股肱

Chinese

		share; portion; section share; portion; section; part; thigh; (a measure word, e.g., use with electric current); whiff	brachium; humerus
trad. (股肱)		股	肱
simp. ^#(股肱)		股	肱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔgōng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² gwang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-kong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔgōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔgong
  - Wade–Giles: ku³-kung¹
  - Yale: gǔ-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guugong
  - Palladius: гугун (gugun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu² gwang¹
  - Yale: gú gwāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu² gwang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu² gueng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ kʷɐŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-kong
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofkofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: kuX kwong

Rime
Character	股	肱
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	登 (130)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	公戸切	古弘切
Baxter	kuX	kwong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuo^X/	/kwəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kuo^X/	/kʷəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ko^X/	/kuəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔ^X/	/kwəŋ/
Li Rong	/ko^X/	/kuəŋ/
Wang Li	/ku^X/	/kuəŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuo^X/	/kwəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔ	gōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu²	gwang¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤaʔ [k]ʷˤəŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*klaːʔ kʷɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	股	肱
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǔ	gōng
Middle Chinese	‹ ku^X ›	‹ kwong ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷˁaʔ/	/*[k]ʷˁəŋ/
English	thigh	(upper) arm
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	股	肱
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4311	4129
Phonetic component	股	厷
Rime group	魚	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	古	肱
Old Chinese	/*klaːʔ/	/*kʷɯːŋ/

Noun

股肱

(literary) right-hand man; trusted assistant

Verb

股肱

(literary) to aid

Derived terms

心膂股肱
股肱之力
股肱耳目

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (股肱):

→ Japanese: 股(こ)肱(こう) (kokō)
→ Korean: 고굉(股肱) (gogoeng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
股	肱
こ Grade: S	こう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

Derived from Middle Chinese 股肱 (MC kuX kwong).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ここー [kóꜜkòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ko̞ː]

Noun

股(こ)肱(こう) • (kokō) ^{←ここう (kokou)^?}

(literary) right-hand man; trusted assistant

Derived terms

股肱之臣(ここうのしん), 股肱(ここう)の臣(しん) (kokō no shin)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN