伉

伉 U+4F09, 伉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F09 ← 伈 [U+4F08] CJK Unified Ideographs 伊 → [U+4F0A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

伉 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人卜竹弓 (OYHN), four-corner 2021₇, composition ⿰亻亢)

1. compare, match
2. pair
3. spouse

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 95, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 431
• Dae Jaweon: page 201, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 126, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4F09

Chinese

simp. and trad.		伉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 伉
Small seal script s05672 Transcribed ancient scripts L32944
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 (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (亢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
笐	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs
亢	*kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs
牨	*kaːŋ
苀	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
魧	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
迒	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
邟	*kʰaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
忼	*kʰaːŋʔ, *qʰaːŋ
骯	*kʰaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *qaːŋ
抗	*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
炕	*kʰaːŋs, *qʰaːŋ
伉	*kʰaːŋs
閌	*kʰaːŋs
犺	*kʰaːŋs
蚢	*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
砊	*kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
阬	*kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
頏	*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
航	*ɡaːŋ
杭	*ɡaːŋ
沆	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
肮	*ɡaːŋ
吭	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋs
秔	*kraːŋ
坑	*kʰraːŋ
劥	*kʰraːŋ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kàng (kang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kong³
• Eastern Min (BUC): káung
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): korng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kàng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻang⁴
    • Yale: kàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanq
    • Palladius: кан (kan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: kong³
    • Yale: kong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: káung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑuŋ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: korng⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ko̤̍ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòng
    • Tâi-lô: khòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khangH

Rime
Character	伉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦浪切
Baxter	khangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaŋH/
Li Rong	/kʰɑŋH/
Wang Li	/kʰɑŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	伉
Reading #	1/1
No.	7368
Phonetic component	亢
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	抗
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːŋs/

Definitions

伉

1. (literary) to match; to be equal to

   伉儷／伉俪  ―  kànglì  ―  [literary] married couple

2. (literary) tall; strong
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) high; tall
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) upright
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) arrogant; haughty
6. (Wenzhounese) and
7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “to resist”)
8. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 和 (“and”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		與, 及
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		和, 與, 及, 與及 Cantonese
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	跟, 和
	Taiwan	跟, 和
	Malaysia	和, 跟
	Singapore	和, 跟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	和, 跟, 給
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	和
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	和
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	連
	Xi'an	跟, 連
	Xining	帶, 和
	Xuzhou	給
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	帶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	連
	Lanzhou	跟, 和
	Ürümqi	跟, 連, 和
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	跟, 給, 和
	Wuhan	跟
	Guiyang	跟, 同, 和
	Guilin	跟, 和
	Liuzhou	跟, 同, 和
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	告, 跟
	Yangzhou	跟, 交
	Hefei	跟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	同, 同埋, 共
	Hong Kong	同, 同埋
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	同
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	同
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	同
	Macau	同, 同埋
	Taishan	同埋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	同, 同埋
	Dongguan	同, 同埋
	Yangjiang	鄧, 同
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	同
	Penang (Guangfu)	同
	Singapore (Guangfu)	同
Gan	Nanchang	跟, 同
	Lichuan	和
	Pingxiang	同, 跟
Hakka	Meixian	同, 摎
	Yudu	澗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	摎
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	同
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	摎
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	同
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	摎
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	和
	Hong Kong	摎
	Kuching (Hepo)	佮
Huizhou	Jixi	搭
	Shexian	搭
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	和, 合
	Xiuning	合
	Yixian	和, 同
	Qimen	跟
	Wuyuan	剛
Jin	Taiyuan	和, 跟
	Xinzhou	給
Northern Min	Jian'ou	邀
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	邀, 儉, 教
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	邀
	Pucheng (Shibei)	邀, 跟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	共
	Fuzhou (Changle)	共
	Fuqing	共
	Yongtai	共
	Gutian	共
	Fu'an	共
	Ningde	共
	Shouning	隨
	Zhouning	傮, 共
	Fuding	跟
Southern Min	Xiamen	佮, 交
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	佮
	Quanzhou	佮, 交
	Zhangzhou	佮
	Tainan	佮
	Hsinchu	交
	Penang (Hokkien)	佮
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佮
	Manila (Hokkien)	佮, 交
	Chaozhou	佮, 共
	Shantou	佮
	Jieyang	佮
	Singapore (Teochew)	佮
	Pontianak (Teochew)	佮
	Leizhou	共
	Wenchang	共
	Haikou	共
	Qionghai	共
Puxian Min	Putian	共
	Xianyou	共
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	同, 同埋
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	跟, 邀
Wu	Shanghai	脫, 脫仔, 得, 得仔, 搭, 搭仔, 交, 幫, 同, 跟
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	搭
	Shanghai (Jiading)	搭, 脫, 脫仔
	Shanghai (Chongming)	脫
	Suzhou	搭, 搭仔
	Danyang	同, 跟
	Hangzhou	同
	Ningbo	搭, 搭仔
	Wenzhou	伉
	Jinhua	亨, 跟
Xiang	Changsha	跟
	Loudi	跟
	Shuangfeng	跟, 同

Compounds

• 伉俠 / 伉侠
• 伉健
• 伉儷 / 伉俪 (kànglì)
• 伉合
• 伉壯 / 伉壮
• 伉王
• 伉行
• 分庭伉禮 / 分庭伉礼
• 榮諧伉儷 / 荣谐伉俪
• 狼伉
• 賢伉儷 / 贤伉俪

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāng (gang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong

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• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
    • Tâi-lô: kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Definitions

伉

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) upright

Compounds

• 伉伉
• 伉俠 / 伉侠
• 伉厲 / 伉厉
• 伉浪
• 伉爽
• 伉直
• 伉行

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎng (kang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻang³
    • Yale: kǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaang
    • Palladius: кан (kan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ²¹⁴/

Definitions

伉

1. (historical) A person's name.

References

• “伉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• William Campbell (1913), A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, pages 360, 410.
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “伉”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “伉”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 121.

Japanese

Kanji

伉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: たぐい (tagui, 伉)^{←たぐひ (tagufi, 伉, historical)}、ならぶ (narabu, 伉ぶ)

Korean

Hanja

伉 • (hang) (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune–Reischauer hang)

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