亢

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

亢 (radical 8 亠+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹弓 (YHN), four-corner 0021₇, composition ⿱亠几)

1. high, proud
2. violent, excessive
3. skilled
4. a surname

Derived charactersEdit

• 抗 杭 航 䶳

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 88, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 288
• Dae Jaweon: page 185, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 280, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4EA2

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		亢

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 亢
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script
Bronze inscriptions b15195 b15196 b15197 b15198 b15199 b15200 b15201 b15202 Large seal script L10045 L10046 Small seal script s07527
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (large seal) and Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kàng (kang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄤˋ
    • Wade-Giles: k'ang⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanq
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kong³
    • Yale: kong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kong³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰɑŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	亢
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦浪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaŋH/
Li Rong	/kʰɑŋH/
Wang Li	/kʰɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kàng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*k-ŋˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːŋ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	亢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gāng
Middle Chinese	‹ kang ›
Old Chinese	/*k-ŋˤaŋ/
English	lift high
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	亢
Reading #	1/2
No.	7357
Phonetic component	亢
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	岡
Old Chinese	/*kaːŋ/

DefinitionsEdit

亢

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Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāng (gang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: kang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gang
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹
    • Yale: gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kɑŋ/▼

Rime
Character	亢
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古郎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaŋ/
Li Rong	/kɑŋ/
Wang Li	/kɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gāng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	亢
Reading #	2/2
No.	7367
Phonetic component	亢
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	抗
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːŋs/

DefinitionsEdit

亢

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CompoundsEdit

• 不亢不卑
• 不卑不亢 (bùbēibùkàng)
• 亢奮／亢奋 (kàngfèn)
• 亢宗
• 亢旱 (kànghàn)

• 亢直 (kàngzhí)
• 亢禮／亢礼
• 亢身
• 亢進／亢进 (kàngjìn)
• 亢陽／亢阳

• 亢龍有悔／亢龙有悔
• 批亢擣虛／批亢擣虚
• 矯亢／矫亢
• 藏頭亢腦／藏头亢脑
• 高亢

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

亢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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ReadingsEdit

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: たかぶる (takaburu)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

亢 • ‎(hang) (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune-Reischauer hang)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

亢 (cang, khảng)

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ReferencesEdit

• Nom Foundation