矼

矼 U+77FC, 矼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77FC ← 矻 [U+77FB] CJK Unified Ideographs 矽 → [U+77FD]

Translingual

Han character

矼 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一口一 (MRM), four-corner 1161₀, composition ⿰石工)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 827, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24044
• Dae Jaweon: page 1241, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2417, character 11
• Unihan data for U+77FC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		矼

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (工) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
缸	*kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ
篢	*kluːmʔ, *koːŋ
贑	*kluːmʔ
涳	*ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
江	*kroːŋ
肛	*kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ
扛	*kroːŋ
杠	*kroːŋ
豇	*kroːŋ
茳	*kroːŋ
釭	*kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
矼	*kroːŋ
玒	*kroːŋ, *koːŋ
虹	*kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
腔	*kʰroːŋ
崆	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
羫	*kʰroːŋ
控	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
椌	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
悾	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
跫	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
啌	*qʰroːŋ
谾	*qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ
舡	*qʰroːŋ
缻	*ɡroːŋ
項	*ɡroːŋʔ
屸	*ɡ·roːŋ
功	*koːŋ
工	*koːŋ
疘	*koːŋ
魟	*koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
攻	*koːŋ, *kuːŋ
愩	*koːŋ
碽	*koːŋ
貢	*koːŋs
羾	*koːŋs
空	*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
箜	*kʰoːŋ
硿	*kʰoːŋ
埪	*kʰoːŋ
鵼	*kʰoːŋ
倥	*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
鞚	*kʰoːŋs
叿	*qʰoːŋ
嗊	*qʰoːŋʔ
訌	*ɡoːŋ
紅	*ɡoːŋ
仜	*ɡoːŋ
葒	*ɡoːŋ
渱	*ɡoːŋ
鴻	*ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ
汞	*ɡoːŋʔ
澒	*ɡoːŋʔ
鞏	*koŋʔ
巩	*koŋʔ
銎	*kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ
恐	*kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs
蛩	*ɡoŋ
筇	*ɡoŋ
桏	*ɡoŋ
邛	*ɡoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kroːŋ) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāng, qiāng (gang¹, qiang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ, ㄑㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ / hong¹ / kung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gang
    • Wade–Giles: kang¹
    • Yale: gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gang
    • Palladius: ган (gan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang¹
    • Yale: chyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiang
    • Palladius: цян (cjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gong¹ / hong¹ / kung⁴
    • Yale: gōng / hōng / kùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ / hong¹ / kung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ / hong¹ / kung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /hɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
    • Tâi-lô: kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kaewng

Rime
Character	矼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古雙切
Baxter	kaewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/kɔŋ/
Wang Li	/kɔŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gong1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kroːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	矼
Reading #	1/1
No.	4002
Phonetic component	工
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	江
Old Chinese	/*kroːŋ/

Definitions

矼

1. stone bridge
2. appearance of honesty

Compounds

• 矼牙

 

Japanese

Kanji

矼

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. stepping stone
2. hard
3. serious minded

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: とびいし (tobīshi)、いしばし (ishibashi)、たしか (tashika)
• Nanori: ばし (bashi)

Korean

Hanja

矼 (eum 강 (gang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

矼: Nôm readings: cong

1. Nôm form of cong (“curved; bent”).