宫

See also: 宮 and 官

宫 U+5BAB, 宫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BAB ← 宪 [U+5BAA] CJK Unified Ideographs 宬 → [U+5BAC]

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 宮 (呂 → 吕) – Ideogrammic compound (會意): 宀 + 吕: many rooms under a roof (a palace).

Note that though 宮 (with joined boxes: 呂) is the traditional form, the form 宫 (with unjoined boxes: 吕) dates to oracle script, and was used in succeeding forms as well.

Han character

宫 (radical 40, 宀+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十口口 (JRR), composition ⿱宀吕)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 285, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 926, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5BAB

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 宫 – see 宮 (“house; mansion; dwelling; palace; etc.”). (This character, 宫, is the simplified and variant form of 宮.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

宫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū), ぐう (gū)
• Kun: みや (miya), いえ (ie)

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Korean

Hanja

宫 • (gung) (hangeul 궁, revised gung, McCune–Reischauer kung)

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