穹

Translingual

Han character

穹 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十金弓 (JCN), four-corner 3020₇, composition ⿱穴弓)

Derived characters

• 𠶥, 𡸕, 𢛙, 𢮍, 𣶆, 𣇬, 焪, 𥓰, 䛪, 䠻, 𨡗, 𭯵, 𡹗, 𦲄

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 862, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25414
• Dae Jaweon: page 1289, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2721, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7A79

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰʷɯŋ) : semantic 穴 + phonetic 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ).

Pronunciation

Definitions

穹

1. (literary) elevated and arched

   穹隆  ―  qiónglóng  ―  domed structure

2. (literary) sky

   • 手弄白日，頂摩青穹，揮斥幽憤，不可得也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     手弄白日，顶摩青穹，挥斥幽愤，不可得也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 李白 (Li Bai), 《暮春於江夏送張祖監丞之東都序》

     Shǒu nòng bái rì, dǐng mó qīng qióng, huīchì yōufèn, bùkě dé yě.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Synonym: 天 (tiān)

3. (literary) deep
4. (literary) high and vast
5. ^† to fill up; to exhaust

   • 九月在戶，十月蟋蟀入我牀下。穹窒熏鼠，塞向墐戶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     九月在户，十月蟋蟀入我牀下。穹窒熏鼠，塞向墐户。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Jiǔyuè zài hù, shíyuè xīshuài rù wǒ chuáng xià. Qióng zhì xūn shǔ, sài xiàng jìn hù.

     In the ninth month, about the doors;
     In the tenth month, the cricket enters under our beds.
     Chinks are filled up, and rats are smoked out.
     The windows that face are stopped up;

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. high arching vault
2. sky

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きゆう (kyuu, historical)}
• Kun: あめ (ame, 穹); そら (sora, 穹); おおぞら (ōzora, 穹); あな (ana, 穹); ふかい (fukai, 穹い); たかい (takai, 穹い); おおきい (ōkī, 穹きい)
• Nanori: こう (kō); たかし (takashi); ひろ (hiro)

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 穹 (MC khjuwng). Recorded as Middle Korean 구ᇰ (kwung) (Yale: kwung) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

穹

Wikisource

穹 (eumhun 하늘 궁 (haneul gung))

1. (literary) Hanja form^? of 궁 (“sky; heaven”).
2. (literary) Hanja form^? of 궁 (“arched”).

Compounds

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

穹: Hán Việt readings: khung (去(khử)宮(cung)切(thiết)), khum
穹: Nôm readings: khum, khung, cùng

1. chữ Hán form of khung (“sky”).
2. Nôm form of khung (“border; frame”).
3. Nôm form of khum (“curved; convex”).

Compounds

References