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U+4F09, 伉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F09

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人卜竹弓 (OYHN), four-corner 20217, composition )

  1. compare, match
  2. pair
  3. spouse

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 95, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 431
  • Dae Jaweon: page 201, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 126, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4F09

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character


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).

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (101)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter khangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰaŋH/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑŋH/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɑŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hong3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7368
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰaːŋs/

Definitions

  1. (literary) to match; to be equal to
      ―  kàng  ―  married couple
  2. (literary) tall; strong
  3. high; tall
  4. upright
  5. arrogant; haughty
  6. (Wenzhounese) and
  7. Alternative form of (kàng, to resist)
  8. a surname

Synonyms

Compounds

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. upright

Compounds

Pronunciation 3


Definitions

  1. (historical) A person's name.

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: こう ()かう (kau, historical)
  • Kun: たぐい (tagui, )たぐひ (tagufi, , historical)ならぶ (narabu, 伉ぶ)

Korean

Hanja

(hang) (hangeul , revised hang, McCune–Reischauer hang)

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