堈

堈	U+5808, 堈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5808

← 堇
[U+5807]

CJK Unified Ideographs

堉 →
[U+5809]

Translingual

Han character

堈 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土月廿山 (GBTU), four-corner 4712₀, composition ⿰土岡)

earthen jug, crock
cistern

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 232, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5213
Dae Jaweon: page 469, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 453, character 10
Unihan data for U+5808

Chinese

trad.		堈
simp.		𰉙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
岡	*klaːŋ
崗	*klaːŋ
剛	*klaːŋ
掆	klaːŋ, klaːŋs
鋼	klaːŋ, klaːŋs
綱	*klaːŋ
犅	*klaːŋ
堈	*klaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *klaːŋ): semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 岡 (OC *klaːŋ)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāng (gang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹

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

Middle Chinese: kang

Rime
Character	堈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古郎切
Baxter	kang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaŋ/
Li Rong	/kɑŋ/
Wang Li	/kɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gong¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*klaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	堈
Reading #	1/1
No.	3718
Phonetic component	岡
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	岡
Old Chinese	/*klaːŋ/
Notes	亦作𤭛，古作瓨㼚缸

Definitions

堈

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 堈 – see 缸 (“vat; crock; jar; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 缸).

References

Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 88

Japanese

Kanji

堈

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)
Kun: かめ (kame)、おか (oka)

Korean

Hanja

堈 • (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang)

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