槓

See also: 杠

槓 U+69D3, 槓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69D3 ← 槒 [U+69D2] CJK Unified Ideographs 槔 → [U+69D4]

Translingual

Han character

槓 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木一月金 (DMBC), four-corner 4198₆, composition ⿰木貢)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 546, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15343
• Dae Jaweon: page 934, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1260, character 4
• Unihan data for U+69D3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 貢 (OC *koːŋs).

Etymology 1

trad.		槓/杠*
simp.		杠*
alternative forms		篢／𬕂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàng (gang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ / gung³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kàng / kòng / kǹg

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gang³ / gong³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàng
    • Wade–Giles: kang⁴
    • Yale: gàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganq
    • Palladius: ган (gan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gong³ / gung³
    • Yale: gong / gung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ / gung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³ / gung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³/, /kʊŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng
    • Tâi-lô: kàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaxng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòng
    • Tâi-lô: kòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koxng
    • IPA (Singapore): /kɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǹg
    • Tâi-lô: kǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kngx
    • IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍⁴¹/

Note: kòng - used only in mahjong.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gang³ / gong³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kàng / kòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ²¹³/, /koŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kaon
    • MiniDict: kaon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɑ̃³⁴/

Definitions

槓

1. thick rod; thick pole
2. (gymnastics) bar

   雙槓／双杠  ―  shuānggàng  ―  parallel bars

3. stout poles used to carry a coffin
4. rod-shaped part of a machine

   保險槓／保险杠  ―  bǎoxiǎngàng  ―  bumper

5. thick line (Classifier: 道 m)
6. to cross out; to strike out
7. to whet
8. to argue; to bicker

   Synonym: 抬槓 / 抬杠 (táigàng)

9. (mahjong) kong

Usage notes

• When playing mahjong, this word is said as a call when declaring a kong.

Descendants

• English: kong
• Japanese: 槓(カン) (kan)

Compounds

• 保險槓 / 保险杠 (bǎoxiǎngàng)
• 倔槓頭 / 倔杠头
• 單槓 / 单杠 (dāngàng)
• 大抬其槓 / 大抬其杠
• 大槓 / 大杠
• 抬槓 / 抬杠 (táigàng)
• 插槓子 / 插杠子 (chā gàngzi)
• 搶槓 / 抢杠 (qiǎnggàng)
• 撬槓 / 撬杠 (qiàogàng)
• 攀槓子 / 攀杠子
• 敲竹槓 / 敲竹杠 (qiāo zhúgàng)
• 明槓 / 明杠 (mínggàng)
• 暗槓 / 暗杠 (àngàng)
• 槓上了 / 杠上了 (gàngshàngle)
• 槓上開花 / 杠上开花 (gàngshàng kāihuā)
• 槓刀 / 杠刀
• 槓刀布 / 杠刀布
• 槓夫 / 杠夫 (gàngfū)
• 槓子 / 杠子 (gàngzi)
• 槓子火燒 / 杠子火烧
• 槓子頭 / 杠子头
• 槓房 / 杠房
• 槓桿 / 杠杆 (gànggǎn)
• 槓桿定律 / 杠杆定律
• 槓槓的 / 杠杠的
• 槓牌 / 杠牌
• 槓鈴 / 杠铃 (gànglíng)
• 槓頭 / 杠头 (gàngtóu)
• 槓龜 / 杠龟 (gàngguī)
• 盤槓子 / 盘杠子
• 穿心槓子 / 穿心杠子
• 竹槓 / 竹杠 (zhúgàng)
• 起槓 / 起杠
• 開槓 / 开杠 (kāigàng)
• 雙槓 / 双杠 (shuānggàng)
• 高低槓 / 高低杠 (gāodīgàng)

Etymology 2

trad.		槓
simp.		杠*
alternative forms		籠／笼 櫳／栊

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lung⁵
    • Yale: lúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ¹³/

Definitions

槓

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 籠 / 笼 (“trunk; chest; large box”)

References

• “槓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

槓

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. lever

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Tō-on: カン (kan)
• Kun: てこ (teko, 槓)

Compounds

• 槓(こう)桿(かん) (kōkan, “lever”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
槓
カン Hyōgai
tōon

From Mandarin 槓 / 杠 (gàng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Noun

槓(カン) • (kan) 

1. (mahjong) Short for 槓子 (kantsu): a set of four identical tiles
2. (mahjong) a call for such a set (compare English kong):
   1. for a 明槓 (minkan, “open kan”), the player calling should have a 暗刻 (ankō, “closed triplet”) in hand and the current discarded tile is the fourth tile
   2. for a 加槓 (kakan, “added kan”), the player should have an 明刻 (minkō, “open triplet”) beforehand and the fourth tile must be self-drawn
   3. for an 暗槓 (ankan, “closed kan”), the player calling must simply have all four tiles in hand

Coordinate terms

• 吃(チー) (chī, “call for a sequence”, compare English chow)
• 碰(ポン) (pon, “call for an open triplet”, compare English pung)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 槓(カン)子(ツ) (kantsu)
• 槓(カン)ドラ (kandora)
• 暗(アン)槓(カン) (ankan)
• 加(カ)槓(カン) (kakan)
• 搶(チャン)槓(カン) (chankan)
• 明(ミン)槓(カン) (minkan)

Korean

Hanja

槓 • (gong) (hangeul 공, revised gong, McCune–Reischauer kong, Yale kong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

槓: Hán Nôm readings: cổng

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