勥

勥 U+52E5, 勥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52E5 ← 勤 [U+52E4] CJK Unified Ideographs 勦 → [U+52E6]

Translingual

Han character

勥 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+11 in traditional Chinese, 力+12 in simplified Chinese, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese, 14 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 弓戈大尸 (NIKS), composition ⿱强力)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 149, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2425
• Dae Jaweon: page 337, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 379, character 10
• Unihan data for U+52E5

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
繈	*kaŋʔ
襁	*kaŋʔ
膙	*kaŋʔ
鏹	*kaŋʔ
勥	*ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ
強	*ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ

Etymology 1

trad.		勥
simp. #		勥
alternative forms		𠣃 𠣀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎng (qiang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang³
    • Yale: chyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheang
    • Palladius: цян (cjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: gjang, gjangX

Rime
Character	勥	勥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨良切	其兩切
Baxter	gjang	gjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨɐŋ/	/ɡɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɐŋ/	/ɡiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɑŋ/	/ɡiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨaŋ/	/gɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/ɡiaŋ/	/ɡiaŋX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭaŋ/	/ɡĭaŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯aŋ/	/gi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáng	jiàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	koeng4	goeng6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaŋ/, /*ɡaŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	勥	勥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10317	10320
Phonetic component	强	强
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	強	勥
Old Chinese	/*ɡaŋ/	/*ɡaŋʔ/

Definitions

勥

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to compel
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) valiant

Etymology 2

trad.		勥
simp. #		勥
alternative forms		強／强

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khiàng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiang³

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàng
    • Tâi-lô: khiàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiaŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiaŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiaŋ²¹³/

Definitions

勥

1. (Hokkien, usually of a woman, sometimes disapproving) capable
2. (Teochew, Singapore and Philippine Hokkien) clever
3. (Teochew, Singapore and Philippine Hokkien) good at

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 厲害 (“impressive; excellent; amazing; fantastic”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	牛, 牛兒, 牛屄 vulgar
	Taiwan	厲害, 棒
	Malaysia	厲害, 夠力
	Singapore	厲害
Cantonese	Guangzhou	犀利, 勁
	Hong Kong	犀利, 勁, 勁抽, 堅抽
	Penang (Guangfu)	犀利
	Singapore (Guangfu)	犀利, 勁
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	厲害, 慶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	厲害, 慶, 壁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	厲害, 慶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	厲害, 慶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	厲害, 慶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	厲害, 慶
	Hong Kong	叻
	Kuching (Hepo)	慶
Southern Min	Xiamen	厲害
	Shishi	厲害
	Zhao'an	厲害
	Tainan	厲害
	Penang (Hokkien)	厲害
	Singapore (Hokkien)	厲害, 勥, 𠢕
	Manila (Hokkien)	厲害, 勥, 𠢕
	Puning	厲害, 野
	Haifeng	厲害
	Singapore (Teochew)	厲害
Wu	Shanghai	結棍
	Suzhou	結棍
	Wuxi	結棍
	Hangzhou	結棍
	Ningbo	結棍
Xiang	Changsha	䏧腮

Dialectal synonyms of 聰明 (“clever; intelligent; smart; bright”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		聰明, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聰明, 機靈, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎, 聰慧
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	聰明
	Taiwan	聰明
	Malaysia	聰明
	Singapore	聰明
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	聰明
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	靈, 靈醒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	精靈, 聰明
	Wuhan	聰明
	Guilin	聰明
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	聰明
	Hefei	聰明
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻, 精
	Hong Kong	聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻, 精
	Taishan	聰明, 叻, 參
	Kaiping (Chikan)	叻
	Yangjiang	伶俐, 叻
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	精, 扮𠮨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	聰明, 精, 叻, 醒目, 扮𠮨
Gan	Nanchang	精靈, 聰明
Hakka	Meixian	聰明, 機靈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聰明
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聰明
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聰明
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聰明, 精
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聰明, 精
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聰明
	Kuching (Hepo)	將
Jin	Taiyuan	機靈, 聰明
Northern Min	Jian'ou	聰明
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	聰明
Southern Min	Xiamen	聰明, 伶俐
	Quanzhou	聰明, 骨, 骨鳥 derogatory, 伶俐
	Zhangzhou	聰明, 伶俐
	Taipei	聰明, 巧, 明白
	Singapore (Hokkien)	聰明, 𠢕, 勥, 醒目, 巧
	Manila (Hokkien)	巧, 勥, 𠢕
	Chaozhou	聰明
	Singapore (Teochew)	聰明
	Wenchang	精
	Singapore (Hainanese)	精
Wu	Suzhou	聰明
	Ningbo	聰明
	Wenzhou	靈, 聰明
Xiang	Changsha	靈泛, 聰明
	Shuangfeng	聰明

Compounds

• 假勥
• 勥跤

Etymology 3

trad.		勥
simp. #		勥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎng (jiang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chiang³
    • Yale: jyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeang
    • Palladius: цзян (czjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/

Definitions

勥

1. only used in 㔝勥／𫦩勥

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 勥 – see 犟 (“stubborn”). (This character is a variant form of 犟).

Japanese

Kanji

勥

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)、ごう (gō)
• Kun: せまる (semaru)、つとめる (tsutomeru)