# 杠

| 杠 | U+6760, &#26464; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6760 |
| ← 束 [U+675F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 条 → [U+6761] |

## Translingual
### Han character

杠 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木一 (DM) or 難木一 (XDM), four-corner 4191$_0$, composition ⿰木工)

#### Derived characters

* 𫰬

### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 512, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14481
* Dae Jaweon: page 898, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1157, character 1
* Unihan data for U+6760

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 缸 | *kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ |
| 篢 | *kluːmʔ, *koːŋ |
| 贑 | *kluːmʔ |
| 涳 | *ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ |
| 江 | *kroːŋ |
| 肛 | *kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ |
| 扛 | *kroːŋ |
| 杠 | *kroːŋ |
| 豇 | *kroːŋ |
| 茳 | *kroːŋ |
| 釭 | *kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ |
| 矼 | *kroːŋ |
| 玒 | *kroːŋ, *koːŋ |
| 虹 | *kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ |
| 腔 | *kʰroːŋ |
| 崆 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ |
| 羫 | *kʰroːŋ |
| 控 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs |
| 椌 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ |
| 悾 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs |
| 跫 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ |
| 啌 | *qʰroːŋ |
| 谾 | *qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ |
| 舡 | *qʰroːŋ |
| 缻 | *ɡroːŋ |
| 項 | *ɡroːŋʔ |
| 屸 | *ɡ·roːŋ |
| 功 | *koːŋ |
| 工 | *koːŋ |
| 疘 | *koːŋ |
| 魟 | *koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ |
| 攻 | *koːŋ, *kuːŋ |
| 愩 | *koːŋ |
| 碽 | *koːŋ |
| 貢 | *koːŋs |
| 羾 | *koːŋs |
| 空 | *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs |
| 箜 | *kʰoːŋ |
| 硿 | *kʰoːŋ |
| 埪 | *kʰoːŋ |
| 鵼 | *kʰoːŋ |
| 倥 | *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs |
| 鞚 | *kʰoːŋs |
| 叿 | *qʰoːŋ |
| 嗊 | *qʰoːŋʔ |
| 訌 | *ɡoːŋ |
| 紅 | *ɡoːŋ |
| 仜 | *ɡoːŋ |
| 葒 | *ɡoːŋ |
| 渱 | *ɡoːŋ |
| 鴻 | *ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ |
| 汞 | *ɡoːŋʔ |
| 澒 | *ɡoːŋʔ |
| 鞏 | *koŋʔ |
| 巩 | *koŋʔ |
| 銎 | *kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ |
| 恐 | *kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs |
| 蛩 | *ɡoŋ |
| 筇 | *ɡoŋ |
| 桏 | *ɡoŋ |
| 邛 | *ɡoŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kroːŋ) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ).

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 杠 – see 槓 (“thick rod; thick pole; bar; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 槓).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gāng (gang$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gong$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gang
*** Wade–Giles: kang$^1$
*** Yale: gāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gang
*** Palladius: ган (gan)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gong$^1$
*** Yale: gōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kaewng
Rime :
| Character | 杠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 江 (9) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古雙切 |
| Baxter | kaewng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠʌŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚɔŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɔŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /kɔŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /kɔŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kɔŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiāng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gong$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kroːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 杠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3998 |
| Phonetic component | 工 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 江 |
| Old Chinese | /*kroːŋ/ |

#### Definitions

杠
* flagpole
* bridge

#### Compounds

* 徒杠
* 杠人
* 杠梁
* 杠轂

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gōng (gong$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gong
*** Wade–Giles: kung$^1$
*** Yale: gūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
*** Palladius: гун (gun)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊŋ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

杠
* Only used in 杠里.

## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 杠
* ゆずりは Hyōgai
* kun'yomi

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: ちぎ (chigi, 杠)、ちきり (chikiri, 杠)、はたざお (hatazao, 杠)、ゆずりは (yuzuriha, 杠)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 杠
* ゆずりは Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 杠 – see the following entry. :
| 【ゆずりはユズリハ】 | [noun] Daphniphyllum macropodum Alternative spellings 譲葉, 楪 |
(This term, 杠, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

杠 • (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang, Yale kang)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

杠: Hán Nôm readings: gông, giang
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