杭

杭 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木卜竹弓 (DYHN), four-corner 4091₇, composition ⿰木亢)

• 𠵉, 𫙤, 𰱓, 𥮕

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 513, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14494
• Dae Jaweon: page 898, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1174, character 3
• Unihan data for U+676D

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaːŋ): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 亢 (OC *kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs).

Originally a variant of 抗 (OC *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ, “to fight against”).

杭

1. (obsolete) alternative form of 航 (háng, “boat; ship”)
2. (obsolete) alternative form of 航 (háng, “to cross a stream; to ferry”)

   • 誰謂河廣，一葦杭之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     谁谓河广，一苇杭之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shéi wèi Hé guǎng, yī wěi háng zhī. [Pinyin]

     Who says that the He is wide?
     With [a bundle of] reeds I can cross it.

3. (obsolete) alternative form of 航 (háng, “to sail; to navigate”)
4. (dialectal) suddenly; all of a sudden
5. short for 杭州 (Hángzhōu, “Hangzhou”)
6. a surname

杭

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 康 (kāng, “broad road”)

   杭莊／杭庄  ―  kāngzhuāng  ―  broad road

杭

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “to resist; to fight”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “to raise; to lift up”)
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “high”)

杭

1. (Northern Wu) alternative form of 行 (“to endure; to bear; to shoulder”)

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. stake, picket
2. stump
3. to cross (via water)

   Synonym: 航

• Go-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: くい (kui, 杭)、わたる (wataru, 杭る)

• “杭”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

杭 • (hang) (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune–Reischauer hang, Yale hang)

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杭 (transliteration needed)

1. Nôm form of kháng (“ginger, galangal”).

杭: Hán Nôm readings: cáng, hàng, khiêng

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