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こう U+8B1B, 講
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B1B

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CJK Unified Ideographs
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Translingual

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Han character

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こう (Kangxi radical 149, げん+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input ぼくこう廿にじゅう廿にじゅうがつ (YRTTB), four-corner 05657, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1175, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35824
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1640, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4004, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8B1B

Chinese

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trad. こう
simp.
alternative forms 𧪸
𧪿
ひろ广 (kóng) Hokkien
𫩕 (kóng) Hokkien

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい形声けいせい, OC *kroːŋʔ) : semantic げん (say) + phonetic (OC *koː, *koːs).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • kóng - vernacular;
  • káng - literary.
Note: 5kaon - vernacular.
Note:
  • gan3 - vernacular;
  • jian3 - literary.

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location こう
    Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕiɑŋ²¹⁴/
    Harbin /t͡ɕiaŋ²¹³/
    Tianjin /t͡ɕiɑŋ¹³/
    Jinan /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵⁵/
    Qingdao /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/
    Xi'an /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/
    Xining /t͡ɕiɔ̃⁵³/
    Yinchuan /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵³/
    Lanzhou /t͡ɕiɑ̃⁴⁴²/
    Ürümqi /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵¹/
    Wuhan /t͡ɕiaŋ⁴²/
    Chengdu /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/
    Guiyang /t͡ɕiaŋ⁴²/
    Kunming /t͡ɕiã̠⁵³/
    Nanjing /t͡ɕiaŋ²¹²/
    Hefei /t͡ɕiɑ̃²⁴/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕiɒ̃⁵³/
    Pingyao /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵³/
    Hohhot /t͡ɕiɑ̃⁵³/
    Wu Shanghai /kɑ̃³⁵/
    /t͡ɕiã³⁵/
    Suzhou /kɑ̃⁵¹/
    Hangzhou /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵³/
    Wenzhou /kuɔ³³/
    Hui Shexian /t͡ɕia³⁵/ かい
    /ka³⁵/ ばなし
    Tunxi /kau³¹/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕian⁴¹/
    /kan⁴¹/
    Xiangtan /kɔn⁴²/
    Gan Nanchang /kɔŋ²¹³/
    Hakka Meixian /koŋ³¹/
    Taoyuan /koŋ³¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /kɔŋ³⁵/
    Nanning /kɔŋ³⁵/
    Hong Kong /kɔŋ³⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kaŋ⁵³/
    /kɔŋ⁵³/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kouŋ³²/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kɔŋ²¹/
    Shantou (Teochew) /kaŋ⁵³/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /kɔŋ²¹³/

    Rime
    Character こう
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (こえ) (28)
    Final (いん) こう (9)
    Tone (調しらべ) Rising (X)
    Openness (ひらきあい) Open
    Division (ひとし) II
    Fanqie ふるこうきり
    Baxter kaewngX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kˠʌŋX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kᵚɔŋX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kɔŋX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kaɨwŋX/
    Li
    Rong
    /kɔŋX/
    Wang
    Li
    /kɔŋX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /kɔŋX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    jiǎng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    gong2
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character こう
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    jiǎng
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ kaewngX ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kˁroŋʔ/
    English explain; discuss

    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 こう
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 4201
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    ひがし
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    こう
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kroːŋʔ/

