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控

控

Translingual

Han character

控 (radical 64 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手十金一 (QJCM), four-corner 53011, composition ⿰扌空)

  1. accuse, charge
  2. to control

References

  • KangXi: page 439, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12283
  • Dae Jaweon: page 789, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1906, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+63A7

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 控

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (工) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
缸 *kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ
篢 *kluːmʔ, *koːŋ
贑 *kluːmʔ
涳 *ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
江 *kroːŋ
肛 *kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ
扛 *kroːŋ
杠 *kroːŋ
豇 *kroːŋ
茳 *kroːŋ
釭 *kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
矼 *kroːŋ
玒 *kroːŋ, *koːŋ
虹 *kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
腔 *kʰroːŋ
崆 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
羫 *kʰroːŋ
控 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
椌 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
悾 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
跫 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
啌 *qʰroːŋ
谾 *qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ
舡 *qʰroːŋ
缻 *ɡroːŋ
項 *ɡroːŋʔ
屸 *ɡ·roːŋ
功 *koːŋ
工 *koːŋ
疘 *koːŋ
魟 *koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
攻 *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
愩 *koːŋ
碽 *koːŋ
貢 *koːŋs
羾 *koːŋs
空 *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
箜 *kʰoːŋ
硿 *kʰoːŋ
埪 *kʰoːŋ
鵼 *kʰoːŋ
倥 *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
鞚 *kʰoːŋs
叿 *qʰoːŋ
嗊 *qʰoːŋʔ
訌 *ɡoːŋ
紅 *ɡoːŋ
仜 *ɡoːŋ
葒 *ɡoːŋ
渱 *ɡoːŋ
鴻 *ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ
汞 *ɡoːŋʔ
澒 *ɡoːŋʔ
鞏 *koŋʔ
巩 *koŋʔ
銎 *kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ
恐 *kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs
蛩 *ɡoŋ
筇 *ɡoŋ
桏 *ɡoŋ
邛 *ɡoŋ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 控 控
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 江 (9) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II I
Fanqie 苦江切 苦貢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰˠʌŋ/ /kʰuŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰᵚɔŋ/ /kʰuŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰɔŋ/ /kʰuŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰaɨwŋ/ /kʰəwŋH/
Li
Rong		 /kʰɔŋ/ /kʰuŋH/
Wang
Li		 /kʰɔŋ/ /kʰuŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰɔŋ/ /kʰuŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qiāng kòng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 控
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kòng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khuwngH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰˤoŋ-s/
English pull (on bow or reins)

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 控 控
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4008 4046
Phonetic
component		 工 工
Rime
group		 東 東
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 腔 控
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰroːŋ/ /*kʰoːŋs/

Etymology 1

Verb

控

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Etymology 2

From Japanese コン ‎(kon, abbreviation of コンプレックス konpurekkusu), from English complex.

Suffix

控

  1. (ACG, Internet slang) -lover; -phile
    巨乳控  ―  jùrǔ kòng  ―  someone who likes large breasts
Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

控

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

控 • ‎(gong, gang) (hangeul 공, 강, revised gong, gang, McCune-Reischauer kong, kang, Yale kong, kang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

控 (khống)

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