觥

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觥 U+89E5, 觥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89E5
← 觤
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 触 →

Translingual

Han character

觥 (Kangxi radical 148, 角+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓月火一山 (NBFMU), four-corner 29211, composition ⿰角光)

  1. wine vessel made of horn

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1142, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35069
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1609, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3924, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+89E5

Chinese

trad. 觥
simp. # 觥
alternative forms 觵
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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 觥
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (光) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
光 *kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
灮 *kʷaːŋ
洸 *kʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋ
桄 *kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
胱 *kʷaːŋ
垙 *kʷaːŋ
輄 *kʷaːŋ
恍 *kʷaːŋ, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
茪 *kʷaːŋ
侊 *kʷaːŋ, *kʷraːŋ
晃 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
幌 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
榥 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
滉 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
觥 *kʷraːŋ
駫 *kʷeːŋ

Etymology

See 角 (OC *kroːɡ, *ɡ·roːɡ, “horn”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 觥
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 庚 (110)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古橫切
Baxter kwaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠwæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷᵚaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwaɨjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/kuɐŋ/
Wang
Li 		/kwɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kwɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwang1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 觥
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gōng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kwæng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷˁraŋ/
English drinking horn

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 觥
Reading # 1/1
No. 4524
Phonetic
component 		光
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷraːŋ/

Definitions

觥

  1. (historical) drinking vessel made from animal horn
  2. (historical) bronze wine vessel in the shape of an animal or animal head, with a cover, a handle, and sometimes a ladle
  3. large; sumptuous

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

觥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. cup made of horn
  2. obstinate

Readings

Korean

Hanja

觥 • (goeng) (hangeul 굉, revised goeng, McCune–Reischauer koeng, Yale koyng)

  1. a horn chalice
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