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Translingual

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *klaːŋ, *klaːŋs) : semantic  (metal) + phonetic  (OC *klaːŋ).

Han character

(radical 167 +8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金月廿山 (CBTU), four-corner 87120, composition)

  1. steel
  2. hard, strong, tough

References

  • KangXi: page 1309, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40509
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1810, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4220, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+92FC

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (101) (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑŋ/ /kɑŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑŋ/ /kɑŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑŋ/ /kɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaŋ/ /kaŋH/
Li
Rong
/kɑŋ/ /kɑŋH/
Wang
Li
/kɑŋ/ /kɑŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑŋ/ /kɑŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gāng gàng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kang ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.kˤaŋ/
English cast iron; steel

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3715 3719
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*klaːŋ/ /*klaːŋs/

Noun

  1. steel

Compounds

See also

  • (tiě, “iron”)

Pronunciation 2


Verb

  1. to sharpen, to whet

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Noun

(hiragana はがね, romaji hagane)

  1. steel
     (はがね)のように (かた)い。
    Hagane no yō ni katai.
    Hard as steel.

Synonyms


Korean

Hanja

(gang) (hangeul , revised gang, McCune-Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(cương, gang, cang)

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