綆

See also: 绠

綆 U+7D86, 綆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D86 ← 綅 [U+7D85] CJK Unified Ideographs 綇 → [U+7D87]

Translingual

Han character

綆 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火一中大 (VFMLK), four-corner 2194₆, composition ⿰糹更)

1. well rope

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 925, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27489
• Dae Jaweon: page 1360, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3401, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7D86

Chinese

trad.		綆
simp.		绠

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

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: kaengX

Rime
Character	綆
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	/kˠæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨjŋX/
Li Rong	/kɐŋX/
Wang Li	/kɐŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gang2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	綆
Reading #	1/1
No.	874
Phonetic component	丙
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	梗
Old Chinese	/*kraːŋʔ/

Definitions

綆

1. (literary) rope for drawing water (from a well)

   • 短綆不可以汲深井之泉，知不幾者不可與及聖人之言。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     短绠不可以汲深井之泉，知不几者不可与及圣人之言。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Duǎn gěng bù kěyǐ jí shēnjǐng zhī quán, zhī bùjī zhě bùkě yǔ jí shèngrén zhī yán. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

• 汲深綆短 / 汲深绠短
• 汲綆 / 汲绠
• 短綆汲深 / 短绠汲深
• 綆短汲深 / 绠短汲深
• 綆縻 / 绠縻

 

Japanese

Kanji

綆

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. well rope

Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)、きょう (kyō)、へい (hei)、はん (han)
• Kun: つるびなわ (tsurubinawa)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. well bucket