肯

肯 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜一月 (YMB), four-corner 2122₇, composition ⿱止⺝(GHJKV) or ⿱止⺼(T))

• 𱎳, 啃, 𰉇, 𪣩, 𡞚, 掯, 𣔨, 𰜀, 𱫗, 𬒔, 𥺾, 𦜨, 𰳅, 褃, 𧨷, 𰸕, 𨌳, 錹, 𱅲, 𬂕, 𱭈
• 𫠶, 𣛅, 𰱔, 𭍧, 𨔑

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 976, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29311
• Dae Jaweon: page 1427, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2048, character 4
• Unihan data for U+80AF

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): abbreviated 冎 (“bone”) + 肉 (“meat”) – meat attached to the bone. Originally 肎 or 𦘫; the top component was later corrupted to 止.

肯

1. (literary) meat attached to the bone; tendon; sinew

   肯綮  ―  kěnqǐ  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to be willing to; to be ready to
3. to consent to; to permit; to agree
4. (archaic, rhetorical question) how could it be that
5. (Teochew, negated or interrogative) to be only
   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “止”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press:

     不止八個／不止八个 [Teochew]  ―  m⁷ kêng² boih⁴ gai⁵ [Peng'im]  ―  not eight only; there were more than eight

     怎止許長？／怎止许长？ [Teochew]  ―  zo³ kêng² hiên³ deng⁵? [Peng'im]  ―  How can it be of only that length?

   • 蔡俊明 [Choy Chun-ming], editor (1991), “肯 kʰeng˥˧”, in 潮州方言詞滙 / 潮州方言词滙 (Cháozhōu fāngyán cíhuì), 香港 [Hong Kong]: 香港中文大學 / 香港中文大学 [The Chinese University of Hong Kong]

     伊問我少件物肯唔肯值十個銀，我呾唔肯。 [Teochew, trad.]
     伊问我少件物肯唔肯值十个银，我呾唔肯。 [Teochew, simp.]

     i¹ mng⁷ ua² zio² gian⁶ muêh⁸ kêng² m⁷ kêng² dag⁸ zab⁸ gai⁵ ngêng⁵, ua² dan³ m⁷ kêng². [Peng'im]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

6. short for 肯尼亞／肯尼亚 (Kěnníyà, “Kenya”)

   中肯關係／中肯关系  ―  Zhōng-Kěn guānxì  ―  China–Kenya relations

7. Used in transcription.

   鄧肯／邓肯  ―  Dèngkěn  ―  Duncan

   肯塔基  ―  Kěntǎjī  ―  Kentucky

   肯尼思  ―  Kěnnísī  ―  Kenneth

• “肯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to agree, to affirm, to consent

• Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
• On: かい (kai)
• Kun: うべなう (ubenau, 肯う)、がえんずる (gaenzuru, 肯んずる)、がえんじる (gaenjiru, 肯んじる)、あえて (aete, 肯えて)、うけがう (ukegau, 肯う)

• 肯(こう)綮(けい) (kōkei)
• 肯(こう)定(てい) (kōtei)

肯 (eumhun 옳이 여길 긍 (ori yeogil geung))

1. hanja form^? of 긍 (“willing”)
2. hanja form^? of 긍 (“consent to, permit”)

肯: Hán Nôm readings: khẳng, khứng, khừng

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