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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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干
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戈
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| Reading #
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2/4
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
gān
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gē
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ kan ›
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‹ kwa ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*kˁa/
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/*kʷˁaj/
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| English
|
shield (n.)
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dagger-axe
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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干
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戈
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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3570
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3831
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Phonetic
component
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干
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戈
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Rime
group
|
元
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
干
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戈
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Old
Chinese
|
/*kaːn/
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/*koːl/
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Noun
干戈
- the weapons of war; arms
- (figurative) the chaos of war; battle
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
/kankwa/ → /kanka/
From Middle Chinese compound 干戈 (kan kwa, literally “shield + polearm, spear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
干戈 • (kanka) ←かんくわ (kankwa)?
- literally “shields and spears”: a metaphor for weaponry or military force
- conflict
Idioms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN