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兇
兇
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See also: 凶
Translingual
Han character
兇 (radical 10 儿+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 山大竹山 (UKHU), four-corner 22217, composition ⿱凶儿)
References
- KangXi: page 124, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1348
- Dae Jaweon: page 260, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 268, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5147
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 兇
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| Small seal script | ||
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (凶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 酗 | *qʰos |
| 凶 | *qʰoŋ |
| 匈 | *qʰoŋ |
| 兇 | *qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ |
| 訩 | *qʰoŋ |
| 胸 | *qʰoŋ |
| 胷 | *qʰoŋ |
| 洶 | *qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ |
| 恟 | *qʰoŋ |
| 詾 | *qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ |
Etymology 1
| trad. | 兇 | |
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| simp. | 凶 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ
- Wade-Giles: hsiung1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiong
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hung1
- Yale: hūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hung1
- IPA (key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiûng
- Hakka Romanization System: hiung´
- Hagfa Pinyim: hiung1
- IPA: /hi̯uŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong
- Tâi-lô: hiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiofng
- IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | ||
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| Character | 兇 | 兇 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 鍾 (7) | 鍾 (7) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 許容切 | 許拱切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/hɨoŋ/ | /hɨoŋX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/hioŋ/ | /hioŋX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/xioŋ/ | /xioŋX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/huawŋ/ | /huawŋX/ |
| Li Rong |
/xioŋ/ | /xioŋX/ |
| Wang Li |
/xĭwoŋ/ | /xĭwoŋX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/xi̯woŋ/ | /xi̯woŋX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xiōng | xiǒng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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| Character | 兇 | 兇 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 13891 | 13899 |
| Phonetic component |
凶 | 凶 |
| Rime group |
東 | 東 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
胷 | 洶 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʰoŋ/ | /*qʰoŋʔ/ |
Definitions
兇
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 兇 – see 凶. (This character, 兇, is a variant form of 凶.) |
References
Japanese
Kanji
兇
- ill luck
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
兇 • (hyung) (hangeul 흉, revised hyung, McCune-Reischauer hyung)
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Vietnamese
Han character
兇 (hung)
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