艮

See also: 良, 民, and ☶

艮	U+826E, 艮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-826E

← 艭
[U+826D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

良 →
[U+826F]

⾉	U+2F89, ⾉ KANGXI RADICAL STOPPING

← ⾈
[U+2F88]

Kangxi Radicals

⾊ →
[U+2F8A]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

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Radical 138 艮

艮 (Kangxi radical 138, 艮+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 日女 (AV), four-corner 7773₂, composition ⿸⿰𠄌𫜹⿺㇏丿)

Kangxi radical #138, ⾉.

Derived characters[edit]

Appendix:Chinese radical/艮
佷, 𫥋, 哏, 垠, 𰀏, 𡯣, 𡷐, 很, 恨, 拫, 泿, 狠, 限, 𪭳, 𭦂, 根, 𣥦, 𣧾, 𪺢, 㸧, 珢, 𦚣, 眼, 硍, 𠦯, 𭈍, 裉, 𮇜, 𫅔, 𦕨, 蛝, 𮗑, 𧣢, 詪 (𬣳), 豤, 貇, 𬦂, 𧻠, 跟, 𨋨, 𨒼, 銀 (银), 鞎, 𩎤, 䬶 (𬲷), 𫻂, 𮫷, 𪻊, 𮯅, 𥐇, 𬰉, 齦 (龈)
𠛵, 䫀 (𫖱), 垦, 恳, 𣐻, 𭻓, 𭾁, 良, 峎, 茛, 𮏃, 𮅐, 𬑶, 㡾, 𢩆, 痕, 䦘 (𨸄)

References[edit]

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1013, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30596
Dae Jaweon: page 1472, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3170, character 1
Unihan data for U+826E

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		艮
alternative forms		𥃩㫔

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 艮
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (艮) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
艱	*krɯːn
齦	kʰrɯːnʔ, kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
眼	*ŋrɯːnʔ
蛝	*ɡrɯːn
限	*ɡrɯːnʔ
硍	*ɡrɯːnʔ
豤	kʰɯːnʔ, kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
詪	ɡlɯːnʔ, kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
根	*kɯːn
跟	*kɯːn
珢	kɯːn, kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
艮	*kɯːns
茛	*kɯːns
墾	*kʰɯːnʔ
懇	*kʰɯːnʔ
垠	ŋɯːn, ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿	ŋɯːn, ŋrɯn
痕	*ɡɯːn
拫	*ɡɯːn
鞎	*ɡɯːn
很	*ɡɯːnʔ
恨	*ɡɯːns
銀	*ŋrɯn
檭	*ŋrɯn

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 目 (“eye”) + 匕 (“spoon”).

Alternatively, a ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 目 (“eye”) + 人 (“person”) showing a person looking back (Ji Xusheng, 2004).

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gèn (gen⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gan³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ken
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kùn / kìn
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵ken

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gèn
  - Wade–Giles: kên⁴
  - Yale: gèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genn
  - Palladius: гэнь (gɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gan³
  - Yale: gan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ken
  - Hakka Romanization System: gen
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gen⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ken⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùn
  - Tâi-lô: kùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kun¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /kun²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìn
  - Tâi-lô: kìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵ken
  - MiniDict: ken^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ken
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kən³⁴/

Middle Chinese: konH

Rime
Character	艮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古恨切
Baxter	konH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kən^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kən^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kən^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kən^H/
Li Rong	/kən^H/
Wang Li	/kən^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kən^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gan³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kɯːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	艮
Reading #	1/1
No.	3924
Phonetic component	艮
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	艮
Old Chinese	/*kɯːns/

Definitions[edit]

艮

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing mountains. (☶)
a surname

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gěn (gen³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄣˇ
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵ken

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gěn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gěn
  - Wade–Giles: kên³
  - Yale: gěn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geen
  - Palladius: гэнь (gɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən²¹⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵ken
  - MiniDict: ken^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ken
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kən³⁴/

Definitions[edit]

艮

(dialectal) blunt; straightforward
- 這人真艮。／这人真艮。 ― Zhè rén zhēn gěn. ― That fellow is really blunt.
- 他說的話太艮。 [MSC, trad.]
  他说的话太艮。 [MSC, simp.]
  Tā shuō de huà tài gěn. [Pinyin]
  He put it too sharply.
(dialectal) tough, chewy
- 艮蘿蔔不好吃。 [MSC, trad.]
  艮萝卜不好吃。 [MSC, simp.]
  Gěn luóbo bù hǎochī. [Pinyin]
  Tough radishes are not good for eating.

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

艮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

northeast

Readings[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
艮
うしとら Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

丑(うし) (ushi) + 寅(とら) (tora)

Noun[edit]

艮(うしとら) • (ushitora)

(obsolete) northeast

Korean[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Hanja[edit]

艮 (eumhun 괘 이름 간 (gwae ireum gan))

Hanja form^? of 간 (“one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦”).

Etymology 2[edit]

Hanja[edit]

艮 (eumhun 그칠 간 (geuchil gan))

Hanja form^? of 간 (“to stop; to cease”).

Etymology 3[edit]

Hanja[edit]

艮 (eumhun 은 은 (eun eun))

Hanja form^? of 은 (“silver”).

Etymology 4[edit]

Hanja[edit]

艮 (eumhun 끌 흔 (kkeul heun))

Hanja form^? of 흔 (“to pull; to draw; to drag”).