāng)
• 汽缸 (qìgāng)
• 浴缸 (yùgāng)
• 煙灰缸／烟灰缸 (yānhuīgāng)
• 爆缸 (bàogāng)
• 缸兒／缸儿 (gāngr)
• 缸子 (gāngzi)
• 缸瓦 (gāngwǎ)
• 缸面酒
• 茶缸子 (chágāngzi)
• 菸灰缸／烟灰缸 (yānhuīgāng)
• 醬糊缸／酱糊缸
• 醬缸／酱缸 (jiànggāng)
• 金缸城 (Jīngāngchéng)
• 鋸大缸／锯大缸
• 頂缸／顶缸 (dǐnggāng)
• 魚缸／鱼缸 (yúgāng)

 

Etymology 2

trad.		缸
simp. #		缸

Cognate with Hokkien 矸 (kan, “bottle”).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gang¹

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³/

Definitions

缸

1. (Teochew) jar; vase

Compounds

• 井缸
• 地缸

 

References

• “Entry #5384”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji

缸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: かめ (kame)、もたい (motai)

Korean

Hanja

缸 • (hang) (hangeul 항)

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Vietnamese

Han character

缸: Hán Nôm readings: hang, cong, hồng

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