鏗鏘

鏗鏘

See also: 铿锵

Chinese

		jingling of metals; to strike	tinkling of small bells
trad. (鏗鏘)		鏗	鏘
simp. (铿锵)		铿	锵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēngqiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄥ ㄑㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang¹ coeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kēngqiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄥ ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kengchiang
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang¹ coeng¹
    • Yale: hāng chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang¹ tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng¹ cêng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰœːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰˠɛŋ  t͡sʰɨɐŋ/▼

Rime
Character	鏗	鏘
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	口莖切	七羊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠɛŋ/	/t͡sʰɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚæŋ/	/t͡sʰiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɐŋ/	/t͡sʰiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəɨjŋ/	/t͡sʰɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰɛŋ/	/t͡sʰiaŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰæŋ/	/t͡sʰĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰæŋ/	/t͡sʰi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kēng	qiāng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰreːŋ  sʰaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鏗	鏘
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1351	10296
Phonetic component	臣	爿
Rime group	耕	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	鏗	鏘
Old Chinese	/*kʰreːŋ/	/*sʰaŋ/

Adjective

鏗鏘

1. sonorous; resounding; ringing

Derived terms

鏗鏗鏘鏘／铿铿锵锵

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鏗	鏘
こう Hyōgaiji	そう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Adjective

鏗鏘 (-tari inflection, hiragana こうそう, rōmaji kōsō)

1. resounding (of bells, stones, musical instruments, etc)