後宮

See also: 后宫

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	palace; uterus
trad. (後宮)		後	宮
simp. (后宫)		后	宫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòugōng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ gung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘-kiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòugōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòugong
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴-kung¹
  - Yale: hòu-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howgong
  - Palladius: хоугун (xougun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ gung¹
  - Yale: hauh gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-kiong
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-kiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxkiofng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁴¹⁻²² kiɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: huwX|huwH kjuwng

Rime
Character	後	後	宮
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	胡口切	胡遘切	居戎切
Baxter	huwX	huwH	kjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦəu^X/	/ɦəu^H/	/kɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəu^X/	/ɦəu^H/	/kiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣəu^X/	/ɣəu^H/	/kiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəw^X/	/ɦəw^H/	/kuwŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣu^X/	/ɣu^H/	/kiuŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣəu^X/	/ɣəu^H/	/kĭuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣə̯u^X/	/ɣə̯u^H/	/ki̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hòu	hòu	jiōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau⁶	hau⁶	gung¹

Noun

後宮

residence of imperial wives and concubines
(by extension) imperial wives and concubines
(ACG) harem

Synonyms

宮闈／宫闱 (gōngwéi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (後宮):

→ Japanese: 後(こう)宮(きゅう) (kōkyū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	宮
こう Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーきゅう [kòókyúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːkʲɨː]

Noun

後(こう)宮(きゅう) • (kōkyū)

the inner palace

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“後宮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026