堈

堈 U+5808, 堈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5808 ← 堇 [U+5807] CJK Unified Ideographs 堉 → [U+5809]

Translingual

Han character

堈 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土月廿山 (GBTU), four-corner 4712₀, composition ⿰土岡)

1. earthen jug, crock
2. cistern

References

• KangXi: page 232, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5213
• Dae Jaweon: page 469, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 453, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5808

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Chinese

trad.		堈
simp.		𰉙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
岡	*klaːŋ
崗	*klaːŋ
剛	*klaːŋ
掆	*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
鋼	*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
綱	*klaːŋ
犅	*klaːŋ
堈	*klaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *klaːŋ): semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 岡 (OC *klaːŋ)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāng (gang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹
    • Yale: gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kɑŋ/

Rime
Character	堈
Reading #	1/1
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gong1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	堈
Reading #	1/1
No.	3718
Phonetic component	岡
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	岡
Old Chinese	/*klaːŋ/
Notes	亦作𤭛，古作瓨㼚缸

Definitions

堈

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 堈 – see 缸 (“vat; crock; jar”). (This character, 堈, is a variant form of 缸.)

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 88

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Japanese

Kanji

堈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: かめ (kame), おか (oka)

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Korean

Hanja

堈 • (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang)

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