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(Kangxi radical 167, +8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金月廿山 (CBTU), four-corner 87120, composition )

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1309, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40509
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1810, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4220, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+92FC
trad.
simp.
alternative forms
Old Chinese
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *klaːŋ, *klaːŋs): semantic (metal) + phonetic (OC *klaːŋ).

Along with (OC *klaːŋ, “hard, firm, stiff”), derived from the terminative of (OC *kaːs, “firm, solid, hard”), literally "having become solid, hard" (Schuessler, 2007).

For the identity of the unknown preinitial *C reconstructed by Baxter & Sagart (2014), compare the pre-syllable *t- of Proto-Vietic *t-kaːŋ, its reflex.


Note: gong3 - variant.

Note:

  • kǹg - vernacular;
  • kòng/kong - literary.

BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kang ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.kˁaŋ/
English cast iron; steel

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3715 3719
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*klaːŋ/ /*klaːŋs/

  1. steel

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) hard; strong; tough
  2. to sharpen; to whet; to strop

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Kanji in this term
はがね
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
刃金

(ha, blade) +‎ (kane, metal)

鋼(はがね) (hagane

  1. steel (metal produced from iron)
    鋼(はがね)のように硬(かた)い。
    Hagane no yō ni katai.
    Hard as steel.

(eumhun 강철/굳셀 (gangcheol/gutsel gang))

  1. hanja form? of (steel)
  2. hanja form? of (hard; strong)

: Hán Nôm readings: cương, gang, cang

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