綆

See also: 绠

綆	U+7D86, 綆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D86

← 綅
[U+7D85]

CJK Unified Ideographs

綇 →
[U+7D87]

Translingual

Han character

綆 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火一中大 (VFMLK), four-corner 2194₆, composition ⿰糹更)

well rope

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 925, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27489
Dae Jaweon: page 1360, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3401, character 9
Unihan data for U+7D86

Chinese

trad.		綆
simp.		绠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
更	kraːŋ, kraːŋs
粳	*kraːŋ
埂	kraːŋ, kraːŋʔ
浭	*kraːŋ
稉	*kraːŋ
梗	*kraːŋʔ
哽	*kraːŋʔ
綆	*kraːŋʔ
鯁	*kraːŋʔ
挭	*kraːŋʔ
骾	*kraːŋʔ
郠	*kraːŋʔ
硬	ŋɡraːŋs, ŋɡraːŋs
鞕	*ŋɡraːŋs
丙	*pqraŋʔ
炳	*praŋʔ
邴	praŋʔ, praŋs
怲	praŋʔ, praŋs
苪	*praŋʔ
蛃	*praŋʔ
昺	*praŋʔ
昞	*praŋʔ
窉	*praŋʔ
柄	praŋʔ, praŋs
鈵	*praŋs
寎	*praŋs
病	*braŋs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gěng (geng³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gang²

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
  - Yale: gáng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gang²
  - Guangdong Romanization: geng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: kaengX

Rime
Character	綆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古杏切
Baxter	kaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠæŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚaŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kaŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/kɐŋ^X/
Wang Li	/kɐŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɐŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gang²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kraːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	綆
Reading #	1/1
No.	874
Phonetic component	丙
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	梗
Old Chinese	/*kraːŋʔ/

Definitions

綆

(literary) rope for drawing water (from a well)
- 短綆不可以汲深井之泉，知不幾者不可與及聖人之言。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  短绠不可以汲深井之泉，知不几者不可与及圣人之言。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE
  Duǎn gěng bù kěyǐ jí shēnjǐng zhī quán, zhī bùjī zhě bùkě yǔ jí shèngrén zhī yán. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

汲深綆短 / 汲深绠短
汲綆 / 汲绠
短綆汲深 / 短绠汲深
綆短汲深 / 绠短汲深
綆縻 / 绠縻

Japanese

Kanji

綆

(Hyōgai kanji)

well rope

Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)、きょう (kyō)、へい (hei)、はん (han)
Kun: つるびなわ (tsurubinawa)

Korean

Hanja

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

well bucket