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

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• 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/

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• 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/
	Tunxi	/xan¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/xən³³/
	Xiangtan	/hən³³/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/hen⁴⁴/
	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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

1. smoothly progressing; prosperous

   財運亨通／财运亨通  ―  cáiyùn hēngtōng  ―  to have a good run for money

2. (physics) Short for 亨利 (hēnglì, “henry”).
3. a surname

Compounds

• 亨利 (hēnglì)
• 亨衢
• 亨通 (hēngtōng)
• 來亨雞／来亨鸡
• 大亨 (dàhēng)
• 官運亨通／官运亨通 (guānyùnhēngtōng)
• 彭亨 (Pénghēng)
• 時運亨通／时运亨通
• 萬事亨通／万事亨通
• 翠亨 (Cuìhēng)
• 老運亨通／老运亨通
• 能亨
• 豐亨豫大／丰亨豫大
• 財運亨通／财运亨通

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pēng (peng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paang¹

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• 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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

1. ^† Alternative form of 烹 (pēng)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎng (xiang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ

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• 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/

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• 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	/hɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/xiaŋX/
Wang Li	/xĭaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯aŋX/
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	‹ xjangX ›
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

1. ^† Alternative form of 享 (xiǎng)

Japanese

Kanji

亨

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. pass through
2. 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) 

1. 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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