# 股肱
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǔgōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gu$^2$ gwang$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-kong
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǔgōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǔgong
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^3$-kung$^1$
*** Yale: gǔ-gūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guugong
*** Palladius: гугун (gugun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gu$^2$ gwang$^1$
*** Yale: gú gwāng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gu$^2$ gwang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gu$^2$ gueng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuː³⁵ kʷɐŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-kong
*** Tâi-lô: kóo-kong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kofkofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kuX kwong
Rime :
| Character | 股 | 肱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) | 登 (130) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 公戸切 | 古弘切 |
| Baxter | kuX | kwong |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuo$^X$/ | /kwəŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuo$^X$/ | /kʷəŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ko$^X$/ | /kuəŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɔ$^X$/ | /kwəŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ko$^X$/ | /kuəŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ku$^X$/ | /kuəŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kuo$^X$/ | /kwəŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gǔ | gōng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gu$^2$ | gwang$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤaʔ [k]ʷˤəŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*klaːʔ kʷɯːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 股 | 肱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gǔ | gōng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ku$^X$ › | ‹ kwong › |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷˁaʔ/ | /*[k]ʷˁəŋ/ |
| English | thigh | (upper) arm |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 股 | 肱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 4311 | 4129 |
| Phonetic component | 股 | 厷 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 古 | 肱 |
| Old Chinese | /*klaːʔ/ | /*kʷɯːŋ/ |

### Noun

股肱
* (literary) right-hand man; trusted assistant

### Verb

股肱
* (literary) to aid

### Derived terms

* 心膂股肱
* 股肱之力
* 股肱耳目

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 股(こ)肱(こう) (kokō)
* → Korean: 고굉(股肱) (gogoeng)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 股 | 肱 |
| こ Grade: S | こう Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

Derived from Middle Chinese 股肱 (MC kuX kwong).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ここー [kóꜜkòò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ko̞ko̞ː]

### Noun

股(こ)肱(こう) • (kokō)
* (literary) right-hand man; trusted assistant

#### Derived terms

* 股肱之臣(ここうのしん), 股肱(ここう)の臣(しん) (kokō no shin)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN