罡

Information about character(s)

Radical: 网
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: gāng
Cantonese: gong1
JapaneseOn: KOU
Korean: KANG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: the name of a certain stars; the god who is supposed to live in them

CE-Dict: stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the Taoist name of the Dipper

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【网字部】罡
【正字通】居康切，音剛。天罡，星名。【參同契】二月榆落，魁臨于卯。八月麥生，天罡據酉。【註】天罡，卽北斗也。　又【白玉蟾琅書序】作爲符圖印訣罡咒之文。
考證：〔【參同契】二月榆，魁臨于卯。八月麥生，天罡據西。〕　謹照原文榆下增落字。西改酉。

CF-Dict: (ancien nom d'étoile)