股肱

Chinese

		share; portion; section share; portion; section; part; thigh; (a measure word, e.g., use with electric current); whiff	brachium; humerus
trad. (股肱)		股	肱
simp. #(股肱)		股	肱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² gwang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔgong
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-kung¹
    • Yale: gǔ-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guugong
    • Palladius: гугун (gugun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² gwang¹
    • Yale: gú gwāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² gwang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² gueng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ kʷɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-kong
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofkofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kuX kwong

Rime
Character	股	肱
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	登 (130)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	公戸切	古弘切
Baxter	kuX	kwong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuoX/	/kwəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoX/	/kʷəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/koX/	/kuəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔX/	/kwəŋ/
Li Rong	/koX/	/kuəŋ/
Wang Li	/kuX/	/kuəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuoX/	/kwəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔ	gōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu2	gwang1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤaʔ  [k]ʷˤəŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaːʔ  kʷɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	股	肱
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǔ	gōng
Middle Chinese	‹ kuX ›	‹ kwong ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷˁaʔ/	/*[k]ʷˁəŋ/
English	thigh	(upper) arm
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	股	肱
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4311	4129
Phonetic component	股	厷
Rime group	魚	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	古	肱
Old Chinese	/*klaːʔ/	/*kʷɯːŋ/

Noun

股肱

1. (literary) right-hand man; trusted assistant

Verb

股肱

1. (literary) to aid

Derived terms

• 心膂股肱
• 股肱之力
• 股肱耳目

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (股肱):

• → Japanese: 股(こ)肱(こう) (kokō)
• → Korean: 고굉(股肱) (gogoeng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
股	肱
こ Grade: S	こう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

Derived from Middle Chinese 股肱 (MC kuX kwong).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​こー [kóꜜkòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ko̞ː]

Noun

股(こ)肱(こう) • (kokō) ^{←ここう (kokou)?}

1. (literary) right-hand man; trusted assistant

Derived terms

• 股肱之臣(ここうのしん), 股肱(ここう)の臣(しん) (kokō no shin)