亙

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See also: 𠄣 and 亘
亙 U+4E99, 亙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E99
← 亘
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 亚 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

亙 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一月一 (MBM), four-corner 10106, composition ⿻𠄠⿴𠂊⺀)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 87, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 265
  • Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 19, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+4E99

Chinese

trad. 亙/亘*
simp. 亘*
alternative forms 𠀕
𠄣
𠄭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亙
s04388
Transcribed ancient scripts
L07237
L24478
L24479
L24480
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (亙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
搄 *kɯːŋ, *kɯːŋs
縆 *kɯːŋ, *kɯːŋs
絙 *ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ
亙 *kɯːŋs
堩 *kɯːŋs
恆 *ɡɯːŋ
峘 *ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 二 + 月 (“moon”).

Possibly also the original form of 恆.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 亙
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 登 (129)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古鄧切
Baxter kongH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kəŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kəŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kəŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəŋH/
Li
Rong 		/kəŋH/
Wang
Li 		/kəŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kəŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gang3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 亙
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gèn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kongH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁəŋ-s/
English continuous; constant

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 亙
Reading # 1/1
No. 5122
Phonetic
component 		亙
Rime
group 		蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		亘
Old
Chinese 		/*kɯːŋs/
Notes 原作亙雲出方言，
方言作緪。通行作此字，見漢賦，近甲文與說文㮓古文，
中本象上弦月

Definitions

亙

  1. (of space or time) to extend all the way; to stretch
  2. † continuous; complete
  3. † completely; thoroughly
  4. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

亙

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. request

Readings

  • Go-on: こう (kō)
  • Kan-on: こう (kō)
  • Kun: わたる (wataru, 亙る)、わたり (watari, 亙り)

Korean

Hanja

亙 (eum 긍 (geung))

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Vietnamese

Han character

亙: Hán Nôm readings: cẳng, cắng, cứng, gắng, hẵng

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References

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