鏗

See also: 铿

鏗	U+93D7, 鏗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93D7

← 鏖
[U+93D6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鏘 →
[U+93D8]

Translingual

Han character

鏗 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 金尸水土 (CSEG), four-corner 8711₄, composition ⿰釒堅)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1319, character 32
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40801
Dae Jaweon: page 1819, character 31
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4247, character 6
Unihan data for U+93D7

Chinese

trad.		鏗
simp.		铿
alternative forms		鉺／铒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
臤	kʰaːn, kʰriːn, ɡiːn, kʰins
掔	kʰriːn, kʰiːn
慳	*kʰriːn
藖	ɡriːn, ɡriːns
堅	*kiːn
鋻	kiːn, kiːns
鰹	*kiːn
蜸	*kʰiːnʔ
菣	kʰiːns, kʰins
賢	*ɡiːn
礥	ɡiːn, ɢrin
臔	*ɡiːnʔ
挋	*kiŋs
臣	*ɡiŋ
茞	*ɡiŋ
腎	*ɡjinʔ
頣	*hŋiŋʔ
緊	*kinʔ
嚚	*ŋɡriŋ
鏗	*kʰreːŋ
摼	*kʰreːŋ
硻	*kʰreːŋ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kēng (keng¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hang¹
Eastern Min (BUC): kiăng / kĕng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kheng / khin / khian

(Teochew, Peng'im): keng¹ / giêng¹ / giang¹

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/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /haŋ⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kiăng / kĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiaŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰɛiŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

kiăng - vernacular;
kĕng - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng
  - Tâi-lô: khing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin
  - Tâi-lô: khin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qyn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khian
  - Tâi-lô: khian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiefn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: keng¹ / giêng¹ / giang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khṳng / kieng / kiang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɯŋ³³/, /kieŋ³³/, /kiaŋ³³/

Note: giêng1/giang1 - vernacular (俗) (giêng1 - Chaozhou).

Middle Chinese: kheang

Rime
Character	鏗
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	鏗
Reading #	1/1
No.	1351
Phonetic component	臣
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʰreːŋ/

Definitions

鏗

(literary) to strike; to hit
- 鏗鍾搖簴，揳梓瑟些。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  铿钟摇簴，揳梓瑟些。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE
  Kēng zhōng yáo jù, xiē zǐ sè xiē. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
jingling

Compounds

鏗然 / 铿然 (kēngrán)
鏗鏘 / 铿锵 (kēngqiāng)
鏗鏗 / 铿铿 (kēngkēng)
鏗鏘有力 / 铿锵有力 (kēngqiāngyǒulì)

Japanese

Kanji

鏗

(Hyōgai kanji)

onomatopoeia of something hard hits
to strike, to beat

Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kun: うつ (utsu, 鏗つ)、つく (tsuku, 鏗く)

Compounds

鏗(こう)鏗(こう) (kōkō)
鏗(こう)爾(じ) (kōji)
鏗(こう)然(ぜん) (kōzen)
鏗(こう)鏘(そう) (kōsō)
鏘(そう)鏗(こう) (sōkō)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 鏗 (MC kheang).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɛŋ] ~ [ke̞ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [갱/겡]

Hanja

Wikisource

鏗 (eumhun 금옥(金玉) 소리 갱 (geumok sori gaeng))

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References

Naver Hanja Dictionary: 鏗

Vietnamese

Han character

鏗: Hán Nôm readings: keng, khanh

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