炕

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炕 U+7095, 炕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7095
← 炔
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 炖 →

Translingual

Han character

炕 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火卜竹弓 (FYHN), four-corner 90817, composition ⿰火亢)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 667, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18918
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1076, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2193, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7095

Chinese

trad. 炕
simp. # 炕
alternative forms 匟 “brick bed stove”

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
笐 *kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs
亢 *kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs
牨 *kaːŋ
苀 *kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
魧 *kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
迒 *kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
邟 *kʰaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
忼 *kʰaːŋʔ, *qʰaːŋ
骯 *kʰaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *qaːŋ
抗 *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
炕 *kʰaːŋs, *qʰaːŋ
伉 *kʰaːŋs
閌 *kʰaːŋs
犺 *kʰaːŋs
蚢 *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
砊 *kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
阬 *kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
頏 *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
航 *ɡaːŋ
杭 *ɡaːŋ
沆 *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
肮 *ɡaːŋ
吭 *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋs
秔 *kraːŋ
坑 *kʰraːŋ
劥 *kʰraːŋ

Etymology 1

Compare Burmese ကင် (kang, “to roast, toast”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 炕
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦浪切
Baxter khangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰɑŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰɑŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰaŋH/
Li
Rong 		/kʰɑŋH/
Wang
Li 		/kʰɑŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰɑŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hong3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 炕
Reading # 1/2
No. 7366
Phonetic
component 		亢
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		抗
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰaːŋs/

Definitions

炕

  1. kang; heatable brick bed
  2. (dialectal) to bake or dry by the heat of a fire; to toast
  3. alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “to raise; to lift”)
Descendants
  • → English: kang

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 炕
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 呼郎切
Baxter xang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/haŋ/
Li
Rong 		/xɑŋ/
Wang
Li 		/xɑŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hong1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 炕
Reading # 2/2
No. 7376
Phonetic
component 		亢
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		炕
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰaːŋ/

Definitions

炕

  1. (obsolete) to open

Compounds

References

  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “炕”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 121.

Japanese

Kanji

炕

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. the brick-bed in northern China

Readings

  • On (unclassified): こう (kō)
  • Kun: あぶる (aburu, 炕る)

Korean

Hanja

炕 • (hang) (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune–Reischauer hang, Yale hang)

  1. hypocaust
  2. hypocaust floor

Synonyms

Vietnamese

Han character

炕: Hán Việt readings: kháng

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