艮

艮 U+826E, 艮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-826E ← 艭 [U+826D] CJK Unified Ideographs 良 → [U+826F]

⾉ U+2F89, ⾉ KANGXI RADICAL STOPPING ← ⾈ [U+2F88] Kangxi Radicals ⾊ → [U+2F8A]

Stroke order

艮 (Kangxi radical 138, 艮+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 日女 (AV), four-corner 7773₂, composition ⿸⿰𠄌𫜹⿺㇏丿)

1. Kangxi radical #138, ⾉.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/艮
• 佷, 𫥋, 哏, 垠, 𰀏, 𡯣, 𡷐, 很, 恨, 拫, 泿, 狠, 限, 𪭳, 𭦂, 根, 𣥦, 𣧾, 𪺢, 㸧, 珢, 𦚣, 眼, 硍, 𠦯, 𭈍, 裉, 𮇜, 𫅔, 𦕨, 蛝, 𮗑, 𧣢, 詪 (𬣳), 豤, 貇, 𬦂, 𧻠, 跟, 𨋨, 𨒼, 銀 (银), 鞎, 𩎤, 䬶 (𬲷), 𫻂, 𮫷, 𪻊, 𮯅, 𥐇, 𬰉, 齦 (龈)
• 𠛵, 䫀 (𫖱), 垦, 恳, 𣐻, 𭻓, 𭾁, 良, 峎, 茛, 𮏃, 𮅐, 𬑶, 㡾, 𢩆, 痕, 䦘 (𨸄)

• 退

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1013, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30596
• Dae Jaweon: page 1472, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3170, character 1
• Unihan data for U+826E

simp. and trad.		艮
alternative forms		𥃩 㫔

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 目 (“eye”) + 人 (“person”) — a person looking back (Ji Xusheng, 2004) to introduce the concept of disobedience and/or limit. Similar but unrelated to 見.

艮

1. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing mountains. (☶)
2. a surname

艮

1. (dialectal) blunt; straightforward
   • 這人真艮。／这人真艮。  ―  Zhè rén zhēn gěn.  ―  That fellow is really blunt.

   • 他說的話太艮。 [MSC, trad.]
     他说的话太艮。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā shuō de huà tài gěn. [Pinyin]

     He put it too sharply.

2. (dialectal) tough, chewy

   • 艮蘿蔔不好吃。 [MSC, trad.]
     艮萝卜不好吃。 [MSC, simp.]

     Gěn luóbo bù hǎochī. [Pinyin]

     Tough radishes are not good for eating.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. northeast

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: こん (kon)
• Kan’yō-on: ごん (gon)
• Kun: うしとら (ushitora, 艮)
• Nanori: たかし (takashi)

Kanji in this term
艮
ごん Hyōgai
kan'yōon

艮(ごん) • (gon) 

1. the seventh of the eight trigrams in the I Ching, symbolizing mountains. (☶)

Kanji in this term
艮
うしとら Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 艮 – see the following entry.

【丑寅うしとら】 [noun] (obsolete) northeast

(This term, 艮, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

• 巽(たつみ) (tatsumi, “southeast”)
• 乾(いぬい) (inui, “northwest”)
• 坤(ひつじさる) (hitsujisaru, “southwest”)

艮 (eumhun 괘 이름 간 (gwae ireum gan))

1. hanja form^? of 간 (“one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦”)

艮 (eumhun 그칠 간 (geuchil gan))

1. hanja form^? of 간 (“to stop; to cease”)

艮 (eumhun 은 은 (eun eun))

1. hanja form^? of 은 (“silver”)

艮 (eumhun 끌 흔 (kkeul heun))

1. hanja form^? of 흔 (“to pull; to draw; to drag”)

艮: Hán Nôm readings: cấn, cản, ngắn, nhìn, ngấn, ngẩn, ngổn, ngần

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