膏肓

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Chinese

ointment; paste region between heart and diaphragm
trad. (膏肓)
simp. #(膏肓)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (28) (32)
Final () (89) (102)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter kaw xwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑu/ /hwɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑu/ /hʷɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑu/ /xuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaw/ /hwaŋ/
Li
Rong
/kɑu/ /xuɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/kɑu/ /xuɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑu/ /xwɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gāo huāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gou1 fong1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 3727 12650
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kaːw/ /*hmaːŋ/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 膏肓

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) fat region between the heart and the diaphragm (near the apex of the heart, a region which is regarded in traditional Chinese medicine as being unreachable by medicament); vital organs
  2. (figurative) incurable disease; terminal illness
  3. (literary, figurative) suffering of the masses; hardships of the populace

Derived terms

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
こう
Jinmeiyō
こう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 膏肓 (MC kaw xwang).

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう)(こう) (kōkōかうくわう (kaukwau)?

  1. vital organs

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
こう
Jinmeiyō
もう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Misreading of the kanji.

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう)(もう) (kōmōかうまう (kaumau)?

  1. Same as above.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN