忼

忼 U+5FFC, 忼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FFC ← 忻 [U+5FFB] CJK Unified Ideographs 忽 → [U+5FFD]

Translingual

Han character

忼 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心卜竹弓 (PYHN), composition ⿰忄亢)

1. ardent
2. generous, magnanimous

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 378, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10403
• Dae Jaweon: page 707, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2278, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5FFC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		忼

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰaːŋʔ, *qʰaːŋ): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 亢 (OC *kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàng (hang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàng
    • Wade–Giles: hang⁴
    • Yale: hàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hanq
    • Palladius: хан (xan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ⁵¹/

Definitions

忼

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hāng (hang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hang
    • Wade–Giles: hang¹
    • Yale: hāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hang
    • Palladius: хан (xan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xang

Rime
Character	忼
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼郎切
Baxter	xang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haŋ/
Li Rong	/xɑŋ/
Wang Li	/xɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong1

Definitions

忼

1. only used in 咉忼

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 忼 – see 慷. (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 慷).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Compounds

• 忼慨 (kāngkǎi)

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 忼 – see 亢 (“high; arrogant; haughty; firm; resolute; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 亢).

Japanese

Kanji

忼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)、ほう (hō)、ひょう (hyō)
• Kun: なげく (nageku)、あなどる (anadoru)

Korean

Hanja

忼 (eum 강 (gang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

忼: Hán Nôm readings: khảng

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References

• Nom Foundation