哏

哏 U+54CF, 哏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54CF ← 哎 [U+54CE] CJK Unified Ideographs 哐 → [U+54D0]

Translingual

Han character

哏 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口日女 (RAV), four-corner 6703₂, composition ⿰口艮)

Derived characters

• 𭎼 𭝫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 189, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3629
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 623, character 9
• Unihan data for U+54CF

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		哏
alternative forms		梗 (gěng)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gén (gen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gén
    • Wade–Giles: kên²
    • Yale: gén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gern
    • Palladius: гэнь (gɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (哏兒／哏儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: génr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: génr
    • Wade–Giles: kên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: génr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gerl
    • Palladius: гэньр (gɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kəɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan¹
    • Yale: gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵/

Definitions

哏

1. funny; amusing
2. funny speech or action
3. punch line; pun

Usage notes

• 梗 (gěng) is originally a typo of 哏 (gén) but is now more widely used.

Compounds

• 抓哏
• 捧哏
• 有哏
• 逗哏

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǹ (n⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄯˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǹ
    • Zhuyin: ㄯˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǹ
    • Wade–Giles: n⁴
    • Yale: ǹ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: n4
    • Palladius: нь (nʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̩⁵¹/

Definitions

哏

1. Used as an interjection.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 哏 – see 很 (“very; rather; quite; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 很).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 哏 – see 狠 (“vicious; cruel; severely; extreme; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 狠).

Compounds

• 哏哏
• 哏毒
• 惡哏哏／恶哏哏
• 沒事哏／没事哏
• 沒是哏／没是哏

 

References

• “哏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

哏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こん (kon)