艮

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)

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• 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

Historical forms of the character 艮
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 目 (“eye”) + 匕 (“spoon”).

Alternatively, a ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 目 (“eye”) + 人 (“person”) showing a person looking back (Ji Xusheng, 2004).

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.

(uncommon “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)

丑(うし) (ushi) + 寅(とら) (tora)

艮(うしとら) • (ushitora) 

1. (obsolete) northeast

• 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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