亨

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See also: 享 and 亯
亨 U+4EA8, 亨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EA8
← 产
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 亩 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

亨 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜口弓弓 (YRNN), four-corner 00207, composition ⿳亠口了)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 88, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 295
  • Dae Jaweon: page 187, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 284, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4EA8

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 亨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亨
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Transcribed ancient scripts
L33010
L10275
L10276
L10277
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 (亨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
亨 *qʰaŋʔ, *pqʰraːŋ, *qʰraːŋ
享 *qʰaŋʔ
烹 *pqʰraːŋ
脝 *qʰraːŋ
悙 *qʰraːŋ
哼 *qʰraːŋ

Pictogram (象形) . An ancestral shrine.

Pronunciation 1

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 亨
Mandarin Beijing /xəŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /xəŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /xəŋ²¹/
Jinan /xəŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /xəŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /xəŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /xəŋ²¹/
Xining /xə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /xəŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /xə̃n³¹/
Ürümqi /xɤŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /xən⁵⁵/
Chengdu /xən⁵⁵/
Guiyang /xen⁵⁵/
Kunming /xə̃⁴⁴/
Nanjing /xən³¹/
Hefei /xən²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /xəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /xəŋ¹³/
Hohhot /xə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /hɑ̃⁵³/
Suzhou /hã⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /hen³³/
/hɑŋ³³/
Wenzhou /hiɛ³³/
Hui Shexian /xʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /xan¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /xən³³/
Xiangtan /hən³³/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /hen⁴⁴/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /hɐŋ⁵³/
Nanning /hɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /hɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hiŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /hɛiŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xaiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /heŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hɔŋ²³/
Rime
Character 亨
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 許庚切
Baxter xaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hˠæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hᵚaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/haɨjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/xɐŋ/
Wang
Li 		/xɐŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hang1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 亨
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hēng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xæng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰˁraŋ/
English penetrate

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 亨
Reading # 3/3
No. 5115
Phonetic
component 		亨
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		脝
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰraːŋ/
Notes 享分化字

Definitions

亨

  1. smoothly progressing; prosperous
    財運亨通／财运亨通  ―  cáiyùn hēngtōng  ―  to have a good run for money
  2. (physics) Short for 亨利 (hēnglì, “henry”).
  3. a surname

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 亨
Reading # 2/3
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 撫庚切
Baxter phjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pʰˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʰᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pʰiaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pʰiajŋ/
Li
Rong 		/pʰiɐŋ/
Wang
Li 		/pʰĭɐŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pʰi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ping1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 亨
Reading # 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		pēng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ phæng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁraŋ/
English (loan for) to boil

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 亨
Reading # 2/3
No. 5113
Phonetic
component 		亨
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		磅
Old
Chinese 		/*pqʰraːŋ/

Definitions

亨

  1. † Alternative form of 烹 (pēng)

Pronunciation 3

Rime
Character 亨
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許兩切
Baxter xjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hɨɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hiɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xiɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hɨaŋX/
Li
Rong 		/xiaŋX/
Wang
Li 		/xĭaŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xi̯aŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiǎng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hoeng2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 亨
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xiǎng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xjangX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*aŋʔ/
English sacrificial offering

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 亨
Reading # 1/3
No. 5111
Phonetic
component 		亨
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		響
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰaŋʔ/
Notes 注亦作享

Definitions

亨

  1. † Alternative form of 享 (xiǎng)

Japanese

Kanji

亨

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. pass through
  2. go smoothly

Readings

As an alternative form of 享:

As an alternative form of 烹:

Proper noun

亨(とおる) • (Tōru) 

  1. a male given name

References

  • 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

Korean

Hanja

亨 • (hyeong, paeng) (hangeul 형, 팽, revised hyeong, paeng, McCune–Reischauer hyŏng, p'aeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

亨: Hán Nôm readings: Hưởng

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