堈

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堈 U+5808, 堈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5808
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 堉 →

Translingual

Han character

堈 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土月廿山 (GBTU), four-corner 47120, composition ⿰土岡)

  1. earthen jug, crock
  2. cistern

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 232, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5213
  • Dae Jaweon: page 469, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 453, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5808

Chinese

trad. 堈
simp. 𰉙

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (岡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
岡 *klaːŋ
崗 *klaːŋ
剛 *klaːŋ
掆 *klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
鋼 *klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
綱 *klaːŋ
犅 *klaːŋ
堈 *klaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *klaːŋ) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 岡 (OC *klaːŋ)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 堈
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古郎切
Baxter kang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/kɑŋ/
Wang
Li 		/kɑŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gong1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 堈
Reading # 1/1
No. 3718
Phonetic
component 		岡
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		岡
Old
Chinese 		/*klaːŋ/
Notes 亦作𤭛，古作瓨㼚缸

Definitions

堈

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 堈 – see 缸 (“vat; crock; jar; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 缸).

References

Japanese

Kanji

堈

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): こう (kō)
  • Kun: かめ (kame)、おか (oka)

Korean

Hanja

堈 • (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang)

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