耿

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See also: 炅

耿	U+803F, 耿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-803F

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

耿 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸十火 (SJF), four-corner 1918₀, composition ⿰耳火)

Derived characters

𦃸, 𦵸, 𢞚, 𪳎, 𭵢, 㷦, 𥉔, 褧

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 966, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29026
Dae Jaweon: page 1414, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2785, character 12
Unihan data for U+803F

Chinese

trad.		耿
simp. ^#		耿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (耿) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
耿	*kreːŋʔ
褧	*kʰʷeːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːŋʔ) : abbreviated phonetic 烓 (OC *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ) + semantic 耳. Alternatively phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːŋʔ) : abbreviated phonetic 聖 (OC *hljeŋs) + semantic 火.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gěng (geng³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gang² / gwing²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gang²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kóen

(Meixian, Guangdong): gên³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kéng

(Teochew, Peng'im): guang² / geng²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ken

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gěng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gěng
  - Wade–Giles: kêng³
  - Yale: gěng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geeng
  - Palladius: гэн (gɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gang² / gwing²
  - Yale: gáng / gwíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gang² / gwing²
  - Guangdong Romanization: geng² / guing²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵/, /kʷɪŋ³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gang²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóen
  - Hakka Romanization System: guen^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: guen³
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯en³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gên³
  - Sinological IPA: /kɛn³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
  - Tâi-lô: kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guang² / geng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuáng / kṳ́ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵²/, /kɯŋ⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ken
  - MiniDict: ken^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ken
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kən³⁴/

Middle Chinese: keangX

Rime
Character	耿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古幸切
Baxter	keangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/kɛŋ^X/
Wang Li	/kæŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kæŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gang²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ˤreŋʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kreːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	耿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gěng
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛng^X ›
Old Chinese	/*ˁreŋʔ/
English	brilliant; wide awake
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	耿
Reading #	1/1
No.	3989
Phonetic component	耿
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	耿
Old Chinese	/*kreːŋʔ/

Definitions

耿

(literary) bright; shining
(literary) honest and just; upright
^† uneasy; disturbed
^† sad; sorrowful
a surname
耿爽 ― Gěng Shuǎng ― Geng Shuang (politician)

Japanese

Kanji

耿

(Hyōgai kanji)

light

Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kun: ひかり (hikari)
Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、てる (teru)

Korean

Hanja

耿 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

bright
shining
have guts

Vietnamese

Han character

耿: Hán Nôm readings: cảnh, kẻng, khệnh, kỉnh

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