控

Translingual

Han character

控 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手十金一 (QJCM), four-corner 5301₁, composition ⿰扌空)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 439, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12283
• Dae Jaweon: page 789, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1906, character 9
• Unihan data for U+63A7

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 空 (OC *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs).

Pronunciation 1

Etymology

• (-phile): From Japanese コン (kon), short for コンプレックス (konpurekkusu, “complex”), from English complex.

Definitions

控

1. to control; to take charge of
2. to accuse; to charge

   指控  ―  zhǐkòng  ―  to accuse

   • 控于大邦，誰因誰極？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     控于大邦，谁因谁极？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Kòng yú dà bāng, shéi yīn shéi jí?

     I would have carried the case before the great State.
     On whom should I have relied? Who would come to the help of Wey?

3. to hang upside down
4. to turn upside down to empty
5. (of parts of the body) to fail to be sufficiently supported
6. (Internet slang, originally chiefly ACG) -phile

   巨乳控  ―  jùrǔ kòng  ―  someone who likes large breasts

7. (Internet slang) strong liking
8. (Internet slang) to strongly like
9. to open a bow; to draw the bowstring

   • 以故冒頓得自彊，控弦之士三十餘萬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     以故冒顿得自强，控弦之士三十余万。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Yǐ gù Mòdú dé zìqiáng, kòngxiánzhīshì sānshíyúwàn.

     As a result, Modu was able to strengthen himself and mobilized a force of over three hundred thousand archers (literally, "string-drawing men").

   • 襟三江而帶五湖，控蠻荊而引甌越。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     襟三江而带五湖，控蛮荆而引瓯越。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 675, Wang Bo (王勃), Tengwang Ge Xu (《滕王閣序》)

     Jīn sānjiāng ér dài wǔhú, kòng mánjīng ér yǐn ōuyuè.

     Three Rivers her lapel, and Five Lakes her girdle, She opens the bow of Chu, and draws the string of Yue.

10. to impede
11. to throw
12. to bend
13. to halt

    • 我決起而飛，槍榆枋，時則不至而控於地而已矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      我决起而飞，枪榆枋，时则不至而控于地而已矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

      Wǒ xuè qǐ ér fēi, qiāng yú fāng, shí zé bùzhì ér kòng yú dì éryǐ yǐ.

      We make an effort and fly towards an elm or sapanwood tree; and sometimes before we reach it, we can do no more but drop to the ground.

14. (Southern Min) to dig out with one's finger
15. (Southern Min) to use various means to acquire someone's money or property
16. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to climb

Synonyms

• (to control):

• (to accuse):

• (to climb):

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

控

1. ^† to remove

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

控

1. ^† to beat

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: くう (kū)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひかえる (hikaeru, 控える, Jōyō); ひかえ (hikae)

Korean

Hanja

控 • (gong, gang) (hangeul 공, 강, revised gong, gang, McCune–Reischauer kong, kang, Yale kong, kang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

控: Hán Nôm readings: khống

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