硜

See also: 硁

硜	U+785C, 硜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-785C

← 硛
[U+785B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

硝 →
[U+785D]

Translingual

Han character

硜 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口一女一 (MRMVM), four-corner 1161₁, composition ⿰石巠)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 830, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24200
Dae Jaweon: page 1246, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2433, character 2
Unihan data for U+785C

Chinese

trad.		硜
simp.		硁

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kēng (keng¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kheng / khng

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, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng
  - Tâi-lô: khing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khng
  - Tâi-lô: khng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰŋ̍³³/

Middle Chinese: kheang

Rime
Character	硜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	口莖切
Baxter	kheang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰɛŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰæŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰreːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	硜
Reading #	1/1
No.	6781
Phonetic component	坙
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鏗
Old Chinese	/*kʰreːŋ/
Notes	見論語

Definitions

硜

Sound of stones knocking together: clang
(literary) firm; resolute

Compounds

硜硜 / 硁硁

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 硜 – see 磬 (“stone chimes; sounding stone; qing; inverted bell”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 磬).

Japanese

Kanji

硜

(Hyōgai kanji)

sound of stones knocking together

Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)、きょう (kyō)、けい (kei)

Korean

Hanja

硜 • (gaeng) (hangeul 갱, revised gaeng, McCune–Reischauer kaeng, Yale kayng)

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