槓

See also: 杠

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

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Chinese

trad.		槓
simp.		杠*

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàng (gang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ / gung³ / lung⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kòng / kǹg

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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 / lung⁵
    • Yale: gong / gung / lúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ / gung³ / lung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³ / gung³ / lung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³/, /kʊŋ³³/, /lʊŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòng / kǹg
    • Tâi-lô: kòng / kǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koxng, kngx
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ²¹/, /kŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ⁴¹/, /kŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ²¹/, /kŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ¹¹/, /kŋ̍¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ²¹/, /kŋ̍²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 槓

1. lever, pole, crowbar
2. sharpen
3. (Cantonese) wardrobe, trunk
4. (mahjong) kong
5. (neologism) Short for 抬槓／抬杠 (táigàng).

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Japanese

Kanji

槓

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. lever

Readings

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

Compounds

• 槓桿(こうかん) (kōkan, “lever”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
槓
かん Hyōgai
irregular

Borrowing from Mandarin 槓／杠 (gàng).

Noun

槓(カン) • (kan) 

1. (mahjong) Short for 槓子 (kantsu): kong (meld of four identical tiles)
   1. a 大明槓 (dai-minkan): open kan
   2. a 小明槓 (shō-minkan) or 加槓 (kakan): added kan
   3. a 暗槓 (ankan): closed kan
2. (mahjong) a call for such a meld

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

Derived terms

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

(deprecated template usage)

Coordinate terms

• 吃(チー) (chī, “chow”)
• 碰(ポン) (pon, “pung”)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 槓 (cổng)

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