肱

See also: 厷

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

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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): 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)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng
    • Tâi-lô: king
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

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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

(deprecated template usage) 肱

1. (anatomy) upper arm

   曲肱而枕之。 [Classical Chinese]  ―  Qū gōng ér zhěn zhī. [Pinyin]  ―  To bend the arms and pillow on them.

2. ^† (figurative) assistant, especially one who serves the authority

   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.]

   Huǎnghuǎng sītúgōng, tiānzǐ zhǎo yǔ gōng. [Pinyin]

   The charismatic mandarins are the assistants of our king.

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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

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Korean

Hanja

肱 (eum 굉 (goeng))

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Vietnamese

Han character

肱: Hán Nôm readings: quăng

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