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擁
擁
See also: 拥
Translingual
Han character
擁 (radical 64 手+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手卜女土 (QYVG), four-corner 50014, composition ⿰扌雍)
References
- KangXi: page 457, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12781
- Dae Jaweon: page 806, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1972, character 1
- Unihan data for U+64C1
Chinese
| trad. | 擁 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 拥 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 擁
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|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (邕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 郺 | *qoːŋʔ, *qoŋ |
| 齆 | *qoːŋs |
| 甕 | *qoːŋs |
| 罋 | *qoːŋs, *qoŋ |
| 雍 | *qoŋ, *qoŋs |
| 邕 | *qoŋ |
| 嗈 | *qoŋ |
| 灉 | *qoŋ, *qoŋs |
| 癰 | *qoŋ |
| 廱 | *qoŋ |
| 雝 | *qoŋ |
| 壅 | *qoŋ, *qoŋʔ, *qoŋs |
| 饔 | *qoŋ |
| 噰 | *qoŋ |
| 澭 | *qoŋ |
| 擁 | *qoŋ, *qoŋʔ |
| 臃 | *qoŋ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ
- Wade-Giles: yung1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iong
- IPA (key): /i̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ
- Wade-Giles: yung3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong
- IPA (key): /i̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jung2, ung2
- Yale: yúng, úng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jung2, ung2
- IPA (key): /jʊŋ³⁵/, /ʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iong
- Tâi-lô: iong
- Phofsit Daibuun: iofng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng
- Tâi-lô: ióng
- Phofsit Daibuun: iorng
- IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iòng
- Tâi-lô: iòng
- Phofsit Daibuun: ioxng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 擁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 鍾 (7) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於隴切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔɨoŋX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔioŋX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔioŋX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔuawŋX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔioŋX/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭwoŋX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔi̯woŋX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yǒng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 擁 | 擁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 15416 | 15418 |
| Phonetic component |
邕 | 邕 |
| Rime group |
東 | 東 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
邕 | 擁 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qoŋ/ | /*qoŋʔ/ |
Verb
擁
- to embrace, to hug someone
- to wrap around, to squeeze
- verb gather around, to crowd
- to provide support
- to have something
Noun
擁
- a crowd of people
Japanese
Kanji
擁
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
擁 • (ong) (hangeul 옹, McCune-Reischauer ong, Yale ong)
Vietnamese
Han character
擁 (ủng)
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