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亨
亨
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Translingual
Han character
亨 (radical 8 亠+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜口弓弓 (YRNN), four-corner 00207, composition ⿳亠口了)
References
- KangXi: page 88, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 295
- Dae Jaweon: page 187, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 284, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4EA8
Chinese
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Glyph origin
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (亨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 亨 | *qʰaŋʔ, *pqʰraːŋ, *qʰraːŋ |
| 享 | *qʰaŋʔ |
| 烹 | *pqʰraːŋ |
| 脝 | *qʰraːŋ |
| 悙 | *qʰraːŋ |
| 哼 | *qʰraːŋ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄥ
- Wade-Giles: hêng1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heng
- IPA (key): /xɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hang1
- Yale: hāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hang1
- IPA (key): /hɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng
- Tâi-lô: hing
- Phofsit Daibuun: hefng
- IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 亨 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /xəŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /xəŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /xəŋ²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /xəŋ²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /xəŋ²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /xəŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /xəŋ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /xə̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /xəŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /xə̃n³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /xɤŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /xən⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /xən⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /xen⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /xə̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /xən³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /xən²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xəŋ¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /xəŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /xə̃ŋ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /hɑ̃⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /hã⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou |
/hen³³/ /hɑŋ³³/ |
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| Wenzhou | /hiɛ³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /xʌ̃³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /xan¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /xən³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /hən³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /hen⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɐŋ⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /hɐŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /hɐŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /hiŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /hɛiŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /xaiŋ⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /heŋ³³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /hɔŋ²³/ |
| Rime | |||
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| Character | 亨 | 亨 | 亨 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 滂 (2) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 庚 (109) | 庚 (111) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III | III |
| Fanqie | 許庚切 | 撫庚切 | 許兩切 |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/hˠæŋ/ | /pʰˠiæŋ/ | /hɨɐŋX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/hᵚaŋ/ | /pʰᵚiaŋ/ | /hiɐŋX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/xaŋ/ | /pʰiaŋ/ | /xiɑŋX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/haɨjŋ/ | /pʰiajŋ/ | /hɨaŋX/ |
| Li Rong |
/xɐŋ/ | /pʰiɐŋ/ | /xiaŋX/ |
| Wang Li |
/xɐŋ/ | /pʰĭɐŋ/ | /xĭaŋX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/xɐŋ/ | /pʰi̯ɐŋ/ | /xi̯aŋX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
hēng | pīng | xiǎng |
- Old Chinese▼
- (Baxter-Sagart): /*qʰˤraŋ/, /*[p.qʰ]ˤraŋ/, /*[qʰ]aŋʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaŋʔ/, /*pqʰraːŋ/, /*qʰraːŋ/
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |||
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| Character | 亨 | 亨 | 亨 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
hēng | pēng | xiǎng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ xæng › | ‹ phæng › | ‹ xjangX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʰˤraŋ/ | /*[p.qʰ]ˤraŋ/ | /*[qʰ]aŋʔ/ |
| English | penetrate | (loan for) to boil | sacrificial offering |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
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| Character | 亨 | 亨 | 亨 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 5111 | 5113 | 5115 |
| Phonetic component |
亨 | 亨 | 亨 |
| Rime group |
陽 | 陽 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
響 | 磅 | 脝 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʰaŋʔ/ | /*pqʰraːŋ/ | /*qʰraːŋ/ |
| Notes | 注亦作享 | 享分化字 | |
Definitions
亨
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- pass through
- go smoothly
Readings
Proper noun
亨 (hiragana とおる, romaji Tōru)
- A male given name
Korean
Hanja
亨 • (hyeong, paeng) (hangeul 형, 팽, revised hyeong, paeng, McCune-Reischauer hyŏng, p'aeng)
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Vietnamese
Han character
亨 (hanh)
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