堩

堩

堩 U+5829, 堩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5829 ← 堨 [U+5828] CJK Unified Ideographs 堪 → [U+582A]

Translingual

Han character

堩 (radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土心一一 (GPMM) or X土心一一 (XGPMM), four-corner 4111₂, composition ⿰土恆)

References

• KangXi: page 233, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5265
• Dae Jaweon: page 471, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5829

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		堩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亙) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
搄	*kɯːŋ, *kɯːŋs
縆	*kɯːŋ, *kɯːŋs
絙	*ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ
亙	*kɯːŋs
堩	*kɯːŋs
恒	*ɡɯːŋ
峘	*ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gèng (geng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang², gang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˋ
    • Wade–Giles: kêng⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genq
    • IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang², gang³
    • Yale: gáng, gang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang², gang³
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng², geng³
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵/, /kɐŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kəŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	堩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古鄧切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kəŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kəŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kəŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəŋH/
Li Rong	/kəŋH/
Wang Li	/kəŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kəŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gèng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	堩
Reading #	1/1
No.	5123
Phonetic component	亙
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	亘
Old Chinese	/*kɯːŋs/

Definitions

堩

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Japanese

Kanji

堩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: みち (michi)