肯

See also: 肻

肯 U+80AF, 肯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80AF ← 肮 [U+80AE] CJK Unified Ideographs 肰 → [U+80B0]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

肯 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜一月 (YMB), four-corner 2122₇, composition ⿱止⺝(GHJKV) or ⿱止⺼(T))

Derived characters

• 啃, 掯, 褃, 錹

Additional Derived Characters

• 𱎳, 𪣩, 𡞚, 𰜀, 𨔑, 𣔨, 𱫗, 𦜨, 𬒔, 𥺾, 𰳅, 𧨷, 𰸕, 𨌳, 𱅲, 𰉇, 𬂕, 𱭈, 𫠶, 𰱔, 𣛅, 𭍧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 976, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29311
• Dae Jaweon: page 1427, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2048, character 4
• Unihan data for U+80AF

Chinese

trad.		肯
simp. #		肯
alternative forms		肎 original 肻 𡧓 𣍟 𠕔 肎 original 肻 𡧓 𣍟 𠕔 𦙎 𦙡 𦘫 𦊈／𦚋 𣥤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 肯
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

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

	Old Chinese
肯	*kʰɯːŋʔ
肎	*kʰɯːŋʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): abbreviated 冎 (“bone”) + 肉 (“meat”) – meat attached to the bone. Originally 肎 or 𦘫; the top component was later corrupted to 止.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěn, kěng (ken³, keng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ, ㄎㄥˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hang² / hoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hang²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hén / khién

  (Hailu, HRS): hen^ˊ / kien^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hên³ / kên³

• Northern Min (KCR): kǎing
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): keng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khńg / khéng / khín / khán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kêng²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵khen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻên³
    • Yale: kěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keen
    • Palladius: кэнь (kɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻêng³
    • Yale: kěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeng
    • Palladius: кэн (kɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hang² / hoi²
    • Yale: háng / hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang² / hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng² / hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ³⁵/, /hɔːi̯³⁵/

Note: hoi2 - only in 肯綮.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hén / khién
    • Hakka Romanization System: hen^ˋ / kien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hen³ / kian³
    • Sinological IPA: /hen³¹/, /kʰi̯en³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hen^ˊ / kien^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /hen²⁴/, /kʰien²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hên³ / kên³
    • Sinological IPA: /hɛn³¹/, /kʰɛn³¹/

Note:

• Sixian:
  • hén - vernacular;
  • khién - literary.
• Hailu:
  • henˊ - vernacular;
  • kienˊ - literary.
• Meixian:
  • hên3 - vernacular;
  • kên3 - literary.

• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kǎing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaiŋ²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: keng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: keng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khńg
    • Tâi-lô: khńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qngr
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khéng
    • Tâi-lô: khíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qeang
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khín
    • Tâi-lô: khín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qien
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khán
    • Tâi-lô: khán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁵³/
Note:
• khńg/khéng - literary;
• khín/khán - vernacular.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khen
    • MiniDict: khen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰən³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 肯
Mandarin	Beijing	/kʰən²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/kʰən²¹³/
	Tianjin	/kʰən¹³/
	Jinan	/kʰẽ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/kʰə̃⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/kʰən⁵³/
	Xi'an	/kʰẽ⁵³/
	Xining	/kʰə̃⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/kʰəŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/kʰə̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/kʰɤŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/kʰən⁴²/
	Chengdu	/kʰən⁵³/
	Guiyang	/kʰen⁴²/
	Kunming	/kʰə̃⁵³/
	Nanjing	/kʰən²¹²/
	Hefei	/kʰən²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kʰəŋ⁵³/
	Pingyao	/kʰəŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/kʰə̃ŋ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/kʰəŋ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/kʰən⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/kʰen⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/kʰaŋ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/kʰʌ̃³⁵/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕʰin³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/kʰən⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/kʰən⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/kʰiɛn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰen³¹/
	Taoyuan	/hen³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɐŋ³⁵/
	Nanning	/hɐŋ³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/hɐŋ³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kʰiŋ⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kʰiŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kʰaiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kʰeŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/xin²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: khongX

