肱

See also: 厷

肱	U+80B1, 肱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80B1

← 肰
[U+80B0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

育 →
[U+80B2]

Translingual

Han character

肱 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月大戈 (BKI), four-corner 7423₂, composition ⿰月厷(GJK) or ⿰⺼厷(HTV))

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 976, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29315
Dae Jaweon: page 1427, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2047, character 8
Unihan data for U+80B1

Chinese

trad.		肱
simp. ^#		肱
alternative forms		厷 ancient form 𠃋 ancient form 𠫔 ancient form 𠫖 historical form 𠬟 historical form

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 肱
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
肱	*kʷɯːŋ
宏	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
閎	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
吰	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
竑	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
谹	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
翃	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
紘	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
鈜	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
浤	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
耾	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
雄	*ɡʷɯŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷɯːŋ): semantic ⺼ + phonetic 厷 (OC *kʷɯːŋ). 厷 is the original form of this character.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong / keng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gong
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹
  - Yale: gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
  - Palladius: гун (gun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwang¹
  - Yale: gwāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gueng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
  - Tâi-lô: kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen, dated in Zhangzhou, dated in Quanzhou, dated in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng
  - Tâi-lô: king
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: kwong

Rime
Character	肱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	登 (130)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古弘切
Baxter	kwong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəŋ/
Li Rong	/kuəŋ/
Wang Li	/kuəŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwang¹

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

(Zhengzhang): /*kʷɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng
Middle Chinese	‹ kwong ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁəŋ/
English	(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	肱
Reading #	1/1
No.	4129
Phonetic component	厷
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʷɯːŋ/

Definitions

肱

(anatomy) upper arm
- 飯疏食飲水，曲肱而枕之，樂亦在其中矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  饭疏食饮水，曲肱而枕之，乐亦在其中矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Fàn shūshí yǐnshuǐ, qū gōng ér zhěn zhī, yuè yì zài qízhōng yǐ. [Pinyin]
  With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow; I have still joy in the midst of these things.
(figurative) minister of the emperor
- 洸洸司徒公，天子爪與肱。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  洸洸司徒公，天子爪与肱。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 9th century, Han Yu, 送侯參謀赴河中幕
  Huǎnghuǎng sītú gōng, tiānzǐ zhǎo yǔ gōng. [Pinyin]
  The charismatic mandarins are the assistants of our king.

Compounds

三折肱
心膂股肱
折肱
曲肱之樂 / 曲肱之乐
曲肱而枕
肱二頭肌 / 肱二头肌 (gōng'èrtóujī)
肱橈肌 / 肱桡肌
股肱 (gǔgōng)
肱股
股肱之力
股肱耳目
肱骨 (gōnggǔ)
飲水曲肱 / 饮水曲肱

Japanese

Kanji

肱

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: こう (kō)
Kan-on: こう (kō)
Kun: ひじ (hiji)^{←ひぢ (fidi, historical)}

Definitions

Kanji in this term
肱
ひじ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 肱 – see the following entry.

【肘ひじ】S

[noun] elbow

Alternative spelling
臂

(This term, 肱, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

肱 (eum 굉 (goeng))

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Vietnamese

Han character

肱: Hán Nôm readings: quăng

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