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U+5751, 坑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5751

[U+5750]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5752]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 32, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土卜竹弓 (GYHN), four-corner 40117, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4932
  • Dae Jaweon: page 460, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 426, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5751

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
alternative forms
ancient

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script Small seal script

In its current form, a phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʰraːŋ): phonetic (OC *kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs) + semantic (soil). Early forms appear to be .

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • kēngr - “pit; hollow”.
  • Cantonese
  • Note: hang4 - “ravine”.
    Note:
    • khiⁿ/kheⁿ - vernacular;
    • kheng - literary.
  • Wu

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /kʰəŋ⁵⁵/
    Harbin /kʰəŋ⁴⁴/
    Tianjin /kʰəŋ²¹/
    Jinan /kʰəŋ²¹³/
    Qingdao /kʰəŋ²¹³/
    Zhengzhou /kʰəŋ²⁴/
    Xi'an /kʰəŋ²¹/
    Xining /kʰə̃⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /kʰəŋ⁴⁴/
    Lanzhou /kʰə̃n³¹/
    Ürümqi /kʰɤŋ⁴⁴/
    Wuhan /kʰən⁵⁵/
    Chengdu /kʰən⁵⁵/
    Guiyang /kʰen⁵⁵/
    Kunming /kʰə⁴⁴̃/
    Nanjing /kʰən³¹/
    Hefei /kʰən²¹/
    Jin Taiyuan /kʰəŋ¹¹/
    Pingyao /kʰəŋ¹³/
    Hohhot /kʰə̃ŋ³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /kʰɑ̃⁵³/
    Suzhou /kʰã⁵⁵/
    Hangzhou /kʰen³³/
    Wenzhou /kʰiɛ³³/
    Hui Shexian /kʰʌ̃³¹/
    /kʰɛ³¹/
    Tunxi /kʰɛ¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /kʰən³³/
    Xiangtan /kʰən³³/
    Gan Nanchang /kʰɑŋ⁴²/
    Hakka Meixian /haŋ⁴⁴/
    Taoyuan /hɑŋ²⁴/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /haŋ⁵³/
    Nanning /haŋ⁵⁵/
    Hong Kong /haŋ⁵⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kʰiŋ⁵⁵/
    /kʰĩ⁵⁵/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kʰaŋ⁵⁴/
    Shantou (Teochew) /kʰẽ³³/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /xaŋ³⁵/
    /xaŋ³¹/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (29)
    Final () (109)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () II
    Fanqie
    Baxter khaeng
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kʰˠæŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kʰᵚaŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kʰaŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kʰaɨjŋ/
    Li
    Rong
    /kʰɐŋ/
    Wang
    Li
    /kʰɐŋ/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /kʰɐŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    kēng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    hang1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 7399
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kʰraːŋ/
    Notes

    Definitions[edit]

    1. pit; hole (Classifier: m c)
        ―  kēng  ―  mud pit
      隕石陨石  ―  yǔnshí kēng  ―  meteorite crater
    2. tunnel
        ―  kuàngkēng  ―  mining pit; mine shaft
    3. (dialectal, including Cantonese) ditch; trench (Classifier: c)
    4. (dialectal, including Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Taishanese) valley; gully; ravine
    5. (Hakka) small stream; creek; brook (Classifier: h)
    6. (figurative) trap
    7. (by extension, neologism, Internet slang) fandom; media franchise
        ―  kēng  ―  to get into a fandom
    8. (literary) to bury alive
      焚書焚书  ―  fénshūkēng  ―  to burn books and bury Confucian scholars alive
    9. to entrap; to cheat
    Synonyms[edit]
    • (pit): (dialectal) (tán)
    • (to entrap):

    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology 2[edit]

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Mandarin 漢?”)

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    1. (Cantonese, in compounds) man

    Compounds[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    こう
    Grade: S
    on’yomi

    Noun[edit]

    (こう) (

    1. pit, usually of a mine

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese (MC khaeng).

    Historical readings

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun 구덩이 (gudeong'i gaeng))

    1. Hanja form? of (pit).

    Compounds[edit]

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Việt readings: khanh, khâng, khuâng
    : Nôm readings: khanh, ganh

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