"肯" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /kʰən²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɤŋ²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɐŋ³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːi̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɛn³¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /hɛn³¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /kʰaiŋ²¹/ [Jian'ou, Sinological-IPA], /kʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kʰiɪŋ⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰin⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kʰan⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /kʰeŋ⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kʰən²¹⁴/, /kʰɤŋ²¹⁴/, /hɐŋ³⁵/, /hɔːi̯³⁵/, /kʰɛn³¹/, /hɛn³¹/, /kʰaiŋ²¹/, /kʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/, /kʰiɪŋ⁵³/, /kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/, /kʰin⁵⁵⁴/, /kʰan⁵³/, /kʰeŋ⁵²/ Chinese transliterations: kěn [Mandarin, Pinyin], kěng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ken³ [Mandarin, Pinyin], keng³ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄎㄣˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄎㄥˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hang² [Cantonese, Jyutping], hoi² [Cantonese, Jyutping], kên³ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], hên³ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], kǎing, khńg [Hokkien, POJ], khéng [Hokkien, POJ], khín [Hokkien, POJ], khán [Hokkien, POJ], kêng² [Peng'im, Teochew], kěn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], kěn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻên³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kěn [Mandarin, Yale], keen [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], кэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], kɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], kěng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], kěng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻêng³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kěng [Mandarin, Yale], keeng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], кэн [Mandarin, Palladius], kɛn [Mandarin, Palladius], háng [Cantonese, Yale], hói [Cantonese, Yale], hang² [Cantonese, Pinyin], hoi² [Cantonese, Pinyin], heng² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hoi² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kǎing [Jian'ou, Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized], khńg [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qngr [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khíng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qeang [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khín [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qien [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khán [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qarn [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khéng [POJ, Teochew], khongX [Middle-Chinese], /*kʰˤəŋʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*kʰɯːŋʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : abbreviated 冎 (“bone”) + 肉 (“meat”) – meat attached to the bone. Originally written more like 肎, the top component is now written 止. Etymology templates: {{m|zh|會意|tr=-}} 會意/会意, {{categorize|zh|Han ideogrammic compounds}}, {{liushu|ic|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意), {{m|zh|冎//||bone|tr=-}} 冎 (“bone”), {{m|zh|肉//||meat|tr=-}} 肉 (“meat”), {{Han compound|冎|肉|abb1=y|ls=ic|t1=bone|t2=meat}} Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : abbreviated 冎 (“bone”) + 肉 (“meat”), {{zh-l|*肎}} 肎, {{zh-l|*止}} 止 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 肯
  1. meat attached to the bone; tendon; sinew
    Sense id: en-肯-zh-character-AU~WjS7U Categories (other): Chinese characters with nasal coda innovation in standard Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese particles, Elementary Mandarin, Northern Min particles Disambiguation of Chinese characters with nasal coda innovation in standard Mandarin: 76 12 9 3 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 78 16 4 2 Disambiguation of Chinese particles: 80 12 4 4 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 62 10 22 6 Disambiguation of Northern Min particles: 77 13 6 4
  2. to be willing to; to be ready to
    Sense id: en-肯-zh-character-XRPG37ua
  3. to consent to; to permit; to agree
    Sense id: en-肯-zh-character-S7nCl6Qh
  4. (archaic, rhetorical question) how could it be that Tags: archaic, rhetoric Categories (topical): Chinese rhetorical questions
    Sense id: en-肯-zh-character-3Rf~QBXy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 不肯 (bùkěn), 不肯一世, 不肯干休, 中肯, 問肯, 问肯, 心折首肯, 心肯意肯, 惠然肯來, 惠然肯来, 洞中肯綮, 肯亞 (Kěnyà), 肯亚 (Kěnyà), 肯分的, 肯堂肯構, 肯堂肯构, 肯塔基州, 肯定 (kěndìng), 肯定命題, 肯定命题, 肯尼亞 (Kěnníyà), 肯尼亚 (Kěnníyà), 肯德基 (Kěndéjī), 肯心兒, 肯心儿, 肯構肯堂, 肯构肯堂, 肯綮, 肯許, 肯许, 肯酒, 自我肯定, 阿肯色州, 首肯 (shǒukěn)

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        "meat attached to the bone; tendon; sinew"
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          "meat",
          "meat"
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          "attach",
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          "bone",
          "bone"
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          "tendon",
          "tendon"
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        "to be willing to; to be ready to"
      ],
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          "willing",
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          "ready",
          "ready"
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        "to consent to; to permit; to agree"
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          "consent",
          "consent"
        ],
        [
          "permit",
          "permit"
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        [
          "agree",
          "agree"
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    },
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            "Figures of speech",
            "Multiword terms",
            "Terms by semantic function",
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            "Lemmas",
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "how could it be that"
      ],
      "id": "en-肯-zh-character-3Rf~QBXy",
      "links": [
