鯁

See also: 鲠

鯁 U+9BC1, 鯁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BC1 ← 鯀 [U+9BC0] CJK Unified Ideographs 鯂 → [U+9BC2]

Translingual

Han character

鯁 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 弓火一中大 (NFMLK), four-corner 2134₆, composition ⿰魚更)

1. fish bones
2. honest, upright

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1471, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46171
• Dae Jaweon: page 2003, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4690, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9BC1

Chinese

trad.		鯁
simp.		鲠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
更	*kraːŋ, *kraːŋs
粳	*kraːŋ
埂	*kraːŋ, *kraːŋʔ
浭	*kraːŋ
稉	*kraːŋ
梗	*kraːŋʔ
哽	*kraːŋʔ
綆	*kraːŋʔ
鯁	*kraːŋʔ
挭	*kraːŋʔ
骾	*kraːŋʔ
郠	*kraːŋʔ
硬	*ŋɡraːŋs, *ŋɡraːŋs
鞕	*ŋɡraːŋs
丙	*pqraŋʔ
炳	*praŋʔ
邴	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
怲	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
苪	*praŋʔ
蛃	*praŋʔ
昺	*praŋʔ
昞	*praŋʔ
窉	*praŋʔ
柄	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
鈵	*praŋs
寎	*praŋs
病	*braŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gěng (geng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵kan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gěng
    • Wade–Giles: kêng³
    • Yale: gěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geeng
    • Palladius: гэн (gɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang²
    • Yale: gáng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵kan
    • MiniDict: kan^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kã³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kaengX

Rime
Character	鯁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古杏切
Baxter	kaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨjŋX/
Li Rong	/kɐŋX/
Wang Li	/kɐŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gang2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鯁
Reading #	1/1
No.	875
Phonetic component	丙
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	梗
Old Chinese	/*kraːŋʔ/

Definitions

鯁

1. fishbone
2. (Northern Wu) for a fishbone to be stuck in one's throat

   鯁着一根魚骨頭 [Northern Wu, trad.]
   鲠着一根鱼骨头 [Northern Wu, simp.]

   to have a fishbone stuck in one's throat

Derived terms

• 如鯁在喉／如鲠在喉
• 忠鯁／忠鲠
• 直言骨鯁／直言骨鲠
• 骨鯁／骨鲠 (gǔgěng)
• 骨鯁之臣／骨鲠之臣
• 骨鯁在喉／骨鲠在喉 (gǔgěngzàihóu)
• 鯁住／鲠住
• 鯁直／鲠直 (gěngzhí)

 

Descendants

• → Lao: ກ້າງ (kāng)
• → Shan: ၵၢင်ႈ (kāang)
• → Thai: ก้าง (gâang)

Japanese

Kanji

鯁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. fish bones
2. honest
3. upright

Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō); きょう (kyō)

Korean

Hanja

鯁 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

1. fish bones
2. disaster