穹

Han character edit

穹 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十金弓 (JCN), four-corner 3020₇, composition ⿱穴弓)

Derived characters edit

• 𠶥, 𡸕, 𢛙, 𢮍, 𣶆, 𣇬, 焪, 𥓰, 䛪, 䠻, 𨡗, 𭯵, 𡹗, 𦲄

Further reading edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 862, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25414
• Dae Jaweon: page 1289, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2721, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7A79

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰʷɯŋ) : semantic 穴 + phonetic 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

穹

1. (literary) elevated and arched

   穹隆  ―  qiónglóng  ―  domed structure

2. (literary) sky

   • 手弄白日，頂摩青穹，揮斥幽憤，不可得也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     手弄白日，顶摩青穹，挥斥幽愤，不可得也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 李白 (Li Bai), 《暮春於江夏送張祖監丞之東都序》

     Shǒu nòng bái rì, dǐng mó qīng qióng, huīchì yōufèn, bùkě dé yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Synonym: 天 (tiān)

3. (literary) deep
4. (literary) high and vast
5. ^† to fill up; to exhaust

   • 九月在戶，十月蟋蟀入我牀下。穹窒熏鼠，塞向墐戶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     九月在户，十月蟋蟀入我牀下。穹窒熏鼠，塞向墐户。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jiǔyuè zài hù, shíyuè xīshuài rù wǒ chuáng xià. Qióng zhì xūn shǔ, sài xiàng jìn hù. [Pinyin]

     In the ninth month, about the doors;
     In the tenth month, the cricket enters under our beds.
     Chinks are filled up, and rats are smoked out.
     The windows that face [the north] are stopped up;

Compounds edit

Kanji edit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. high arching vault
2. sky

Readings edit

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きゆう (kyuu, historical)}
• Kun: あめ (ame, 穹); そら (sora, 穹); おおぞら (ōzora, 穹); あな (ana, 穹); ふかい (fukai, 穹い); たかい (takai, 穹い); おおきい (ōkī, 穹きい)
• Nanori: こう (kō); たかし (takashi); ひろ (hiro)

Compounds edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 穹 (MC khjuwng). Recorded as Middle Korean 구ᇰ (kwung) (Yale: kwung) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

穹

Wikisource

穹 (eumhun 하늘 궁 (haneul gung))

1. (literary) Hanja form^? of 궁 (“sky; heaven”).
2. (literary) Hanja form^? of 궁 (“arched”).

Compounds edit

References edit

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Han character edit

穹: Hán Việt readings: khung (去(khử)宮(cung)切(thiết))^[1][2][3][4], khum^[5]
穹: Nôm readings: khum^{[1][3][5][4][6]}, khung^[1][2][3][7], cùng^[2]

1. chữ Hán form of khung (“sky”).
2. Nôm form of khung (“border; frame”).
3. Nôm form of khum (“curved; convex”).

Compounds edit

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