缸

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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Chinese

trad.		缸
simp. #		缸

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāng (gang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong / kng

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gong¹
    • Yale: gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• 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.

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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

(deprecated template usage) 缸

1. earthen jug, crock, cistern (Classifier: 口 m)

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.

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Japanese

Kanji

缸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

缸 • (hang) (hangeul 항)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 缸 (hang, cong, hồng)

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