扛

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扛	U+625B, 扛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-625B

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[U+625A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+625C]

Translingual

Han character

扛 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 手一 (QM), four-corner 5101₀, composition ⿰扌工)

Derived characters

𠲞𢬀

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 417, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11798
Dae Jaweon: page 764, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1829, character 3
Unihan data for U+625B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		扛
alternative forms		棡／㭎掆／㧏摃／𫼱

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kroːŋ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāng (gang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ / kong¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kong / kng

(Teochew, Peng'im): geng¹ / gang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gang
  - Wade–Giles: kang¹
  - Yale: gāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gang
  - Palladius: ган (gan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gong¹ / kong¹
  - Yale: gōng / kōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ / kong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ / kong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
  - Tâi-lô: kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng
  - Tâi-lô: kng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³/

Note:

kong - literary;
kng - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: geng¹ / gang¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳng / kang
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯŋ³³/, /kaŋ³³/

Note:

geng1 - vernacular;
gang - literary.

Middle Chinese: kaewng

Rime
Character	扛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古雙切
Baxter	kaewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/kɔŋ/
Wang Li	/kɔŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gong¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kroːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扛
Reading #	1/1
No.	3997
Phonetic component	工
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	江
Old Chinese	/*kroːŋ/

Definitions

扛

to lift using both hands
to lift by at least two people

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): káng (kang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ / kong¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kong / kng

(Teochew, Peng'im): geng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: káng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: káng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻang²
  - Yale: káng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: karng
  - Palladius: кан (kan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gong¹ / kong¹
  - Yale: gōng / kōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ / kong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ / kong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
  - Tâi-lô: kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng
  - Tâi-lô: kng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³/

Note:

kong - literary;
kng - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: geng¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯŋ³³/

Definitions

扛

to shoulder; to carry on shoulders
to contradict

Japanese

Kanji

扛

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)
Kun: あげる (ageru)、かつぐ (katsugu)

Korean

Hanja

扛 (eum 강 (gang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

扛: Hán Nôm readings: giăng, giang, căng, dăng, giằng, dàng, giương, gồng, khiêng

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