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

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• 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).

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• 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	鏗
Old Chinese	/*kʰreːŋ/

Definitions

鏗

1. (literary) to strike; to hit

   • 鏗鍾搖簴，揳梓瑟些。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     铿钟摇簴，揳梓瑟些。 [Classical Chinese, 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)

2. 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)

1. onomatopoeia of something hard hits
2. 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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