Rime
Character	肯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦等切
Baxter	khongX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰəŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰəŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəŋX/
Li Rong	/kʰəŋX/
Wang Li	/kʰəŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰəŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤəŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kěn
Middle Chinese	‹ khongX ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰˁəŋʔ/
English	to be willing
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	肯
Reading #	1/1
No.	7485
Phonetic component	肯
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	肯
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯːŋʔ/
Notes	說文作肎

Definitions

肯

1. (literary) meat attached to the bone; tendon; sinew

   肯綮  ―  kěnqǐ  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to be willing to; to be ready to
3. to consent to; to permit; to agree
4. (archaic, rhetorical question) how could it be that
5. (Teochew, negated or interrogative) to be only
   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “止 (khéng)”, in A pronouncing and defining dictionary of the Swatow dialect, arranged according to syllables and tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press:

     不止八個 [Teochew, trad.]
     不止八个 [Teochew, simp.]

     m⁷ kêng² boih⁴ gai⁵ [Peng'im]

     not eight only; there were more than eight

     怎止許長？ [Teochew, trad.]
     怎止许长？ [Teochew, simp.]

     zo³ kêng² hiên³ deng⁵? [Peng'im]

     How can it be of only that length?

   • 蔡俊明 [Choy Chun-ming], editor (1991), “肯 kʰeng˥˧”, in 潮州方言詞滙 [Cháozhōu fāngyán cíhuì], 香港 [Xiānggǎng, Hong Kong]: 香港中文大學 [The Chinese University of Hong Kong]

     伊問我少件物肯唔肯值十個銀，我呾唔肯。 [Teochew, trad.]
     伊问我少件物肯唔肯值十个银，我呾唔肯。 [Teochew, simp.]

     i¹ mng⁷ ua² zio² gian⁶ muêh⁸ kêng² m⁷ kêng² dag⁸ zab⁸ gai⁵ ngêng⁵, ua² dan³ m⁷ kêng². [Peng'im]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

6. short for 肯尼亞／肯尼亚 (Kěnníyà, “Kenya”)

   中肯關係／中肯关系  ―  Zhōng-Kěn guānxì  ―  China–Kenya relations

7. Used in transcription.

   鄧肯／邓肯  ―  Dèngkěn  ―  Duncan

   肯塔基  ―  Kěntǎjī  ―  Kentucky

   肯尼思  ―  Kěnnísī  ―  Kenneth

Compounds

• 不肯 (bùkěn)
• 不肯一世
• 不肯干休
• 中肯
• 問肯 / 问肯
• 心折首肯
• 心肯意肯
• 惠然肯來 / 惠然肯来
• 毋肯
• 洞中肯綮
• 肯亞 / 肯亚 (Kěnyà)
• 肯分的
• 肯堂肯構 / 肯堂肯构
• 肯塔基州
• 肯定 (kěndìng)
• 肯定命題 / 肯定命题
• 肯尼亞 / 肯尼亚 (Kěnníyà)
• 肯尼思 (Kěnnísī)
• 肯德基 (Kěndéjī)
• 肯心兒 / 肯心儿
• 肯構肯堂 / 肯构肯堂
• 肯綮
• 肯許 / 肯许
• 肯酒
• 自我肯定
• 鄧肯 / 邓肯 (Dèngkěn)
• 阿肯色州
• 首肯 (shǒukěn)

References

• “肯”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 肯

肯

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to agree, to affirm, to consent

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
• On: かい (kai)
• Kun: うべなう (ubenau, 肯う)、がえんずる (gaenzuru, 肯んずる)、がえんじる (gaenjiru, 肯んじる)、あえて (aete, 肯えて)、うけがう (ukegau, 肯う)

Compounds

• 肯(こう)綮(けい) (kōkei)
• 肯(こう)定(てい) (kōtei)

Korean

Hanja

肯 (eumhun 옳이 여길 긍 (ori yeogil geung))

1. hanja form^? of 긍 (“willing”)
2. hanja form^? of 긍 (“consent to, permit”)

Vietnamese

Han character

肯: Hán Nôm readings: khẳng, khứng, khừng

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