亢

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亢 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹弓 (YHN), four-corner 0021₇, composition ⿱亠几)

1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №399

• 伉, 吭, 坑, 妔, 𡵻, 𰏔, 忼, 抗, 沆, 犺, 阬, 𣃚, 𭥙, 杭, 炕, 牨, 𪻑, 肮, 㽘, 𥄦, 砊, 秔, 粇, 䋁, 航, 蚢, 𪜎, 𧦑, 𧲪, 貥, 䟘, 𨈢, 䡉, 𨟼, 𡕬, 鈧(钪), 𥒳, 𭉥, 𫆥, 䭺, 骯, 髚, 魧(𱇘), 䴚(𮭰), 𪎵, 𪐦, 𠿕, 𧇠, 𪕇, 𪗜(𬹽), 𤒀, 䶳
• 迒, 劥, 邟, 㰠, 㼚, 𦐄, 𡕧, 𨾒, 𡮎, 頏(颃), 𩲋, 䲳, 𠅣, 苀, 笐, 閌(闶), 匟, 囥, 䘕

• Kangxi Dictionary: 亠部/二畫 on the Chinese Wikisource.

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 88, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 288
• Dae Jaweon: page 185, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 280, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4EA2

Historical forms of the character 亢
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Bronze inscriptions b15195 b15196 b15197 b15198 b15199 b15200 b15201 b15202 Small seal script s07527 Transcribed ancient scripts L10045 L10046
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

亢

1. high; arrogant; haughty

   高亢  ―  gāokàng  ―  (of sound) loud and sonorous; excited; high spirits; (of appearance) haughty

   不卑不亢  ―  bùbēibùkàng  ―  neither obsequious nor supercilious

2. firm; resolute

   亢直  ―  kàngzhí  ―  upright and outspoken

3. dry; arid; drought

   亢旱  ―  kànghàn  ―  severe drought

4. extreme; too much
5. exceed; excessive
6. ridge of a roof
7. (～宿) (Chinese astronomy) Neck (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
8. a surname

亢

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) neck

   alt. forms: 頏 / 颃 (hāng), 肮

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) throat

   alt. forms: 頏 / 颃 (hāng), 肮

亢

1. Variant pronunciation of sense “neck” above.
2. Variant pronunciation of sense “throat” above.

   alt. forms: 吭

3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) carotid artery
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) footprint, mark, trace

   alt. forms: 迒 (háng)

• 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to look down upon, to disdain

   Synonym: 伉

2. haughty, disdainful

   Synonym: 伉

3. throat

   Synonym: 吭

4. to match

   Synonym: 伉

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: たかぶる (takaburu, 亢る)

• “亢”, in 漢字ぺディア ‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

亢 (eum 항 (hang))

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亢: Hán Nôm readings: cang, khảng

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