攻城

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Chinese

to attack; to accuse; to study city walls; city; town
simp. and trad.
(攻城)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (28) (28) (25)
Final () (1) (5) (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I I III
Fanqie
Baxter kuwng kowng dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuŋ/ /kuoŋ/ /d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuŋ/ /kuoŋ/ /d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuŋ/ /koŋ/ /d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəwŋ/ /kawŋ/ /d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/kuŋ/ /koŋ/ /ʑiɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/kuŋ/ /kuoŋ/ /ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kuŋ/ /kuoŋ/ /ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gōng gōng chéng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gung1 gung1 sing4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gōng chéng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kuwng › ‹ dzyeng ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁoŋ/ /*eŋ/
English attack city wall

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 # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 4027 4065 1418
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*koːŋ/ /*kuːŋ/ /*djeŋ/

Verb

攻城

  1. to attack a city; to besiege

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (攻城):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: S
じょう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう)(じょう) (kōjō

  1. siege

Verb

(こう)(じょう)する (kōjō surusuru (stem (こう)(じょう) (kōjō shi), past (こう)(じょう)した (kōjō shita))

  1. to besiege / to attack a city

Conjugation

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

攻城 (gongseong) (hangeul 공성)

  1. hanja form? of 공성 (siege)