伉

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

伉 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人卜竹弓 (OYHN), four-corner 2021₇, composition ⿰亻亢)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 95, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 431
Dae Jaweon: page 201, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 126, character 1
Unihan data for U+4F09

Chinese

simp. and trad.		伉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 伉
Small seal script s05672 Transcribed ancient scripts L32944
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 (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
笐	kaːŋ, ɡaːŋs
亢	kaːŋ, kʰaːŋs
牨	*kaːŋ
苀	kaːŋ, ɡaːŋ
魧	kaːŋ, ɡaːŋ
迒	kaːŋ, ɡaːŋ
邟	kʰaːŋ, kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
忼	kʰaːŋʔ, qʰaːŋ
骯	kʰaːŋʔ, ɡaːŋʔ, *qaːŋ
抗	kʰaːŋs, ɡaːŋ
炕	kʰaːŋs, qʰaːŋ
伉	*kʰaːŋs
閌	*kʰaːŋs
犺	*kʰaːŋs
蚢	kʰaːŋs, ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
砊	kʰaːŋs, kʰraːŋ
阬	kʰaːŋs, kʰraːŋ
頏	kʰaːŋs, ɡaːŋ
航	*ɡaːŋ
杭	*ɡaːŋ
沆	ɡaːŋ, ɡaːŋʔ
肮	*ɡaːŋ
吭	ɡaːŋ, ɡaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋs
秔	*kraːŋ
坑	*kʰraːŋ
劥	*kʰraːŋ

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kàng (kang⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kong³
Eastern Min (BUC): káung
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): korng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kàng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻang⁴
  - Yale: kàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanq
  - Palladius: кан (kan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kong³
  - Yale: kong
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kong³
  - Guangdong Romanization: kong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: káung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑuŋ²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: korng⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ko̤̍ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒŋ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòng
  - Tâi-lô: khòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoxng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: khangH

Rime
Character	伉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦浪切
Baxter	khangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/kʰɑŋ^H/
Wang Li	/kʰɑŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	伉
Reading #	1/1
No.	7368
Phonetic component	亢
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	抗
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːŋs/

Definitions

伉

(literary) to match; to be equal to
伉儷／伉俪 ― kànglì ― [literary] married couple
(literary) tall; strong
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) high; tall
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) upright
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) arrogant; haughty
(Wenzhounese) and
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “to resist”)
a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 和 (“and”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		與, 及
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		和, 與, 及, 與及 Cantonese
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	跟, 和
	Taiwan	跟, 和
	Malaysia	和, 跟
	Singapore	和, 跟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	和, 跟, 給
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	和
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	和
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	連
	Xi'an	跟, 連
	Xining	帶, 和
	Xuzhou	給
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	帶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	連
	Lanzhou	跟, 和
	Ürümqi	跟, 連, 和
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	跟, 給, 和
	Wuhan	跟
	Guiyang	跟, 同, 和
	Guilin	跟, 和
	Liuzhou	跟, 同, 和
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	告, 跟
	Yangzhou	跟, 交
	Hefei	跟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	同, 同埋, 共
	Hong Kong	同, 同埋
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	同
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	同
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	同
	Macau	同, 同埋
	Taishan	同埋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	同, 同埋
	Dongguan	同, 同埋
	Yangjiang	鄧, 同
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	同
	Penang (Guangfu)	同
	Singapore (Guangfu)	同
Gan	Nanchang	跟, 同
	Lichuan	和
	Pingxiang	同, 跟
Hakka	Meixian	同, 摎
	Yudu	澗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	摎
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	同
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	摎
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	同
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	摎
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	和
	Hong Kong	摎
	Kuching (Hepo)	佮
Huizhou	Jixi	搭
	Shexian	搭
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	和, 合
	Xiuning	合
	Yixian	和, 同
	Qimen	跟
	Wuyuan	剛
Jin	Taiyuan	和, 跟
Jin	Xinzhou	給
Northern Min	Jian'ou	邀
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	邀, 儉, 教
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	邀
	Pucheng (Shibei)	邀, 跟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	共
	Fuzhou (Changle)	共
	Fuqing	共
	Yongtai	共
	Gutian	共
	Fu'an	共
	Ningde	共
	Shouning	隨
	Zhouning	傮, 共
	Fuding	跟
Southern Min	Xiamen	佮, 交
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	佮
	Quanzhou	佮, 交
	Zhangzhou	佮
	Tainan	佮
	Hsinchu	交
	Penang (Hokkien)	佮
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佮
	Manila (Hokkien)	佮, 交
	Chaozhou	佮, 共
	Shantou	佮
	Jieyang	佮
	Singapore (Teochew)	佮
	Pontianak (Teochew)	佮
	Leizhou	共
	Wenchang	共
	Haikou	共
	Qionghai	共
Puxian Min	Putian	共
Puxian Min	Xianyou	共
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	同, 同埋
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	跟, 邀
Wu	Shanghai	脫, 脫仔, 得, 得仔, 搭, 搭仔, 交, 幫, 同, 跟
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	搭
	Shanghai (Jiading)	搭, 脫, 脫仔
	Shanghai (Chongming)	脫
	Suzhou	搭, 搭仔
	Danyang	同, 跟
	Hangzhou	同
	Ningbo	搭, 搭仔
	Wenzhou	伉
	Jinhua	亨, 跟
Xiang	Changsha	跟
	Loudi	跟
	Shuangfeng	跟, 同

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāng (gang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gang
  - Wade–Giles: kang¹
  - Yale: gāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gang
  - Palladius: ган (gan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
  - Tâi-lô: kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Definitions

伉

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) upright

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǎng (kang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄤˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǎng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻang³
  - Yale: kǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaang
  - Palladius: кан (kan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ²¹⁴/

Definitions

伉

(historical) A person's name.

References

“伉”, 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–
William Campbell (1913) A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, pages 360, 410.
小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “伉”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “伉”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 121.

Japanese

Kanji

伉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kun: たぐい (tagui, 伉)^{←たぐひ (tagufi, 伉, historical)}、ならぶ (narabu, 伉ぶ)

Korean

Hanja

伉 • (hang) (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune–Reischauer hang)

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