Translingual

Han character

杭 (radical 75 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木卜竹弓 (DYHN), four-corner 4091₇, composition ⿰木亢)

References

• KangXi: page 513, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14494
• Dae Jaweon: page 898, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1174, character 3
• Unihan data for U+676D

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaːŋ) : semantic 木 ‎(“wood”) + phonetic 亢 ‎(OC *kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs).

Originally a variant of 抗 (OC *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ, “to fight against”).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

杭

1. ^†Alternative form of 航 (háng, “boat; ship”).
2. ^†Alternative form of 航 (háng, “to cross a stream; to ferry”).
3. ^†Alternative form of 航 (háng, “to sail; to navigate”).
4. (dialectal) suddenly; all of a sudden
5. Short for 杭州 (Hángzhōu, “Hangzhou”).
6. A surname​.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

杭

1. ^†Alternative form of 康 (kāng, “broad road”).

   杭莊 / 杭庄  ―  kāngzhuāng  ―  broad road

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

杭

1. ^†Alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “to resist; to fight”).
2. ^†Alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “to raise; to lift up”).
3. ^†Alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “high”).

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: わたる (wataru), くい (kui)

Noun

杭 ‎(hiragana くい, romaji kui)

1. stake, pile, post

Alternative forms

• 杙

Korean

Hanja

杭 • ‎(hang) (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune-Reischauer hang, Yale hang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

杭 (cáng, hàng, khiêng)

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