    Definitions

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    こう

    1. to say; to talk; to speak; to tell
      こう故事こじ故事こじ  ―  jiǎng gùshì  ―  to tell a story
      こう [Cantonese]  ―  nei5 gong2 me1 aa3? [Jyutping]  ―  What are you saying?
      はやこうはや [Cantonese]  ―  nei5 m4 zou2 gong2! [Jyutping]  ―  Why didn't you say so earlier!?
      なにかいこう [Xiang, trad.]
      なにかい [Xiang, simp.]
      o2 gai3 bu6 gan3 da? [Wiktionary]
      Why aren't you saying anything?
      わがともこう [Hokkien, trad.]
      わがとも [Hokkien, simp.]
      Góa bô kā i kóng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
      I didn't tell him.
      わがどう老師ろうしこう㗎喇 [Cantonese, trad.]
      わがどうろう㗎喇 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 tung4 zo2 lou5 si1 gong2 gaa3 laa3. [Jyutping]
      I told the teacher already.
      わがこう [Xiang, trad.]
      わが [Xiang, simp.]
      ngo3 mau5 gen1 ta1 gan3 [Wiktionary]
      I didn't tell him.
      かいこう英語えいご而且こうとくこのみ [MSC, trad.]
      かいえい而且とくこのみ [MSC, simp.]
      Tā huì jiǎng yīngyǔ, érqiě jiǎng de hǎo. [Pinyin]
      He can speak English, and what's more he speaks it very well.
      わが唔識こう廣東かんとんばなし [Cantonese, trad.]
      わが唔识广东话 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 m4 sik1 gong2 gwong2 dung1 waa6-2. [Jyutping]
      I don't speak Cantonese.
      わしこのみながれこう英文えいぶん𠲎 [Shanghainese, trad.]
      このみながれ英文えいぶん𠲎 [Shanghainese, simp.]
      Can you speak English fluently?
      ちょうすなばなしあかつきとくこう [Xiang, trad.]
      长沙话晓得 [Xiang, simp.]
      nyi3 zhan2 sa1 fa5 xiau3 de gan3 bo? [Wiktionary]
      Can you speak Changsha Xiang?
    2. to explain; to lecture
      こう  ―  jiǎng  ―  to teach; to lecture
      こうみちみち  ―  jiǎngdào  ―  to preach a sermon
    3. to discuss; to negotiate
      こう條件じょうけん条件じょうけん  ―  jiǎng tiáojiàn  ―  to negotiate terms
    4. (literary) to make peace; to reconcile
    5. to emphasise; to pay attention to; to take into account
      こう衛生えいせい卫生  ―  jiǎng wèishēng  ―  to pay attention to hygiene
      こう武德ぶとく武德ぶとく  ―  jiǎng wǔdé  ―  to not obey ethics of martial arts
    6. regarding; concerning
    7. (Hokkien) Used after a verb to introduce a clause that is the object of the verb: that
    8. Classifier for lectures.
      だいこうだい  ―  dì èr jiǎng  ―  the second lecture
    9. a surname

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    Japanese

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    Shinjitai こう
    Kyūjitai
    [1][2]

    こう󠄁
    こう+&#xE0101;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)
     
    こう󠄃
    こう+&#xE0103;?
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    (Moji_Joho)
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    Kanji

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    こう

    (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings

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    Suffix

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    こう(こう) (-kōかう (kau)?

    1. reading or lecture
    2. reading of sacred scriptures by Buddhist monks
      法華ほっけ(ほっけ)はち(はっ)こう(こう)
      hokke hak
      reading of the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra
    3. gathering of monks and laity for Buddhist rites
      涅槃ねはん(ねはん)こう(こう)
      nehan
      rites on February 15, the death day of the Buddha
    4. lay association of Buddhist or Shinto believers
    5. mutual financial assistance association
      いわゆる「ネズミこう(こう)」を運営うんえい(うんえい)したとして、無限むげん連鎖れんさ(むげんれんさ)こう(こう)防止ぼうしほう違反いはん(ぼうしほういはん)うたぐ(うたが)いがもち()たれています。
      Iwayuru “nezumi-” o un'ei shita toshite, mugenrensa bōshihō ihan no utagai gamotareteimasu.
      He is being held on suspicion of violating the Law on Prevention of Pyramid Schemes for operating a so-called "Mouse Mutual Assistance Association."

    References

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    1. ^ こう”, in 漢字かんじぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
    2. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), しん漢和かんわ辞典じてん [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1134 (paper), page 580 (digital)
    3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), しん明解めいかい国語こくご辞典じてん [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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    Hanja

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    こう (eumhun 외울 (oe'ul gang))

    1. Hanja form? of (reading or lecture).

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    Han character

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    こう: Hán Nôm readings: giảng, nhãng

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