U+62F1, 拱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62F1

[U+62F0]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+62F2]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 64, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手廿金 (QTC), four-corner 54081, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 428, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11994
  • Dae Jaweon: page 776, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1867, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+62F1

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kloŋʔ) : semantic (hand) + phonetic (OC *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • kióng - literary;
  • kéng - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (7)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kjowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨoŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kioŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kioŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kuawŋX/
Li
Rong
/kioŋX/
Wang
Li
/kĭwoŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯woŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǒng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gung2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gǒng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjowngX ›
Old
Chinese
/*k(r)oŋʔ/
English join the hands

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 4172
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kloŋʔ/

Definitions

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  1. to fold the hands in front of the breast
  2. to bow; to salute
  3. to surround; to encircle
    眾星众星  ―  zhòngxīnggǒngyuè  ―  to crowd around
  4. (archaic) area enclosed by the arms
  5. to push upwards or outwards
  6. to sprout
  7. to arch
  8. arched

Synonyms

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  • (to surround):

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. arch
  2. fold arms

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ku)
  • Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: こまぬく (komanuku, 拱く)こまねく (komaneku, 拱く)

Korean

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Hanja

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(gong) (hangeul , revised gong, McCune–Reischauer kong, Yale kong)

  1. fold hands on breast
  2. bow, salute

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: cõng

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