吭

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吭 U+542D, 吭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542D
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 吮 →

Translingual

Han character

吭 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口卜竹弓 (RYHN), four-corner 60017, composition ⿰口亢)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 178, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3353
  • Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 594, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+542D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 吭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
笐 *kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs
亢 *kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs
牨 *kaːŋ
苀 *kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
魧 *kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
迒 *kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
邟 *kʰaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
忼 *kʰaːŋʔ, *qʰaːŋ
骯 *kʰaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *qaːŋ
抗 *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
炕 *kʰaːŋs, *qʰaːŋ
伉 *kʰaːŋs
閌 *kʰaːŋs
犺 *kʰaːŋs
蚢 *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
砊 *kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
阬 *kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
頏 *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
航 *ɡaːŋ
杭 *ɡaːŋ
沆 *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
肮 *ɡaːŋ
吭 *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋs
秔 *kraːŋ
坑 *kʰraːŋ
劥 *kʰraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋs) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 亢 (OC *kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs)

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

吭

  1. to utter; to utter a sound

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 吭 吭
Reading # 1/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 唐 (101) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 胡郎切 下浪切
Baxter hang hangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɑŋ/ /ɦɑŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦɑŋ/ /ɦɑŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɑŋ/ /ɣɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦaŋ/ /ɦaŋH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣɑŋ/ /ɣɑŋH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣɑŋ/ /ɣɑŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣɑŋ/ /ɣɑŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		háng hàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hong4 hong6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 吭 吭
Reading # 1/3 3/3
No. 7389 7394
Phonetic
component 		亢 亢
Rime
group 		陽 陽
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		航 吭
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡaːŋ/ /*ɡaːŋs/

Definitions

吭

  1. throat (of birds)
  2. throat in general

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Rime
Character 吭
Reading # 2/3
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡朗切
Baxter hangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɑŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦɑŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦaŋX/
Li
Rong 		/ɣɑŋX/
Wang
Li 		/ɣɑŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣɑŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hong6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 吭
Reading # 2/3
No. 7393
Phonetic
component 		亢
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		沆
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡaːŋʔ/

Definitions

吭

  1. voice
  2. to swallow

Japanese

Kanji

吭

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. throat
  2. neck
  3. pivot

Readings

  • Go-on: ごう (gō)
  • Kan-on: こう (kō)
  • Kun: のど (nodo, 吭)

Korean

Hanja

吭 • (hang) (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune–Reischauer hang)

  1. throat
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