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, rhetorical question) how could it be that"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "rhetoric"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ken³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keng³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄣˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄥˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kên³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hên³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kǎing"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khńg"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻên³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰən²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻêng³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keeng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤŋ²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hói"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɛn³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛn³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎing"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaiŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khńg"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qngr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qeang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰiɪŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰin⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qarn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khéng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰeŋ⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khongX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰˤəŋʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰɯːŋʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ khéng /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰən²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤŋ²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɛn³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛn³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaiŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰiɪŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰin⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰeŋ⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰˤəŋʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰɯːŋʔ/"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Chinese characters with nasal coda innovation in standard Mandarin",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese particles",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Elementary Mandarin",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Northern Min lemmas",
    "Northern Min nouns",
    "Northern Min particles",
    "Northern Min verbs",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
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      "roman": "bùkěn",
      "word": "不肯"
    },
    {
      "word": "不肯一世"
    },
    {
      "word": "不肯干休"
    },
    {
      "word": "中肯"
    },
    {
      "word": "問肯"
    },
    {
      "word": "问肯"
    },
    {
      "word": "心折首肯"
    },
    {
      "word": "心肯意肯"
    },
    {
      "word": "惠然肯來"
    },
    {
      "word": "惠然肯来"
    },
    {
      "word": "洞中肯綮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kěnyà",
      "word": "肯亞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kěnyà",
      "word": "肯亚"
    },
    {
      "word": "肯分的"
    },
    {
      "word": "肯堂肯構"
    },
    {
      "word": "肯堂肯构"
    },
    {
      "word": "肯塔基州"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kěndìng",
      "word": "肯定"
    },
    {
      "word": "肯定命題"
    },
    {
      "word": "肯定命题"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kěnníyà",
      "word": "肯尼亞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kěnníyà",
      "word": "肯尼亚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kěndéjī",
      "word": "肯德基"
    },
    {
      "word": "肯心兒"
    },
    {
      "word": "肯心儿"
    },
    {
      "word": "肯構肯堂"
    },
    {
      "word": "肯构肯堂"
    },
    {
      "word": "肯綮"
    },
    {
      "word": "肯許"
    },
    {
      "word": "肯许"
    },
    {
      "word": "肯酒"
    },
    {
      "word": "自我肯定"
    },
    {
      "word": "阿肯色州"
    },
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    }
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        "pron": ""
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      },
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      "name": "Han compound"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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          "meat"
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          "attach"
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          "bone"
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          "tendon"
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          "willing",
          "willing"
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        [
          "ready",
          "ready"
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          "consent",
          "consent"
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          "permit",
          "permit"
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        [
          "agree",
          "agree"
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        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
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      "glosses": [
        "how could it be that"
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        [
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          "how"
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          "be"
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        "rhetoric"
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      "tags": [
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "kěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ken³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keng³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄣˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄥˇ"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kên³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hên³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kǎing"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khńg"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻên³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰən²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻêng³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keeng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤŋ²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hói"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐŋ³⁵/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɛn³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛn³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎing"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaiŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khńg"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qngr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qeang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰiɪŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰin⁵⁵⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qarn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁵³/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kʰeŋ⁵²/",
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        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khongX"
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      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰˤəŋʔ/"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰɯːŋʔ/"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/kʰən²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤŋ²¹⁴/"
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      "ipa": "/hɐŋ³⁵/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/hɛn³¹/"
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    {
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    {
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      "ipa": "/kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kʰeŋ⁵²/"
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    {
      "other": "/*kʰˤəŋʔ/"
    },
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