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肱

肱

Translingual

Alternative forms

Han character

肱 (radical 130 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月大戈 (BKI), four-corner 74232, composition ⿰⺼厷)

  1. upper arm

References

  • KangXi: page 976, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29315
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1427, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2047, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+80B1

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 肱

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (厷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
肱 *kʷɯːŋ
宏 *ɡʷrɯːŋ
閎 *ɡʷrɯːŋ
吰 *ɡʷrɯːŋ
竑 *ɡʷrɯːŋ
谹 *ɡʷrɯːŋ
翃 *ɡʷrɯːŋ
紘 *ɡʷrɯːŋ
鈜 *ɡʷrɯːŋ
浤 *ɡʷrɯːŋ
耾 *ɡʷrɯːŋ
雄 *ɡʷɯŋ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 肱
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 登 (130)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古弘切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kwəŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷəŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuəŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwəŋ/
Li
Rong		 /kuəŋ/
Wang
Li		 /kuəŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kwəŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 gōng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 肱
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 gōng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kwong ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ʷˤəŋ/
English (upper) arm

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 肱
Reading # 1/1
No. 4129
Phonetic
component		 厷
Rime
group		 蒸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 肱
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷɯːŋ/

Definitions

肱

  1. (anatomy) The upper arm.
    曲肱而枕之。 [Classical Chinese]  ―  Qū gōng ér zhěn zhī. [Pinyin]  ―  To bend the arms and pillow on them.
  2. (archaic, figuratively) An assistant, especially one who serves the authority.
    洸洸司徒公，天子爪與肱。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    洸洸司徒公，天子爪与肱。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    Huǎnghuǎng sītúgōng, tiānzǐ zhǎo yǔ gōng. [Pinyin]
    The charismatic mandarins are the assistants of our king.

Compounds

  • 三折肱
  • 心膂股肱
  • 折肱
  • 曲肱之樂／曲肱之乐
  • 曲肱而枕
  • 股肱
  • 股肱之力
  • 股肱耳目

Japanese

Kanji

肱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Kanji in this term
肱
ひじ
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Noun

肱 ‎(hiragana ひじ, romaji hiji, historical hiragana ひぢ)

  1. Alternative spelling of 肘

Korean

Hanja

肱 • ‎(goeng) (hangeul 굉, revised goeng, McCune-Reischauer koeng, Yale koyng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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