# 亨

| 亨 | U+4EA8, &#20136; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EA8 |
| ← 产 [U+4EA7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 亩 → [U+4EA9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

亨 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜口弓弓 (YRNN), four-corner 0020$_7$, composition ⿳亠口了)

#### Derived characters

* 㧸 哼 悙 梈 涥 脝 烹 𣨉 𤈽 𪻥 𦨾 𧨑 𨧤 𢚟 𫭸 𫰳 𬼭

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 88, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 295
* Dae Jaweon: page 187, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 284, character 3
* Unihan data for U+4EA8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亨 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| Transcribed ancient scriptsL33010L10275L10276L10277 ||
| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). ||
| | Old Chinese |
| 亨 | *qʰaŋʔ, *pqʰraːŋ, *qʰraːŋ |
| 享 | *qʰaŋʔ |
| 烹 | *pqʰraːŋ |
| 脝 | *qʰraːŋ |
| 悙 | *qʰraːŋ |
| 哼 | *qʰraːŋ |
Pictogram (象形). An ancestral shrine.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hēng, héng (heng$^1$, heng$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥ, ㄏㄥˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hang$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hang$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hên / khiên / khiân
    (Hailu, HRS): hen$^ˋ$ / kien$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kên$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hĕng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): heng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hêng$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$han
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: heng
*** Wade–Giles: hêng$^1$
*** Yale: hēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heng
*** Palladius: хэн (xɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤŋ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: héng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: héng
*** Wade–Giles: hêng$^2$
*** Yale: héng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herng
*** Palladius: хэн (xɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hang$^1$
*** Yale: hāng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐŋ⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /haŋ³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hên / khiên
*** Hakka Romanization System: hen$^ˊ$ / kien$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hen$^1$ / kian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hen²⁴/, /kʰi̯en²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hên / khiân
*** Hakka Romanization System: hen$^ˊ$ / kian$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hen$^1$ / kian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hen²⁴/, /kʰi̯an²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hen$^ˋ$ / kien$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /hen⁵³/, /kʰien⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kên$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰɛn⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /hɛiŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng
*** Tâi-lô: hing
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hefng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hêng$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: heng
*** Sinological IPA : /heŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$han
*** MiniDict: han$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$han
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hã⁵³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit亨 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /xəŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /xəŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /xəŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /xəŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /xəŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /xəŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /xəŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /xə̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /xəŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /xə̃n³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /xɤŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /xən⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /xən⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /xen⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /xə̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /xən³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /xən²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xəŋ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /xəŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /xə̃ŋ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /hɑ̃⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /hã⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /hen³³/ /hɑŋ³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /hiɛ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /xʌ̃³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /xan¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /xən³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /hən³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /hen⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɐŋ⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /hɐŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /hɐŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hiŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /hɛiŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xaiŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /heŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /hɔŋ²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: xaeng
Rime :
| Character | 亨 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 庚 (109) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 許庚切 |
| Baxter | xaeng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hˠæŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hᵚaŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xaŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /haɨjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /xɐŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /xɐŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xɐŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hēng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hang$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤraŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 亨 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hēng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xæng › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰˁraŋ/ |
| English | penetrate |
| 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 | 亨 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 5115 |
| Phonetic component | 亨 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 脝 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰraːŋ/ |
| Notes | 享分化字 |

#### Definitions

亨
* smoothly progressing; prosperous
    財運亨通／财运亨通 ― cáiyùn hēngtōng ― to have a good run for money
* (physics) Short for 亨利 (hēnglì, “henry”).
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 亨利 (hēnglì)
* 亨衢
* 亨通 (hēngtōng)
* 來亨雞 / 来亨鸡
* 大亨 (dàhēng)
* 官運亨通 / 官运亨通 (guānyùnhēngtōng)
* 彭亨 (Pénghēng)
* 時運亨通 / 时运亨通
* 萬事亨通 / 万事亨通
* 翠亨 (Cuìhēng)
* 老運亨通 / 老运亨通
* 能亨
* 豐亨豫大 / 丰亨豫大
* 財運亨通 / 财运亨通

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pēng (peng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): paang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: peng
*** Wade–Giles: pʻêng$^1$
*** Yale: pēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peng
*** Palladius: пэн (pɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paang$^1$
*** Yale: pāang
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaːŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: phjaeng
Rime :
| Character | 亨 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 庚 (111) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 撫庚切 |
| Baxter | phjaeng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰˠiæŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰᵚiaŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰiaŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰiajŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiɐŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭɐŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰi̯ɐŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pīng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ping$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[p.qʰ]ˤraŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pqʰraːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 亨 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | pēng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ phæng › |
| Old Chinese | /*[p.qʰ]ˁraŋ/ |
| English | (loan for) to boil |
| 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 | 亨 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 5113 |
| Phonetic component | 亨 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 磅 |
| Old Chinese | /*pqʰraːŋ/ |

#### Definitions

亨
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 烹 (pēng)

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎng (xiang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎng
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^3$
*** Yale: syǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheang
*** Palladius: сян (sjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Middle Chinese: xjangX
Rime :
| Character | 亨 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許兩切 |
| Baxter | xjangX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hiɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /xiaŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭaŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi̯aŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hoeng$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[qʰ]aŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 亨 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiǎng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xjang$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[qʰ]aŋʔ/ |
| English | sacrificial offering |
| 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 | 亨 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| No. | 5111 |
| Phonetic component | 亨 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 響 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰaŋʔ/ |
| Notes | 注亦作享 |

#### Definitions

亨
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 享 (xiǎng)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* pass through
* go smoothly

#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: とおる (tōru, 亨る)
As an alternative form of 享:
* Go-on: こう (kō)
* Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kun: たてまつる (tatematsuru, 亨る)
As an alternative form of 烹:
* Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō)

### Proper noun

亨(とおる) • (Tōru)
* a male given name

### References

* 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

## Korean
### Hanja

亨 • (hyeong, paeng) (hangeul 형, 팽, revised hyeong, paeng, McCune–Reischauer hyŏng, p'aeng)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

亨: Hán Nôm readings: Hưởng
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