耿耿

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Chinese

bright bright
trad. (耿耿)
simp. #(耿耿)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (117)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter keangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɐŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəɨjŋX/
Li
Rong
/kɛŋX/
Wang
Li
/kæŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kæŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gěng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gang2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gěng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kɛngX ›
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 3989
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːŋʔ/

Adjective

耿耿

  1. (ideophonic) bright; shining
  2. (ideophonic) loyal; faithful; dedicated
  3. (ideophonic) having things on one's mind; troubled; disquieted; vexed

Derived terms