夯

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夯 U+592F, 夯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-592F
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 夰 →

Translingual

Han character

夯 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大大尸 (KKS), four-corner 40427, composition ⿱大力)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 249, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5841
  • Dae Jaweon: page 508, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 526, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+592F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 夯

Glyph origin

Compound of 大力 (dàlì).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

夯

  1. to carry on the shoulder (forcefully)
  2. rammer
  3. to ram
  4. to strike forcefully

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 夯 – see 笨 (“foolish; stupid”).
(This character is a variant form of 笨).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

夯

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): こう (kō)
  • Kun: かつぐ (katsugu, 夯ぐ)、になう (ninau, 夯う)

Korean

Hanja

夯 • (hang) (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune–Reischauer hang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

夯: Hán Nôm readings: bổn, kháng

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