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 چنگ‎ (čang) and the Turkic harp of çeng.

Pronunciation
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

  1. (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

Japanese
Kanji in this term
箜 篌
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji

Noun

箜篌 (hiragana くご, rōmaji kugo)

  1. an old East Asian stringed instrument

Noun

箜篌 (hiragana くうご, rōmaji kūgo)

  1. 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)

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