# 伉

| 伉 | U+4F09, &#20233; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F09 |
| ← 伈 [U+4F08] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 伊 → [U+4F0A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

伉 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人卜竹弓 (OYHN), four-corner 2021$_7$, composition ⿰亻亢)
* compare, match
* pair
* spouse

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 95, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 431
* Dae Jaweon: page 201, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 126, character 1
* Unihan data for U+4F09

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 伉
* Small seal scripts05672Transcribed ancient scriptsL32944
* 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 |
| 笐 | *kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs |
| 亢 | *kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs |
| 牨 | *kaːŋ |
| 苀 | *kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ |
| 魧 | *kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ |
| 迒 | *kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ |
| 邟 | *kʰaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ |
| 忼 | *kʰaːŋʔ, *qʰaːŋ |
| 骯 | *kʰaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *qaːŋ |
| 抗 | *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ |
| 炕 | *kʰaːŋs, *qʰaːŋ |
| 伉 | *kʰaːŋs |
| 閌 | *kʰaːŋs |
| 犺 | *kʰaːŋs |
| 蚢 | *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ |
| 砊 | *kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ |
| 阬 | *kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ |
| 頏 | *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ |
| 航 | *ɡaːŋ |
| 杭 | *ɡaːŋ |
| 沆 | *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ |
| 肮 | *ɡaːŋ |
| 吭 | *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋs |
| 秔 | *kraːŋ |
| 坑 | *kʰraːŋ |
| 劥 | *kʰraːŋ |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kàng (kang$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kong$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): káung
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): korng$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kàng
*** Wade–Giles: kʻang$^4$
*** Yale: kàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanq
*** Palladius: кан (kan)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kong$^3$
*** Yale: kong
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kong$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɔːŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: káung
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɑuŋ²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: korng$^4$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ko̤̍ng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɒŋ⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòng
*** Tâi-lô: khòng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qoxng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: khangH
Rime :
| Character | 伉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 苦浪切 |
| Baxter | khangH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰaŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hong$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 伉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7368 |
| Phonetic component | 亢 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 抗 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰaːŋs/ |

#### Definitions

伉
* (literary) to match; to be equal to
    伉儷／伉俪 ― kànglì ― [literary] married couple
* (literary) tall; strong
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) high; tall
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) upright
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) arrogant; haughty
* (Wenzhounese) and
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “to resist”)
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 與, 及 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 和, 與, 及, 與及 Cantonese |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 跟, 和 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 跟, 和 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 和, 跟 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 和, 跟 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 和, 跟, 給 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 和 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 和 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 連 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 跟, 連 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 帶, 和 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 給 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 帶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 連 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 跟, 和 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 跟, 連, 和 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 跟, 給, 和 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 跟 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 跟, 同, 和 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 跟, 和 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 跟, 同, 和 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 告, 跟 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 跟, 交 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 跟 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 同, 同埋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 同, 同埋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 同 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 同 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 同 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 同, 同埋 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 同埋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 同, 同埋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 同, 同埋 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鄧, 同 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 同 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 同 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 同 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 跟, 同 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 和 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 同, 跟 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 同, 摎 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 澗 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 摎 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 同 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 摎 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 同 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 摎 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 和 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 摎 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 佮 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 搭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 和, 跟 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 給 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 邀 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 邀, 儉, 教 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 邀 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 邀, 跟 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 共 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 共 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 共 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 共 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 共 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 共 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 共 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 隨 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 傮, 共 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 跟 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 佮, 交 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 佮 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 佮, 交 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 佮 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 佮 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 交 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 佮 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 佮 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 佮, 交 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 佮, 共 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 佮 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 佮 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 佮 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 佮 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 共 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 共 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 共 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 共 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 共 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 共 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 同, 同埋 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 跟, 邀 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 脫, 脫仔, 得, 得仔, 搭, 搭仔, 交, 幫, 同, 跟 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 搭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 脫 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 搭, 搭仔 |
| Wu | Danyang | 同, 跟 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 同 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 搭, 搭仔 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 伉 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 亨, 跟 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 跟 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 跟 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 跟, 同 |

#### Compounds

* 伉俠 / 伉侠
* 伉健
* 伉儷 / 伉俪 (kànglì)
* 伉合
* 伉壯 / 伉壮
* 伉王
* 伉行
* 分庭伉禮 / 分庭伉礼
* 榮諧伉儷 / 荣谐伉俪
* 狼伉
* 賢伉儷 / 贤伉俪

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gāng (gang$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong
* 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/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
*** Tâi-lô: kong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/

#### Definitions

伉
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) upright

#### Compounds

* 伉伉
* 伉俠 / 伉侠
* 伉厲 / 伉厉
* 伉浪
* 伉爽
* 伉直
* 伉行

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kǎng (kang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄤˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kǎng
*** Wade–Giles: kʻang$^3$
*** Yale: kǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaang
*** Palladius: кан (kan)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɑŋ²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

伉
* (historical) A person's name.

### References

* “伉”, 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–
* William Campbell (1913) A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, pages 360, 410.
* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “伉”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “伉”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 121.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: たぐい (tagui, 伉)、ならぶ (narabu, 伉ぶ)

## Korean
### Hanja

伉 • (hang) (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune–Reischauer hang)
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