𬒔

𬒔	U+2C494, 𬒔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2C494

← 𬒓
[U+2C493]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E

𬒕 →
[U+2C495]

Translingual

Han character

𬒔 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, composition ⿰石肯)

References

Unihan data for U+2C494

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		𬒔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gěng (geng³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gang²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khéng

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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khéng
  - Tâi-lô: khíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qeang
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/

Definitions

𬒔

Used in place names.
石𬒔村 ― Shígěng Cūn ― the name of a village in Guangdong

References

王宁 (Wang Ning) et al., 2013, 通用规范汉字字典 (General Normalized Hanzi Dictionary), page 113

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		𬒔
alternative forms		un

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): ang² / ngang²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ang² / ngang²
  - Yale: áng / ngáng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ang² / ngang²
  - Guangdong Romanization: eng² / ngeng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐŋ³⁵/, /ŋɐŋ³⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

𬒔

(Cantonese, for something hard or bulging, such as a rock) to press against the body and cause discomfort
我𬒔嚫腳。／我𬒔𰈍脚。 [Cantonese] ― ngo⁵ ngang² can¹ goek³. [Jyutping] ― I've pressed something against my foot and injured it.

Derived terms

𬒔嚫 / 𬒔𰈍
𬒔耳

References

Cheung Kwan-hin, Robert S. Bauer (2002) The Representation of Cantonese with Chinese Characters (Journal of Chinese Linguistics Monograph Series), page 447