㧬

㧬	U+39EC, 㧬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-39EC

← 㧫
[U+39EB]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

㧭 →
[U+39ED]

Translingual

Han character

㧬 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一弓手 (MNQ), composition ⿱巩手)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 430, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1863, character 3
Unihan data for U+39EC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic 𢀜 (gǒng) + semantic 手 (“hand”).

Etymology 1

trad.		㧬
simp. ^#		㧬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǒng (gong³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǒng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǒng
  - Wade–Giles: kung³
  - Yale: gǔng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goong
  - Palladius: гун (gun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gung²
  - Yale: gúng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: kjowngX

Rime
Character	㧬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居悚切
Baxter	kjowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨoŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kioŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kioŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuawŋ^X/
Li Rong	/kioŋ^X/
Wang Li	/kĭwoŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯woŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung²

Definitions

㧬

to raise
to fold the hands on the breast
to bow, to salute
a method (to pile or to raise up) of painting

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 㧬 – see 擁 (“(Cantonese) to push”). (This character is a variant form of 擁).