鯁

See also: 鲠

鯁	U+9BC1, 鯁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BC1

← 鯀
[U+9BC0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鯂 →
[U+9BC2]

Translingual

Han character

鯁 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 弓火一中大 (NFMLK), four-corner 2134₆, composition ⿰魚更)

fish bones
honest, upright

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1471, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46171
Dae Jaweon: page 2003, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4690, character 8
Unihan data for U+9BC1

Chinese

trad.		鯁
simp.		鲠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
更	kraːŋ, kraːŋs
粳	*kraːŋ
埂	kraːŋ, kraːŋʔ
浭	*kraːŋ
稉	*kraːŋ
梗	*kraːŋʔ
哽	*kraːŋʔ
綆	*kraːŋʔ
鯁	*kraːŋʔ
挭	*kraːŋʔ
骾	*kraːŋʔ
郠	*kraːŋʔ
硬	ŋɡraːŋs, ŋɡraːŋs
鞕	*ŋɡraːŋs
丙	*pqraŋʔ
炳	*praŋʔ
邴	praŋʔ, praŋs
怲	praŋʔ, praŋs
苪	*praŋʔ
蛃	*praŋʔ
昺	*praŋʔ
昞	*praŋʔ
窉	*praŋʔ
柄	praŋʔ, praŋs
鈵	*praŋs
寎	*praŋs
病	*braŋs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gěng (geng³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gang²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gěng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gěng
  - Wade–Giles: kêng³
  - Yale: gěng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geeng
  - Palladius: гэн (gɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gang²
  - Yale: gáng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gang²
  - Guangdong Romanization: geng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵kan
  - MiniDict: kan^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kã³⁴/

Middle Chinese: kaengX

Rime
Character	鯁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古杏切
Baxter	kaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠæŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚaŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kaŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/kɐŋ^X/
Wang Li	/kɐŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɐŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gang²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kraːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鯁
Reading #	1/1
No.	875
Phonetic component	丙
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	梗
Old Chinese	/*kraːŋʔ/

Definitions

鯁

fishbone
(Northern Wu) for a fishbone to be stuck in one's throat
鯁着一根魚骨頭 [Northern Wu, trad.]
鲠着一根鱼骨头 [Northern Wu, simp.]
to have a fishbone stuck in one's throat

Derived terms

如鯁在喉 / 如鲠在喉
忠鯁 / 忠鲠
直言骨鯁 / 直言骨鲠
骨鯁 / 骨鲠 (gǔgěng)
骨鯁之臣 / 骨鲠之臣
骨鯁在喉 / 骨鲠在喉 (gǔgěngzàihóu)
鯁住 / 鲠住
鯁直 / 鲠直 (gěngzhí)

Descendants

→ Lao: ກ້າງ (kāng)
→ Shan: ၵၢင်ႈ (kāang)
→ Thai: ก้าง (gâang)

Japanese

Kanji

鯁

(Hyōgai kanji)

fish bones
honest
upright

Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)、きょう (kyō)

Korean

Hanja

鯁 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

fish bones
disaster