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U+50F5, 僵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50F5

[U+50F4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+50F6]
See also:

Translingual

Han character

(radical 9 +13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人一田一 (OMWM), four-corner 21216, composition⿳⿱⿱一田一)

  1. stiff and motionless, stock still
  2. rigid

References

  • KangXi: page 118, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1158
  • Dae Jaweon: page 250, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 224, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+50F5

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kaŋ
*kaŋ
*kaŋ
*kaŋ
*kaŋ
橿 *kaŋ
*kaŋ
*kaŋ
*kaŋ
*kaŋ
*kaŋs, *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ
*kaŋ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/kiaŋ/
Wang
Li
/kĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6263
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kaŋ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(cương)

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