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匡
匡
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Translingual
Han character
匡 (radical 22 匚+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 尸一土 (SMG), four-corner 71711, composition ⿷匚王)
References
- KangXi: page 153, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2606
- Dae Jaweon: page 345, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 83, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5321
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
匡 | |
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤ
- Wade-Giles: k'uang1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuang
- IPA (key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hong1
- Yale: hōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hong1
- IPA (key): /hɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 匡 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /kʰuaŋ⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /kʰuɑŋ²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /kʰuaŋ²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /kʰuaŋ²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /kʰuaŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /kʰuaŋ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /kʰuɔ̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /kʰuɑŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /kʰuɑ̃³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /kʰuaŋ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu |
/kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/ /t͡ɕʰiaŋ⁵⁵/ |
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| Guiyang | /kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /kʰuã̠²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /kʰuaŋ³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /kʰuɑ̃²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kʰuɒ̃¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /kʰuɑŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /kʰuɑ̃³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kʰuɑ̃⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /kʰuɑ̃⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /kʰuɑŋ³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡ɕʰyɔ³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian |
/kʰo³¹/ /t͡ɕʰia³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /kʰau¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kʰuan³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡ɕʰian³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kʰioŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /kʰioŋ¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɔŋ⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /hɔŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /hɔŋ⁵³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /kʰɔŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /kʰuoŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /kʰiɔŋ⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /kʰuaŋ³³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /xuaŋ²³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 匡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 去王切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kʰʉɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʰʷiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kʰiuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kʰuaŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/kʰiuaŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/kʰĭwaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kʰiwaŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
kuāng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 匡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
kuāng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ khjwang › |
| Old Chinese |
/*k-pʰaŋ/ |
| English | square basket |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 匡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12721 |
| Phonetic component |
王 |
| Rime group |
陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
匡 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʰʷaŋ/ |
| Notes | 說文所從𡉚聲，甲文爲從止王聲字 |
Definitions
匡
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Japanese
Kanji
匡
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
匡 • (gwang) (hangeul 광, revised gwang, McCune-Reischauer kwang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
匡 (khuôn, khuông)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 匡
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| Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (王) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 皇 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 惶 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 遑 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 堭 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 煌 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 餭 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 騜 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 艎 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 隍 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 湟 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 徨 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 篁 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 蝗 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs |
| 凰 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 偟 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 媓 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 韹 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 葟 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 皝 | *ɡʷaːŋʔ |
| 汪 | *qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ |
| 尪 | *qʷaːŋ |
| 迋 | *kʷaŋʔ, *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs |
| 逛 | *kʷaŋʔ |
| 誑 | *kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs |
| 匡 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 筐 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 框 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 眶 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 誆 | *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs |
| 邼 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 恇 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 劻 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 洭 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 軭 | *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ |
| 狂 | *ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs |
| 軖 | *ɡʷaŋ |
| 鵟 | *ɡʷaŋ |
| 俇 | *ɡʷaŋʔ |
| 王 | *ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs |
| 蚟 | *ɢʷaŋ |
| 彺 | *ɢʷaŋ |
| 旺 | *ɢʷaŋs |
| 諻 | *qʰʷraːŋ |
| 喤 | *qʰʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 瑝 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 锽 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 揘 | *ɡʷaŋ |