肱

See also: 厷

肱 U+80B1, 肱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80B1 ← 肰 [U+80B0] CJK Unified Ideographs 育 → [U+80B2]

Translingual

Han character

肱 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月大戈 (BKI), four-corner 7423₂, composition ⿰月厷(GJK) or ⿰⺼厷(HTV))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 976, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29315
• Dae Jaweon: page 1427, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2047, character 8
• Unihan data for U+80B1

Chinese

trad.		肱
simp. #		肱
alternative forms		厷 ancient form 𠃋 ancient form 𠫔 ancient form 𠫖 historical form 𠬟 historical form

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
肱	*kʷɯːŋ
宏	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
閎	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
吰	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
竑	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
谹	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
翃	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
紘	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
鈜	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
浤	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
耾	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
雄	*ɡʷɯŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong / keng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gong
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹
    • Yale: gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
    • Palladius: гун (gun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwang¹
    • Yale: gwāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gueng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
    • Tâi-lô: kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen, dated in Zhangzhou, dated in Quanzhou, dated in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng
    • Tâi-lô: king
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwong

Rime
Character	肱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	登 (130)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古弘切
Baxter	kwong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəŋ/
Li Rong	/kuəŋ/
Wang Li	/kuəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwang1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤəŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng
Middle Chinese	‹ kwong ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁəŋ/
English	(upper) arm
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	肱
Reading #	1/1
No.	4129
Phonetic component	厷
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	肱
Old Chinese	/*kʷɯːŋ/

Definitions

肱

1. (anatomy) upper arm

   • 飯疏食飲水，曲肱而枕之，樂亦在其中矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     饭疏食饮水，曲肱而枕之，乐亦在其中矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Fàn shūshí yǐnshuǐ, qū gōng ér zhěn zhī, yuè yì zài qízhōng yǐ. [Pinyin]

     With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow; I have still joy in the midst of these things.

2. (figurative) minister of the emperor

   • 洸洸司徒公，天子爪與肱。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     洸洸司徒公，天子爪与肱。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 9th century, Han Yu, 送侯參謀赴河中幕

     Huǎnghuǎng sītú gōng, tiānzǐ zhǎo yǔ gōng. [Pinyin]

     The charismatic mandarins are the assistants of our king.

Compounds

• 三折肱
• 心膂股肱
• 折肱
• 曲肱之樂／曲肱之乐
• 曲肱而枕
• 肱二頭肌／肱二头肌 (gōng'èrtóujī)
• 肱橈肌／肱桡肌
• 股肱 (gǔgōng)
• 肱股
• 股肱之力
• 股肱耳目
• 肱骨 (gōnggǔ)
• 飲水曲肱／饮水曲肱

 

Japanese

Kanji

肱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: ひじ (hiji)

Kanji in this term
肱
ひじ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

肱(ひじ) • (hiji) ^{←ひぢ (fidi)?}

1. Alternative spelling of 肘

Korean

Hanja

肱 (eum 굉 (goeng))

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Vietnamese

Han character

肱: Hán Nôm readings: quăng

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