㧬

㧬 U+39EC, 㧬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-39EC ← 㧫 [U+39EB] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㧭 → [U+39ED]

Translingual

Han character

㧬 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一弓手 (MNQ), composition ⿱巩手)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 430, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1863, character 3
• Unihan data for U+39EC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 𢀜 () + semantic 手 (“hand”).

Etymology 1

trad.		㧬
simp. #		㧬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒng (gong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒng
    • Wade–Giles: kung³
    • Yale: gǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goong
    • Palladius: гун (gun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung²
    • Yale: gúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kjowngX

Rime
Character	㧬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居悚切
Baxter	kjowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuawŋX/
Li Rong	/kioŋX/
Wang Li	/kĭwoŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung2

Definitions

㧬

1. to raise
2. to fold the hands on the breast
3. to bow, to salute
4. a method (to pile or to raise up) of painting

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 㧬 – see 擁 (“(Cantonese) to push”). (This character is a variant form of 擁).