功名

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Chinese

merit; achievement; result
merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
 
name; fame; to describe
name; fame; to describe; place
 
trad. (功名)
simp. #(功名)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (4)
Final () (1) (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter kuwng mjieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuŋ/ /miᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuŋ/ /miɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuŋ/ /miæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəwŋ/ /miajŋ/
Li
Rong
/kuŋ/ /miɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/kuŋ/ /mĭɛŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kuŋ/ /mi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gōng míng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gung1 ming4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gōng míng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kuwng › ‹ mjieng ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁoŋ/ /*C.meŋ/
English work, effort name

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4021 9178
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*koːŋ/ /*meŋ/

Noun

功名

  1. accomplishment and fame; achievements and reputation
  2. (archaic) social status of a scholar or official

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 4
みょう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

(こう)(みょう) (kōmyō

  1. great achievement

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

功名

  1. chữ Hán form of công danh (position and fame).