碙

碙

碙 U+7899, 碙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7899 ← 碘 [U+7898] CJK Unified Ideographs 碚 → [U+789A]

Translingual

Han character

碙 (radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一口月廿山 (MRBTU), four-corner 1762₀, composition ⿰石岡)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 832, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24308
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2437, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7899

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 岡 (OC *klaːŋ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		碙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāng (gang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ
    • Wade–Giles: kang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gang
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹
    • Yale: gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

碙

1. (rare) hill; mound

   • 碙崩崖溺兮，何革命之斯須？ [MSC, trad.]
     碙崩崖溺兮，何革命之斯须？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1664, 顧景星, 《先府君私謚貞譽先生狀略》

     Gāng bēng yá nì xī, hé gémìng zhī sīxū? [Pinyin]

     The hills are collapsing and the cliffs are drowning; is it a moment for dynastic change?

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 碙 – see 硇. (This character, 碙, is a variant form of 硇.)