㔶

㔶 U+3536, 㔶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3536 ← 㔵 [U+3535] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㔷 → [U+3537]

Translingual

Han character

㔶 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+24, 26 strokes, cangjie input 尸卜十金 (SYJC), composition ⿷匚贛(G) or ⿷匚𥫔(T))

1. small cup
2. box
3. chest
4. granary
5. cover of a vessel

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 154, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 91, character 9
• Unihan data for U+3536

Chinese

trad.		㔶
simp.		𱑉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 㔶
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòng (gong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam² / gung³ / zi¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): gāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòng
    • Wade–Giles: kung⁴
    • Yale: gùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonq
    • Palladius: гун (gun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaam² / gung³ / zi¹
    • Yale: gáam / gung / jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam² / gung³ / dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam² / gung³ / ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm³⁵/, /kʊŋ³³/, /t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: komX, kuwngH

Rime
Character	㔶	㔶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古禫切	古送切
Baxter	komX	kuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʌmX/	/kuŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kəmX/	/kuŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɒmX/	/kuŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəmX/	/kəwŋH/
Li Rong	/kᴀmX/	/kuŋH/
Wang Li	/kɒmX/	/kuŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kămX/	/kuŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǎn	gòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam2	gung3

Definitions

㔶

1. (Eastern Min, Gan, Xiang) to cover

   㔶被／𱑉被 [Eastern Min]  ―  gāng-*puôi / [kaŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ pʰui²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  to cover with a quilt

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蓋 (“to cover; to conceal”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蓋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蓋
	Taiwan	蓋
	Singapore	蓋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蓋
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	蓋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蓋, 㝩
	Wuhan	蓋, 㝩, 垛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蓋
	Hefei	蓋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蓋, 冚, 扱
	Hong Kong	冚, 扱
	Yangjiang	扱
Gan	Nanchang	蓋, 㔶, 盍
Hakka	Meixian	蓋, 弇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	弇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	弇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	弇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	弇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	弇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	揜
Jin	Taiyuan	蓋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	㔶𱔴
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	㔶, 㪠
Southern Min	Xiamen	崁
	Quanzhou	崁
	Zhangzhou	崁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	崁
	Manila (Hokkien)	崁
	Chaozhou	蓋, 崁
	Shantou	蓋
	Jieyang	蓋, 崁
Wu	Suzhou	蓋
	Wenzhou	㔶, 蓋
Xiang	Changsha	蓋
	Shuangfeng	蓋, 㔶