𢀜

See also: 巩

Translingual

Han character

𢀜 (Kangxi radical 48, 工+4, 7 strokes, composition ⿰工丮)

Derived characters

• 𦯋, 𢙷, 𢭤, 𥒽, 𧋳, 𨧎, 𩊳, 𥲒

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 325, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 413, character 1
• Unihan data for U+2201C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		𢀜
alternative forms		巩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 𢀜
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ) + semantic 丮.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒng (gong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒng
    • Wade–Giles: kung³
    • Yale: gǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goong
    • Palladius: гун (gun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²¹⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k(r)oŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	𢀜
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǒng
Middle Chinese	‹ kjowngX ›
Old Chinese	/*k(r)oŋʔ/
English	embrace
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.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 𢀜

1. ^‡ to hug