吭

吭	U+542D, 吭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542D

← 听
[U+542C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

吮 →
[U+542E]

Translingual

Han character

吭 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口卜竹弓 (RYHN), four-corner 6001₇, composition ⿰口亢)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 178, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3353
Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 594, character 5
Unihan data for U+542D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		吭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
笐	kaːŋ, ɡaːŋs
亢	kaːŋ, kʰaːŋs
牨	*kaːŋ
苀	kaːŋ, ɡaːŋ
魧	kaːŋ, ɡaːŋ
迒	kaːŋ, ɡaːŋ
邟	kʰaːŋ, kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
忼	kʰaːŋʔ, qʰaːŋ
骯	kʰaːŋʔ, ɡaːŋʔ, *qaːŋ
抗	kʰaːŋs, ɡaːŋ
炕	kʰaːŋs, qʰaːŋ
伉	*kʰaːŋs
閌	*kʰaːŋs
犺	*kʰaːŋs
蚢	kʰaːŋs, ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
砊	kʰaːŋs, kʰraːŋ
阬	kʰaːŋs, kʰraːŋ
頏	kʰaːŋs, ɡaːŋ
航	*ɡaːŋ
杭	*ɡaːŋ
沆	ɡaːŋ, ɡaːŋʔ
肮	*ɡaːŋ
吭	ɡaːŋ, ɡaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋs
秔	*kraːŋ
坑	*kʰraːŋ
劥	*kʰraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋs): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 亢 (OC *kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs)

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kēng (keng¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khóng / khngh / khōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: keng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻêng¹
  - Yale: kēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keng
  - Palladius: кэн (kɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hang¹
  - Yale: hāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóng
  - Tâi-lô: khóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qorng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khngh
  - Tâi-lô: khngh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qngq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰŋ̍ʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khōng
  - Tâi-lô: khōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qong
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ³³/

Definitions

吭

to utter; to utter a sound

Compounds

不吭氣 / 不吭气
不敢吭聲 / 不敢吭声
吭哧 (kēngchi)
吭氣 / 吭气 (kēngqì)
吭聲 / 吭声 (kēngshēng)
悶不吭聲 / 闷不吭声

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): háng (hang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hâng / hông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: háng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: háng
  - Wade–Giles: hang²
  - Yale: háng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harng
  - Palladius: хан (xan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hong⁴
  - Yale: hòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâng
  - Tâi-lô: hâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /haŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
  - Tâi-lô: hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: hang, hangH

Rime
Character	吭	吭
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡郎切	下浪切
Baxter	hang	hangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑŋ/	/ɦɑŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑŋ/	/ɦɑŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑŋ/	/ɣɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaŋ/	/ɦaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ɣɑŋ/	/ɣɑŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ɣɑŋ/	/ɣɑŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑŋ/	/ɣɑŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	háng	hàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong⁴	hong⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːŋ/, /*ɡaːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吭	吭
Reading #	1/3	3/3
No.	7389	7394
Phonetic component	亢	亢
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	航
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːŋ/	/*ɡaːŋs/

Definitions

吭

throat (of birds)
throat in general

Compounds

引吭
引吭高歌
扼吭
扼吭拊背
搗虛批吭 / 捣虚批吭

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hàng (hang⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hàng
  - Wade–Giles: hang⁴
  - Yale: hàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hanq
  - Palladius: хан (xan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: hangX

Rime
Character	吭
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡朗切
Baxter	hangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaŋ^X/
Li Rong	/ɣɑŋ^X/
Wang Li	/ɣɑŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吭
Reading #	2/3
No.	7393
Phonetic component	亢
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	沆
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːŋʔ/

Definitions

吭

voice
to swallow

Japanese

Kanji

吭

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ごう (gō)
Kan-on: こう (kō)
Kun: のど (nodo, 吭)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
吭
のど Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 吭 – see the following entry.

【のど】	[noun] the throat [noun] (by extension) one's singing voice [noun] (by extension) one's vitals Alternative spellings 喉, 咽

(This term, 吭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

吭 • (hang) (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune–Reischauer hang)

throat