觥

觥	U+89E5, 觥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89E5

← 觤
[U+89E4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

触 →
[U+89E6]

Translingual

Han character

觥 (Kangxi radical 148, 角+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓月火一山 (NBFMU), four-corner 2921₁, composition ⿰角光)

wine vessel made of horn

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1142, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35069
Dae Jaweon: page 1609, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3924, character 3
Unihan data for U+89E5

Chinese

trad.		觥
simp. ^#		觥
alternative forms		觵

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
光	kʷaːŋ, kʷaːŋs
灮	*kʷaːŋ
洸	kʷaːŋ, qʷaːŋ
桄	kʷaːŋ, kʷaːŋs
胱	*kʷaːŋ
垙	*kʷaːŋ
輄	*kʷaːŋ
恍	kʷaːŋ, qʰʷaːŋʔ
茪	*kʷaːŋ
侊	kʷaːŋ, kʷraːŋ
晃	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
幌	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
榥	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
滉	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
觥	*kʷraːŋ
駫	*kʷeːŋ

Etymology

See 角 (OC *kroːɡ, *ɡ·roːɡ, “horn”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwang¹

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/

Middle Chinese: kwaeng

Rime
Character	觥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (110)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古橫切
Baxter	kwaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠwæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/kuɐŋ/
Wang Li	/kwɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwang¹

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

(Zhengzhang): /*kʷraːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	觥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng
Middle Chinese	‹ kwæng ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁraŋ/
English	drinking horn
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	觥
Reading #	1/1
No.	4524
Phonetic component	光
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʷraːŋ/

Definitions

觥

(historical) drinking vessel made from animal horn
(historical) bronze wine vessel in the shape of an animal or animal head, with a cover, a handle, and sometimes a ladle
large; sumptuous

Compounds

交錯觥籌 / 交错觥筹
兕觥
巨觥 (jùgōng)
杯觥交錯 / 杯觥交错 (bēigōngjiāocuò)
觥令
觥籌交舉 / 觥筹交举 (gōngchóujiāojǔ)
觥籌交錯 / 觥筹交错 (gōngchóujiāocuò)
觥籌獄 / 觥筹狱
觥船
觥觥
走斝飛觥 / 走斝飞觥
飛觥獻斝 / 飞觥献斝
飛觥走斝 / 飞觥走斝
飛觥限斝 / 飞觥限斝

Japanese

Kanji

觥

(Hyōgai kanji)

cup made of horn
obstinate

Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)
Kun: つのさかずき (tsunosakazuki)

Korean

Hanja

觥 • (goeng) (hangeul 굉, revised goeng, McCune–Reischauer koeng, Yale koyng)

a horn chalice