See also:
U+786C, 硬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-786C

[U+786B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+786D]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 112, +7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口一中大 (MRMLK), four-corner 11646, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 831, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24230
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1247, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2432, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+786C

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋɡraːŋs, *ŋɡraːŋs) : semantic + phonetic (OC *kraːŋ, *kraːŋs).

Pronunciation edit


Note: ngaang6-2 - alternative pronunciation for "certainly".
Note:
  • ngī/ngǐ/ngēe/ngē - vernacular;
  • gēng/gěng - literary.
Note:
  • nge6 - vernacular;
  • ngeng7 - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /iŋ⁵¹/
Harbin /iŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /iŋ⁵³/
Jinan /iŋ²¹/
Qingdao /iŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /əŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /niŋ⁴⁴/
Xining /ȵiə̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /iŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /ȵĩn¹³/
Ürümqi /ȵiŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /ŋən³⁵/
Chengdu /ŋən¹³/
Guiyang /ŋen²¹³/
/in²¹³/ 新,少
Kunming /ə̃²¹²/
Nanjing /ən⁴⁴/
Hefei /ʐən⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /niəŋ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ȵiŋ³⁵/
/ȵie̞³⁵/
Hohhot /nĩŋ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ŋã²³/
Suzhou /ŋã³¹/
Hangzhou /ŋɑŋ¹³/
Wenzhou /ŋiɛ²²/
Hui Shexian /ŋʌ̃³²⁴/
/ŋɛ²²/
Tunxi /ȵiɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ŋən¹¹/
Xiangtan /ŋən²¹/
Gan Nanchang /ŋɑŋ²¹/
Hakka Meixian /ŋaŋ⁵³/
Taoyuan /ŋɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ŋaŋ²²/
Nanning /ŋaŋ²²/
Hong Kong /ŋaŋ²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /giŋ²²/
/ŋi²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋaiŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ŋaiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /ŋẽ³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ŋɛ³³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (117)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter ngeangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠɛŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋᵚæŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɐŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋəɨjŋH/
Li
Rong
/ŋɛŋH/
Wang
Li
/ŋæŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋæŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
èng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngang6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 880 881
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋɡraːŋs/ /*ŋɡraːŋs/
Notes

Definitions edit

  1. hard (resistant to pressure)
  2. tough; strong; firm
  3. good (in terms of quality or ability)
  4. stiff; inflexible
  5. obstinately; forcibly; resolutely
  6. (slang) to become hard; to have an erection
  7. (Cantonese, Teochew) certainly; definitely; of course

Synonyms edit

  • (hard):

Antonyms edit

  • (antonym(s) of "hard"): (ruǎn)

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. Solid, hard, firm.

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Korean edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 굳을 (gudeul gyeong))

  1. Hanja form? of (harden, stiffen).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: ngạnh

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