肯
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See also: 肻
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Translingual
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Han character
肯 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜一月 (YMB), four-corner 21227, composition ⿱止月)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 976, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29311
- Dae Jaweon: page 1427, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2048, character 4
- Unihan data for U+80AF
Chinese
| trad. | 肯 | |
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| simp. # | 肯 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 肯 |
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| Western Zhou |
| Bronze inscriptions |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : abbreviated 冎 (“bone”) + 肉 (“meat”) – meat attached to the bone. Originally written more like 肎, the top component is now written 止.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hang2 / hoi2
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): kǎing
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kěn
- Wade–Giles: kʻên3
- Yale: kěn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keen
- Palladius: кэнь (kɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰən²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄥˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kěng
- Wade–Giles: kʻêng3
- Yale: kěng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeng
- Palladius: кэн (kɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɤŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hang2 / hoi2
- Yale: háng / hói
- Cantonese Pinyin: hang2 / hoi2
- Guangdong Romanization: heng2 / hoi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐŋ³⁵/, /hɔːi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: hoi2 - only in 肯綮.
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hén / khién
- Hakka Romanization System: henˋ / kienˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: hen3 / kian3
- Sinological IPA: /hen³¹/, /kʰi̯en³¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
Note:
- Sixian:
- hén - vernacular;
- khién - literary.
- Meixian:
- hên3 - vernacular;
- kên3 - literary.
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kǎing
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰaiŋ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khńg
- Tâi-lô: khńg
- Phofsit Daibuun: qngr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khéng
- Tâi-lô: khíng
- Phofsit Daibuun: qeang
- IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khín
- Tâi-lô: khín
- Phofsit Daibuun: qien
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khán
- Tâi-lô: khán
- Phofsit Daibuun: qarn
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Note:
- khńg/khéng - literary;
- khín/khán - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: kêng2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khéng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰeŋ⁵²/
- Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | 肯 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /kʰən²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin | /kʰən²¹³/ | |
| Tianjin | /kʰən¹³/ | |
| Jinan | /kʰẽ⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao | /kʰə̃⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /kʰən⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /kʰẽ⁵³/ | |
| Xining | /kʰə̃⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /kʰəŋ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /kʰə̃n⁴⁴²/ | |
| Ürümqi | /kʰɤŋ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /kʰən⁴²/ | |
| Chengdu | /kʰən⁵³/ | |
| Guiyang | /kʰen⁴²/ | |
| Kunming | /kʰə̃⁵³/ | |
| Nanjing | /kʰən²¹²/ | |
| Hefei | /kʰən²⁴/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kʰəŋ⁵³/ |
| Pingyao | /kʰəŋ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /kʰə̃ŋ⁵³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kʰəŋ³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /kʰən⁵¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /kʰen⁵³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /kʰaŋ³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /kʰʌ̃³⁵/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡ɕʰin³¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kʰən⁴¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /kʰən⁴²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kʰiɛn²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kʰen³¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /hen³¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɐŋ³⁵/ |
| Nanning | /hɐŋ³⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /hɐŋ³⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kʰiŋ⁵³/ |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kʰiŋ³²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kʰaiŋ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /kʰeŋ⁵³/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /xin²¹³/ |
- Middle Chinese: khongX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤəŋʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯːŋʔ/
Definitions
肯
- meat attached to the bone; tendon; sinew
- to be willing to; to be ready to
- to consent to; to permit; to agree
- (archaic, rhetorical question) how could it be that
Compounds
References
- “肯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
肯
Readings
- Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
- On: かい (kai)
- Kun: うべなう (ubenau, 肯う)、がえんずる (gaenzuru, 肯んずる)、がえんじる (gaenjiru, 肯んじる)、あえて (aete, 肯えて)、うけがう (ukegau, 肯う)
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
肯 (eumhun 옳이 여길 긍 (ori yeogil geung))
Vietnamese
Han character
肯: Hán Nôm readings: khẳng, khứng, khừng
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