耿

See also: 炅

Translingual

Han character

耿 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸十火 (SJF), four-corner 1918₀, composition ⿰耳火)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 966, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29026
• Dae Jaweon: page 1414, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2785, character 12
• Unihan data for U+803F

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Chinese

trad.		耿
simp. #		耿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
耿	*kreːŋʔ
褧	*kʰʷeːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gěng (geng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwing² / gang²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gěng
    • Wade–Giles: kêng³
    • Yale: gěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geeng
    • Palladius: гэн (gɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwing² / gang²
    • Yale: gwíng / gáng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwing² / gang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guing² / geng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɪŋ³⁵/, /kɐŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
    • Tâi-lô: kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: keangX

Rime
Character	耿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古幸切
Baxter	keangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjŋX/
Li Rong	/kɛŋX/
Wang Li	/kæŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kæŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gang2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤreŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	耿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gěng
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛngX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁreŋʔ/
English	brilliant; wide awake
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耿
Reading #	1/1
No.	3989
Phonetic component	耿
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	耿
Old Chinese	/*kreːŋʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 耿

1. (literary) bright; shining
2. (literary) honest and just; upright
3. ^† uneasy; disturbed
4. ^† sad; sorrowful
5. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

耿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. light

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: ひかり (hikari)

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Korean

Hanja

耿 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

1. bright
2. shining
3. have guts

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 耿 (cảnh, kẻng, khệnh, kỉnh)

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