亨

See also: 享 and 亯

亨	U+4EA8, 亨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EA8

← 产
[U+4EA7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

亩 →
[U+4EA9]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

亨 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜口弓弓 (YRNN), four-corner 0020₇, composition ⿳亠口了)

Derived characters

㧸哼悙梈涥脝烹𣨉𤈽𪻥𦨾𧨑𨧤𢚟𫭸𫰳𬼭

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 88, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 295
Dae Jaweon: page 187, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 284, character 3
Unihan data for U+4EA8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		亨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亨
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Transcribed ancient scripts L33010 L10275 L10276 L10277
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (亨) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
亨	qʰaŋʔ, pqʰraːŋ, *qʰraːŋ
享	*qʰaŋʔ
烹	*pqʰraːŋ
脝	*qʰraːŋ
悙	*qʰraːŋ
哼	*qʰraːŋ

Pictogram (象形) . An ancestral shrine.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hēng, héng (heng¹, heng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄥ, ㄏㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hên / khiên / khiân
Eastern Min (BUC): hĕng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): heng

(Teochew, Peng'im): hêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: heng
  - Wade–Giles: hêng¹
  - Yale: hēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heng
  - Palladius: хэн (xɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: héng
  - Wade–Giles: hêng²
  - Yale: héng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herng
  - Palladius: хэн (xɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hang¹
  - Yale: hāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hên / khiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: hen^ˊ / kien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hen¹ / kian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hen²⁴/, /kʰi̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hên / khiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: hen^ˊ / kian^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hen¹ / kian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hen²⁴/, /kʰi̯an²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛiŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng
  - Tâi-lô: hing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: heng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /heŋ³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 亨
Mandarin	Beijing	/xəŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/xəŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/xəŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/xəŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/xəŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/xəŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/xəŋ²¹/
	Xining	/xə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xəŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/xə̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/xɤŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/xən⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/xən⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/xen⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/xə̃⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/xən³¹/
	Hefei	/xən²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/xəŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/xə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/hɑ̃⁵³/
	Suzhou	/hã⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/hen³³/ /hɑŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/hiɛ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/xʌ̃³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/xan¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/xən³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/hən³³/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/hen⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɐŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/hɐŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/hɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hiŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/hɛiŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xaiŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/heŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hɔŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: xaeng

Rime
Character	亨
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	許庚切
Baxter	xaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/xaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/xɐŋ/
Wang Li	/xɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤraŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	亨
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hēng
Middle Chinese	‹ xæng ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁraŋ/
English	penetrate
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	亨
Reading #	3/3
No.	5115
Phonetic component	亨
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	脝
Old Chinese	/*qʰraːŋ/
Notes	享分化字

Definitions

亨

smoothly progressing; prosperous
財運亨通／财运亨通 ― cáiyùn hēngtōng ― to have a good run for money
(physics) Short for 亨利 (hēnglì, “henry”).
a surname

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pēng (peng¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: peng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻêng¹
  - Yale: pēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peng
  - Palladius: пэн (pɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: paang¹
  - Yale: pāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: phjaeng

Rime
Character	亨
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	撫庚切
Baxter	phjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiajŋ/
Li Rong	/pʰiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[p.qʰ]ˤraŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*pqʰraːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	亨
Reading #	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pēng
Middle Chinese	‹ phæng ›
Old Chinese	/*[p.qʰ]ˁraŋ/
English	(loan for) to boil
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	亨
Reading #	2/3
No.	5113
Phonetic component	亨
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	磅
Old Chinese	/*pqʰraːŋ/

Definitions

亨

^† Alternative form of 烹 (pēng)

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎng (xiang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang³
  - Yale: syǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheang
  - Palladius: сян (sjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: xjangX

Rime
Character	亨
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許兩切
Baxter	xjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨaŋ^X/
Li Rong	/xiaŋ^X/
Wang Li	/xĭaŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯aŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoeng²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[qʰ]aŋʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰaŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	亨
Reading #	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ xjang^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[qʰ]aŋʔ/
English	sacrificial offering
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	亨
Reading #	1/3
No.	5111
Phonetic component	亨
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	響
Old Chinese	/*qʰaŋʔ/
Notes	注亦作享

Definitions

亨

^† Alternative form of 享 (xiǎng)

Japanese

Kanji

亨

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

pass through
go smoothly

Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kun: とおる (tōru, 亨る)^{←とほる (toforu, 亨る, historical)}

As an alternative form of 享:

Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
Kun: たてまつる (tatematsuru, 亨る)

As an alternative form of 烹:

Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←ひやう (fyau, historical)}
Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}

Proper noun

亨(とおる) • (Tōru)

a male given name

References

諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

Korean

Hanja

亨 • (hyeong, paeng) (hangeul 형, 팽, revised hyeong, paeng, McCune–Reischauer hyŏng, p'aeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

亨: Hán Nôm readings: Hưởng

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