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Translingual

Shinjitai
Simplified
Traditional

Alternative forms

Note that, as in , in Chinese, the bottom is , while in Japanese, the bottom is .

Han character

(radical 85 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水廿金山 (ETCU), four-corner 34117)

References

  • KangXi: page 635, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17783
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1042, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1668, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6E2F

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kroːŋʔ, *ɡloːŋs
*ɡroːŋs
*ɡroːŋs
*ɡroːŋs, *ɡloːŋs
*qʰloːŋ, *qʰloːŋs, *ɡoːŋ, *ɡloːŋs
*ɡloːŋ
*ɡloːŋ
*ɡloːŋ
*ɡoːŋ
*ɡloːŋs
*ɡloːŋs
*kloŋ
*kloŋ, *kloŋs
*kloŋ
*kloŋ, *kloŋʔ
*kloŋ, *ɡloŋs
*kloŋ
*kloŋʔ
*kloŋʔ, *kloɡ
*kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
*kloŋʔ
*kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
*ɡloŋ
*kloɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kroːŋʔ, *ɡloːŋs) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *ɡroːŋs).

Ideogrammic compound (會意) proposed as alternative: a harbor is a road by the water.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (33)
Final () (9) (1)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠʌŋX/ /ɦuŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚɔŋX/ /ɦuŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɔŋX/ /ɣuŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨwŋX/ /ɦəwŋH/
Li
Rong
/kɔŋX/ /ɣuŋH/
Wang
Li
/kɔŋX/ /ɣuŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɔŋX/ /ɣuŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǎng hòng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4150 4163
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kroːŋʔ/ /*ɡloːŋs/
Notes

Definitions

  1. port; harbour
  2. Short for 香港 (Xiānggǎng, “Hong Kong”).

Compounds

  • 不凍港不冻港
  • 入港 (rùgǎng)
  • 內港内港
  • 出港 (chūgǎng)
  • 北方大港
  • 北港鎮北港镇
  • 千足港條千足港条
  • 卡港會議卡港会议
  • 商港
  • 塘沽新港
  • 塞得港
  • 外港
  • 太子港 (Tàizǐgǎng)
  • 安平港
  • 封港
  • 工業港工业港
  • 巨港
  • 布雷爾港布雷尔港
  • 引港 (yǐngǎng)
  • 新港鄉新港乡
  • 斷港絕潢断港绝潢
  • 汊港
  • 河口港

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana みなと, romaji minato)

  1. port

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

(hang) (hangeul , McCune-Reischauer hang, Yale hang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(cảng)

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