罡

罡 U+7F61, 罡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F61 ← 罠 [U+7F60] CJK Unified Ideographs 罢 → [U+7F62]

Translingual

Han character

罡 (radical 122, 网+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 田中一卜一 (WLMYM), four-corner 6010₁, composition ⿱罒正)

1. the name of a certain group of stars, specificially those in the "handle" of the Big Dipper
2. the god who is supposed to live in them

References

• KangXi: page 947, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28250
• Dae Jaweon: page 1388, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2915, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7F61

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		罡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāng (gang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ
    • Wade–Giles: kang1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹
    • Yale: gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

罡

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Compounds

• 天罡 (tiāngāng)
• 天罡星
• 步斗踏罡

• 步罡
• 步罡踏斗

• 罡神泥鬼
• 罡風／罡风 (gāngfēng)

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Japanese

Kanji

罡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)

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Korean

Hanja

罡 (eum 강 (gang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

罡: Hán Nôm readings: cương, cang

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