躬

Translingual

Han character

躬 (Kangxi radical 158, 身+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹弓 (HHN), four-corner 2722₇, composition ⿰身弓)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1237, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38038
• Dae Jaweon: page 1710, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3808, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8EAC

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Chinese

trad.		躬
simp. #		躬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
躬	*kuŋ
匑	*kuŋ, *kʰuŋ
躳	*kuŋ
窮	*ɡuŋ
藭	*ɡuŋ

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *guŋ (“body, back”). Compare Burmese အကောင် (a.kaung, “body”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûng
• Northern Min (KCR): gé̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): gṳ̆ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giong¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon

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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: gung¹
    • Yale: gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: giung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gé̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœyŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong
    • Tâi-lô: kiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kioŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kon
    • MiniDict: kon^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjuwng

Rime
Character	躬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居戎切
Baxter	kjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuwŋ/
Li Rong	/kiuŋ/
Wang Li	/kĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k(r)uŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	躬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng
Middle Chinese	‹ kjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*k(r)uŋ/
English	body, person
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	躬
Reading #	1/1
No.	4141
Phonetic component	躬
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	弓
Old Chinese	/*kuŋ/
Notes	同躳

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 躬

1. body
2. oneself
3. in person; personally
4. to stoop

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Japanese

Kanji

躬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. body
2. self

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku); くう (kū)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きゆう (kyuu, historical)}
• Kun: み (mi, 躬); みずから (mizukara, 躬)^{←みづから (midukara, 躬, historical)}; みずからする (mizukarasuru, 躬する)^{←みづからする (midukarasuru, 躬する, historical)}

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Korean

Hanja

躬 • (gung) (hangeul 궁, revised gung, McCune–Reischauer kung, Yale kwung)

1. body
2. personally, in person

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 躬 (cung, còng)

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