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Translingual
Han character
杭 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木卜竹弓 (DYHN), four-corner 40917, composition ⿰木亢)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 513, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14494
- Dae Jaweon: page 898, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1174, character 3
- Unihan data for U+676D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 笐
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*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs
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| 亢
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*kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs
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| 牨
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*kaːŋ
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| 苀
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*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
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| 魧
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*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
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| 迒
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*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
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| 邟
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*kʰaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
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| 忼
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*kʰaːŋʔ, *qʰaːŋ
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| 骯
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*kʰaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *qaːŋ
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| 抗
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*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
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| 炕
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*kʰaːŋs, *qʰaːŋ
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| 伉
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*kʰaːŋs
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| 閌
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*kʰaːŋs
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| 犺
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*kʰaːŋs
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| 蚢
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*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
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| 砊
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*kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
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| 阬
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*kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
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| 頏
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*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
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| 航
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*ɡaːŋ
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| 杭
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*ɡaːŋ
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| 沆
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*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
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| 肮
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*ɡaːŋ
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| 吭
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*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋs
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| 秔
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*kraːŋ
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| 坑
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*kʰraːŋ
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| 劥
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*kʰraːŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaːŋ) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 亢 (OC *kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs).
Originally a variant of 抗 (OC *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ, “to fight against”).
Pronunciation 1
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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杭
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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háng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*-ˁaŋ/
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| English
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to go by boat
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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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杭
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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7383
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Phonetic
component
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亢
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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航
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡaːŋ/
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Definitions
杭
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 航 (háng, “boat; ship”)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 航 (háng, “to cross a stream; to ferry”)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 航 (háng, “to sail; to navigate”)
- (dialectal) suddenly; all of a sudden
- Short for 杭州 (Hángzhōu, “Hangzhou”).
- a surname
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
杭
- † Alternative form of 康 (kāng, “broad road”)
- 杭莊／杭庄 ― kāngzhuāng ― broad road
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
杭
- † Alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “to resist; to fight”)
- † Alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “to raise; to lift up”)
- † Alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “high”)
Pronunciation 4
Definitions
杭
- (Northern Wu) Alternative form of 行 (“to endure; to bear; to shoulder”)
Japanese
Kanji
杭
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- stake, picket
- stump
Readings
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 杭 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 杭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 杭 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 杭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
杭 • (hang) (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune–Reischauer hang, Yale hang)
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Tày
Noun
杭 (transliteration needed)
- Nôm form of kháng (“ginger, galangal”).
Vietnamese
Han character
杭: Hán Nôm readings: cáng, hàng, khiêng
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