# 扛

| 扛 | U+625B, &#25179; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-625B |
| ← 扚 [U+625A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 扜 → [U+625C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

扛 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 手一 (QM), four-corner 5101$_0$, composition ⿰扌工)

#### Derived characters

* 𠲞 𢬀

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 417, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11798
* Dae Jaweon: page 764, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1829, character 3
* Unihan data for U+625B

## 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 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gāng (gang$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gong$^1$ / kong$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kong / kng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): geng$^1$ / gang$^1$
* 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$^1$ / kong$^1$
*** Yale: gōng / kōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gong$^1$ / kong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gong$^1$ / kong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
*** Tâi-lô: kong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kofng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng
*** Tâi-lô: kng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kngf
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³/
* kong - literary;
* kng - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: kaewng
Rime :
| Character | 扛 |
| 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 | 扛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3997 |
| Phonetic component | 工 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 江 |
| Old Chinese | /*kroːŋ/ |

#### Definitions

扛
* to lift using both hands
* to lift by at least two people

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): káng (kang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gong$^1$ / kong$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kong / kng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): geng$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: káng
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: káng
*** Wade–Giles: kʻang$^2$
*** Yale: káng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: karng
*** Palladius: кан (kan)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gong$^1$ / kong$^1$
*** Yale: gōng / kōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gong$^1$ / kong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gong$^1$ / kong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
*** Tâi-lô: kong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kofng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng
*** Tâi-lô: kng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kngf
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³/
* kong - literary;
* kng - vernacular.

#### Definitions

扛
* to shoulder; to carry on shoulders
* to contradict

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): こう (kō)
* Kun: あげる (ageru)、かつぐ (katsugu)

## Korean
### Hanja

扛 (eum 강 (gang))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

扛: Hán Nôm readings: giăng, giang, căng, dăng, giằng, dàng, giương, gồng, khiêng
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