箜篌

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (箜篌)		箜	篌

Etymology

Transcription of a foreign term from the west. Compare Sogdian [script needed] (cngryʾ /čangaryā/), [script needed] (cyngryʾ /čingaryā/), both names of this instrument in the Sogdian language, as well as Persian (čang) and the Turkic harp of çeng.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōnghóu

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄏㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ hau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kōnghóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄏㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: konghour
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ hau⁴
  - Yale: hūng hàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ hau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ heo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /kʰuŋ ɦəu/▼

Rime
Character	箜	篌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	苦紅切	戸鉤切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuŋ/	/ɦəu/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuŋ/	/ɦəu/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəwŋ/	/ɦəw/
Li Rong	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣu/
Wang Li	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kōng	hóu

Noun

箜篌

(music, chiefly historical) a term used to refer to one of a number of different plucked string instruments (mostly harps) used in the music of ancient China

Usage notes

This instrument has been revived in modernized form in the 20th century.

Derived terms

臥箜篌／卧箜篌 (wòkōnghóu)
豎箜篌／竖箜篌

鳳首箜篌／凤首箜篌 (fèngshǒu kōnghóu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
箜	篌
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji

Noun

箜篌 (hiragana くご, rōmaji kugo)

an old East Asian stringed instrument

Noun

箜篌 (hiragana くうご, rōmaji kūgo)

an old East Asian stringed instrument

Synonyms

百済 (くだら)琴 (ごと) (kudaragoto)

Korean

Hanja in this term
箜	篌

Noun

箜篌 • (gonghu) (hangeul 공후)

Hanja form^? of 공후 (“any of a number of harps used in ancient East Asia”).

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