宮
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Translingual
Han character
宮 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十口竹口 (JRHR), four-corner 30606, composition ⿱宀呂)
References
- KangXi: page 285, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7156
- Dae Jaweon: page 564, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 936, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5BAE
Chinese
trad. | 宮 | |
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simp. | 宫 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 宮 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 宀 + 呂: many rooms under a roof — a mansion.
Etymology
STEDT compares it with Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-jim ~ k-jum (“house”); see there for hypothesized cognates.
Pronunciation
Definitions
宮
- (archaic) house; mansion; dwelling
- 上古穴居而野處,後世聖人易之以宮室。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
- Shànggǔ xuéjū ér yěchǔ, hòushì shèngrén yì zhī yǐ gōngshì. [Pinyin]
- In times of yore people dwelled in caves or lived in the open wilderness. Later, wise people devised houses to replace that way of life.
上古穴居而野处,后世圣人易之以宫室。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (architecture) palace
- (architecture, religion) temple; shrine
- 秋,丹桓宮之楹。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Qiū, dān Huán gōng zhī yíng. [Pinyin]
- In the autumn, the pillars in the temple of the late Duke Huan were painted red with vermilion.
秋,丹桓宫之楹。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (anatomy, in compounds) Short for 子宮/子宫 (zǐgōng, “womb; uterus”).
- 宮頸/宫颈 ― gōngjǐng ― cervix
- (music) the first note of the Chinese pentatonic scale
- 宮者,容也,含也,含容四時者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Ban Gu, The Comprehensive Discussions in the White Tiger Hall, 79 CE, translated based on Tjan Tjoe Som's version
- Gōng zhě, róng yě, hán yě, hánróng sìshí zhě yě. [Pinyin]
- Gōng means róng ‘to contain’; hán ‘to hold’; it contains and holds the four seasons
宫者,容也,含也,含容四时者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (historical law) castration as a punishment
- (obsolete) to surround; to encircle
- a surname
Usage notes
In reference to temples, 宮 is used for traditional deities considered to rank highly in the celestial bureaucracy, such as Mazu who was honored by the Qing dynasty as the "Queen of Heaven" after their successful invasion of Taiwan. In earlier history, it also referred to ancestral shrines.
Coordinate terms
- (Chinese pentatonic scale) 宮, 商, 角, 徵, 羽
Hypernyms
- (historical punishment): 五刑 (wǔxíng)
Synonyms
- (house):
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- (temple): 廟/庙 (miào)
See also
- 闕/阙 (què), 殿 (diàn), 宸 (chén)
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- a shrine; a palace
Readings
- Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō †)
- Kan-on: きゅう (kyū, Jōyō)←きゆう (kyū, historical)
- Kan’yō-on: ぐう (gū, Jōyō)
- Kun: みや (miya, 宮, Jōyō)
- Nanori: いえ (ie); たか (taka)
Compounds
- 守宮 (yamori), 守宮 (shukyū): gecko
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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宮 |
みや Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
/mi1ya/ → /miya/
From Old Japanese. A compound of 神 or 御 (mi, “spiritual honorific”) + 屋 (ya, “house”).[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) みや [mìyá] (Heiban – [0])[5][2]
- IPA(key): [mʲija̠]
Noun
宮 • (miya)
- (Shinto) the place where a god resides: a shrine
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 413)[6]
- Miya. ミヤ (宮) 神 (Camis)の社.
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 413)[6]
- (Buddhism) a temple holding a Buddhist statue
- the place where a ruler resides: a palace
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 413)[6]
- Miya. ミヤ (宮) 国王の子. また, 国王の宮殿
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 413)[6]
- a member of the imperial family
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 413)[6]
- Miya. ミヤ (宮) 国王の子. また, 国王の宮殿
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 413)[6]
Proper noun
宮 • (Miya)
- a surname
- an old name for a region in the Atsuta area of Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, where the Atsuta Shrine is located
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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宮 |
きゅう Grade: 3 |
kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 宮 (MC kɨuŋ, “dwelling; palace; note on a scale”). Compare modern Min Nan reading kiong.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) きゅう [kyúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [kʲɨᵝː]
Noun
宮 • (kyū) ←きゆう (kyū)?
- a palace
- (traditional music of China and Japan) the keynote or tonic of a musical scale, such as do in the do re mi scale notation of solfège
- Short for 宮刑: literally “palace punishment”, this consisted of castration for men and sequestration in the palace for women
- (astronomy, astrology) a zodiac sign or house, defined as one-twelfth of the circle of the ecliptic
- 黄道十二宮、 宝瓶宮
- ōdō jūni kyū, hōhei kyū
- the twelve signs of the zodiac, the house of Aquarius
- 黄道十二宮、 宝瓶宮
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 宮 (MC kɨuŋ). Recorded as Middle Korean 그ᇰ (kung) (Yale: kung) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource宮 (eumhun 집 궁 (jip gung))
宮 (eumhun 대궐 궁 (daegwol gung))
- Hanja form? of 궁 (“house”).
- Hanja form? of 궁 (“palace”).
Compounds
- 궁전 (宮殿, gungjeon, “royal palace”)
- 궁합 (宮合, gunghap, “marital harmony”)
- 궁형 (宮刑, gunghyeong, “castration as punishment”)
- 미궁 (迷宮, migung, “maze, labyrinth”)
- 상궁 (尙宮, sanggung, “court lady”)
- 자궁 (子宮, jagung, “womb”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
宮: Hán Nôm readings: cung
- palace