康樂

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Etymology 1

peaceful; spongy (of radishes)
music; happy; laugh
music; happy; laugh; cheerful
 
trad. (康樂)
simp. (康乐)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 3/3
Initial () (29) (37)
Final () (101) (103)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter khang lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑŋ/ /lɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑŋ/ /lɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑŋ/ /lɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰaŋ/ /lak̚/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑŋ/ /lɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑŋ/ /lɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɑŋ/ /lɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kāng luò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hong1 lok6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/3 2/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ khang › ‹ lak ›
Old
Chinese
/*k-r̥ˁaŋ/ /*ˁawk/
English tranquil; at ease joy; enjoy

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 2/3
No. 3981 7673
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰlaːŋ/ /*raːwɢ/

Adjective

康樂

  1. (literary) peaceful and happy
    康樂設施康乐设施  ―  kānglè shèshī  ―  recreational facility
Synonyms
Derived terms

Proper noun

康樂

  1. () Kangle (a county of Linxia prefecture, Gansu, China)
  2. () Kangle (a town in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)

Etymology 2

phonetic
trad. (康樂)
simp. (康乐)

Pronunciation


Proper noun

康樂

  1. (Singapore) Connacht (a province of Ireland)
    Synonyms: (Mainland China, Taiwan) 康諾特康诺特 (Kāngnuòtè), (Hong Kong) 干諾