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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 61 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心十金一 (PJCM), four-corner 93011, composition)

  1. naive, guileless, simple-minded

References

  • KangXi: page 389, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10746
  • Dae Jaweon: page 723, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2319, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+60BE

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ
*kluːmʔ, *koːŋ
*kluːmʔ
*ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
*kroːŋ
*kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ
*kroːŋ
*kroːŋ
*kroːŋ
*kroːŋ
*kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
*kroːŋ
*kroːŋ, *koːŋ
*kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
*kʰroːŋ
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
*kʰroːŋ
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
*qʰroːŋ
*qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ
*qʰroːŋ
*ɡroːŋ
*ɡroːŋʔ
*ɡ·roːŋ
*koːŋ
*koːŋ
*koːŋ
*koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
*koːŋ, *kuːŋ
*koːŋ
*koːŋ
*koːŋs
*koːŋs
*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
*kʰoːŋ
*kʰoːŋ
*kʰoːŋ
*kʰoːŋ
*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
*kʰoːŋs
*qʰoːŋ
*qʰoːŋʔ
*ɡoːŋ
*ɡoːŋ
*ɡoːŋ
*ɡoːŋ
*ɡoːŋ
*ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ
*ɡoːŋʔ
*ɡoːŋʔ
*koŋʔ
*koŋʔ
*kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ
*kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs
*ɡoŋ
*ɡoŋ
*ɡoŋ
*ɡoŋ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (29) (29) (29)
Final () (1) (9) (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I II I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰuŋ/ /kʰˠʌŋ/ /kʰuŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰuŋ/ /kʰᵚɔŋ/ /kʰuŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰuŋ/ /kʰɔŋ/ /kʰuŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰəwŋ/ /kʰaɨwŋ/ /kʰəwŋH/
Li
Rong
/kʰuŋ/ /kʰɔŋ/ /kʰuŋH/
Wang
Li
/kʰuŋ/ /kʰɔŋ/ /kʰuŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰuŋ/ /kʰɔŋ/ /kʰuŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kōng qiāng kòng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 4010 4041 4048
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰroːŋ/ /*kʰoːŋ/ /*kʰoːŋs/

Adjective

  1. naive, guileless, simple-minded

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gong) (hangeul , revised gong, McCune-Reischauer kong, Yale kong)

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