膏肓

Chinese
ointment; paste region between heart and diaphragm
trad. (膏肓) 膏 肓
simp. #(膏肓) 膏 肓

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 膏 肓
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 唐 (102)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 古勞切 呼光切
Baxter kaw xwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kɑu/ /hwɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kɑu/ /hʷɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kɑu/ /xuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kaw/ /hwaŋ/
Li
Rong		 /kɑu/ /xuɑŋ/
Wang
Li		 /kɑu/ /xuɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kɑu/ /xwɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 gāo huāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 gou1 fong1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 膏 肓
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 3727 12650
Phonetic
component		 高 亡
Rime
group		 宵 陽
Rime
subdivision		 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 髙 荒
Old
Chinese		 /*kaːw/ /*hmaːŋ/

Noun

膏肓

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) fat region between the heart and the diaphragm (near the apex of the heart, a region which is regarded in traditional Chinese medicine as being unreachable by medicament); vital organs; finalized disease; finalized illness; suffering of the humans and hardships of the popular

Derived terms
  • 泉石膏肓
  • 病入膏肓 (bìngrùgāohuāng)
  • 病在膏肓
  • 病染膏肓
  • 膏肓之疾

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
膏 肓
こう
Jinmeiyō		 こう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 膏肓 (MC kaw xwang).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こーこー [kòókóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

膏(こう)肓(こう) • (kōkō) ←かうくわう (kaukwau)?

  1. vital organs

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
膏 肓
こう
Jinmeiyō		 もう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Misreading of the 肓 kanji as 盲 (mō, “blind”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こーもー [kòómóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːmo̞ː]

Noun

膏(こう)肓(もう) • (kōmō) ←かうまう (kaumau)?

  1. (proscribed) Alternative form of 膏肓 (kōkō)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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