伉

伉 U+4F09, 伉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F09 ← 伈 [U+4F08] CJK Unified Ideographs 伊 → [U+4F0A]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

1. compare, match
2. pair
3. spouse

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 95, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 431
• Dae Jaweon: page 201, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 126, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4F09

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		伉

Glyph originEdit

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 1Edit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kàng (kang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • 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
    • Guangdong Romanization: kong³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰɑŋ^H/▼

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
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▼

  (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/

DefinitionsEdit

伉

1. (literary) to match; to be equal to

   伉儷 / 伉俪  ―  kànglì  ―  [literary] married couple

2. (literary) tall; strong
3. ^† high; tall
4. ^† upright
5. ^† arrogant; haughty
6. ^† Alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “to resist”).
7. A surname​.

CompoundsEdit

• 伉俠／伉侠
• 伉健
• 伉儷／伉俪 (kànglì)
• 伉合

• 伉壯／伉壮
• 伉王
• 伉行
• 分庭伉禮／分庭伉礼

• 榮諧伉儷／荣谐伉俪
• 狼伉
• 賢伉儷／贤伉俪

Pronunciation 2Edit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāng (gang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: kang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gang
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵/

DefinitionsEdit

伉

1. ^† upright

CompoundsEdit

• 伉伉
• 伉俠／伉侠
• 伉厲／伉厉

• 伉浪
• 伉爽

• 伉直
• 伉行

Pronunciation 3Edit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎng (kang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄤˇ
    • Wade-Giles: k'ang³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaang
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ²¹⁴/

DefinitionsEdit

伉

1. (historical) A person's name.

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

伉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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ReadingsEdit

• Goon: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: たぐい (tagui, 伉)^{←たぐひ (tagufi, historical)}; ならぶ (narabu, 伉ぶ)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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