鏗鏘

See also: 铿锵

Chinese

jingling of metals; to strike tinkling of small bells
trad. (鏗鏘)
simp. (铿锵)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (29) (14)
Final () (117) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter kheang tshjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰˠɛŋ/ /t͡sʰɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰᵚæŋ/ /t͡sʰiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɐŋ/ /t͡sʰiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰəɨjŋ/ /t͡sʰɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/kʰɛŋ/ /t͡sʰiaŋ/
Wang
Li
/kʰæŋ/ /t͡sʰĭaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kʰæŋ/ /t͡sʰi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kēng qiāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hang1 coeng1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1351 10296
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰreːŋ/ /*sʰaŋ/

Adjective

鏗鏘

  1. sonorous; resounding; ringing

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Hyōgai
そう
Hyōgai
kan'on goon

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーそー [kòósóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːso̞ː]

Adjective

(こう)(そう) • (kōsōかうさう (kausau)?-tari (adnominal (こう)(そう)とした (kōsō to shita) or (こう)(そう)たる (kōsō taru), adverbial (こう)(そう) (kōsō to) or (こう)(そう)として (kōsō to shite))

  1. (literary) resounding (of bells, stones, musical instruments, etc)

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "鏗鏘たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 鏗鏘たら こうそうたら kousoutara
Continuative (連用形) 鏗鏘と[1]
鏗鏘たり[2]
こうそうと
こうそうたり
kousouto
kousoutari
Terminal (終止形) 鏗鏘たり こうそうたり kousoutari
Attributive (連体形) 鏗鏘たる こうそうたる kousoutaru
Realis (已然形) 鏗鏘たれ こうそうたれ kousoutare
Imperative (命令形) 鏗鏘たれ こうそうたれ kousoutare
Key constructions
Negative 鏗鏘たらず こうそうたらず kousoutarazu
Contrasting conjunction 鏗鏘たれど こうそうたれど kousoutaredo
Causal conjunction 鏗鏘たれば こうそうたれば kousoutareba
Conditional conjunction 鏗鏘たらば こうそうたらば kousoutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 鏗鏘たりき こうそうたりき kousoutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 鏗鏘たりけり こうそうたりけり kousoutarikeri
Adverbial 鏗鏘と こうそうと kousouto

[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN