# 哽

| 哽 | U+54FD, &#21757; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54FD |
| ← 哼 [U+54FC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 哾 → [U+54FE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

哽 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口一中大 (RMLK), four-corner 6104$_6$, composition ⿰口更)
* choked (with grief)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 191, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3680
* Dae Jaweon: page 410, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 626, character 9
* Unihan data for U+54FD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (geng$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gang$^2$ / ang$^2$ / kang$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gāng / gēng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ga$^3$ / gaⁿ$^3$ / geng$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng / kéⁿ / kíⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gěng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gěng
*** Wade–Giles: kêng$^3$
*** Yale: gěng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geeng
*** Palladius: гэн (gɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gang$^2$ / ang$^2$ / kang$^2$
*** Yale: gáng / áng / káng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gang$^2$ / ang$^2$ / kang$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: geng$^2$ / eng$^2$ / keng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐŋ³⁵/, /ɐŋ³⁵/, /kʰɐŋ³⁵/
* gang2 - literary;
* ang2, kang2 - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: kaengX
Rime :
| Character | 哽 |
| 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 | gang$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kraːŋʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 哽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 872 |
| Phonetic component | 丙 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 梗 |
| Old Chinese | /*kraːŋʔ/ |

### Definitions

哽
* to choke (on food or fluid)
* to block; to obstruct
* to choke with sobs
* (Cantonese) to swallow forcefully
* (Cantonese, figuratively) to accept forcefully

#### Compounds

* 哽咽 (gěngyè)
* 哽哽
* 哽哽咽咽 (gěnggěngyèyè)
* 哽噎
* 哽噎難言 / 哽噎难言
* 哽結 / 哽结

### References

* “哽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: むせぶ (musebu, 哽ぶ)

## Korean
### Hanja

哽 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng)
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