恆伽

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (恆伽)		恆	伽
simp. (恒伽)		恒	伽

Etymology

From Sanskrit गङ्गा (gaṅgā, “Ganges”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hénggā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ ㄍㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hénggā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄍㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Héngga
    • Wade–Giles: Hêng²-ka¹
    • Yale: Héng-gā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herngga
    • Palladius: Хэнга (Xɛnga)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ kä⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hong gja

Rime
Character	恆	伽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	登 (129)	戈 (96)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	胡登切	求迦切
Baxter	hong	gja
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦəŋ/	/ɡɨɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəŋ/	/ɡiɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣəŋ/	/ɡiɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəŋ/	/gɨa/
Li Rong	/ɣəŋ/	/ɡiɑ/
Wang Li	/ɣəŋ/	/ɡǐɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣəŋ/	/gi̯ɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	héng	qié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang4	ke4

Proper noun

恆伽

1. Ganges

   Synonym: 恆河／恒河 (Héng Hé)

See also

• 恆／恒 (gèng)