耿

See also: 炅

耿 U+803F, 耿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-803F ← 耾 [U+803E] CJK Unified Ideographs 聀 → [U+8040]

Translingual

Han character

耿 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸十火 (SJF), four-corner 1918₀, composition ⿰耳火)

Derived characters

• 𦃸, 𦵸, 𢞚, 𪳎, 𭵢, 㷦, 𥉔, 褧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 966, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29026
• Dae Jaweon: page 1414, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2785, character 12
• Unihan data for U+803F

Chinese

trad.		耿
simp. #		耿
alternative forms		𤓐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
耿	*kreːŋʔ
褧	*kʰʷeːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːŋʔ): abbreviated phonetic 烓 (OC *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ) + semantic 耳. Alternatively phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːŋʔ): abbreviated phonetic 聖 (OC *hljeŋs) + semantic 火.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gěng (geng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gang² / gwing²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gang²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kóen

  (Hailu, HRS): guen^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gên³

• Eastern Min (BUC): gēng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): geng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kéng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guang² / geng²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ken

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gěng
    • Wade–Giles: kêng³
    • Yale: gěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geeng
    • Palladius: гэн (gɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gang² / gwing²
    • Yale: gáng / gwíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang² / gwing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng² / guing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵/, /kʷɪŋ³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóen
    • Hakka Romanization System: guen^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: guen³
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯en³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: guen^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /kuen²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gên³
    • Sinological IPA: /kɛn³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛiŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: geng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: geng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
    • Tâi-lô: kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guang² / geng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuáng / kṳ́ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵²/, /kɯŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ken
    • MiniDict: ken^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ken
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kən³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: keangX

Rime
Character	耿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古幸切
Baxter	keangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjŋX/
Li Rong	/kɛŋX/
Wang Li	/kæŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kæŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gang2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤreŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	耿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gěng
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛngX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁreŋʔ/
English	brilliant; wide awake
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	耿
Reading #	1/1
No.	3989
Phonetic component	耿
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	耿
Old Chinese	/*kreːŋʔ/

Definitions

耿

1. (literary) bright; shining
2. (literary) honest and just; upright
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) uneasy; disturbed
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sad; sorrowful
5. a surname

   耿爽  ―  Gěng Shuǎng  ―  Geng Shuang (politician)

Japanese

Kanji

耿

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. light

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: ひかり (hikari)
• Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、てる (teru)

Korean

Hanja

耿 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

1. bright
2. shining
3. have guts

Vietnamese

Han character

耿: Hán Nôm readings: cảnh, kẻng, khệnh, kỉnh

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