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Translingual
Han character
炕 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火卜竹弓 (FYHN), four-corner 90817, composition ⿰火亢)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 667, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18918
- Dae Jaweon: page 1076, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2193, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7095
Chinese
| trad.
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炕
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| simp. #
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炕
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| alternative forms
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匟 “brick bed stove”
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Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 笐
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*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs
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| 亢
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*kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs
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| 牨
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*kaːŋ
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| 苀
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*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
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| 魧
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*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
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| 迒
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*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
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| 邟
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*kʰaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
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| 忼
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*kʰaːŋʔ, *qʰaːŋ
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| 骯
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*kʰaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *qaːŋ
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| 抗
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*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
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| 炕
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*kʰaːŋs, *qʰaːŋ
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| 伉
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*kʰaːŋs
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| 閌
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*kʰaːŋs
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| 犺
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*kʰaːŋs
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| 蚢
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*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
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| 砊
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*kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
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| 阬
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*kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
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| 頏
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*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
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| 航
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*ɡaːŋ
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| 杭
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*ɡaːŋ
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| 沆
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*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
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| 肮
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*ɡaːŋ
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| 吭
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*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋs
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| 秔
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*kraːŋ
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| 坑
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*kʰraːŋ
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| 劥
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*kʰraːŋ
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Etymology 1
Compare Burmese ကင် (kang, “to roast, toast”).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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炕
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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7366
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Phonetic
component
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亢
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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抗
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰaːŋs/
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Definitions
炕
- kang; heatable brick bed
- (dialectal) to bake or dry by the heat of a fire; to toast
- Alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “to raise; to lift”)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
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炕
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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7376
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Phonetic
component
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亢
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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炕
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰaːŋ/
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Definitions
炕
- (obsolete) to open
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
炕
(Hyōgai kanji)
- the brick-bed in northern China
Readings
Korean
Hanja
炕 • (hang) (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune–Reischauer hang, Yale hang)
- hypocaust
- hypocaust floor
Synonyms
Vietnamese
Han character
炕: Hán Việt readings: kháng
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