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Translingual

Han character

(radical 72 +2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大弓日 (KNA), four-corner 46010, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 489, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13747
  • Dae Jaweon: page 851, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1485, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+65ED

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʰuː
*kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu
*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
*qʰruː
*ku
*ku
*kuʔ
*kus
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
*ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ
*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*kʷrɯwʔ
*kʷrɯwʔ
氿 *kʷrɯwʔ
*kʷrɯwʔ
*kuɡ
*qʰʷoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰʷoɡ) : phonetic  (OC *kuʔ) + semantic  (sun).

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ɕy⁵¹/
Harbin /ɕy⁵³/
Tianjin /ɕy⁵³/
Jinan /ɕy²¹³/
Qingdao /ɕy⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ɕy²⁴/
Xi'an /ɕy²⁴/
Xining /ɕy⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕy¹³/
Lanzhou /ɕy¹³/
Ürümqi /ɕy²¹³/
Wuhan /ɕy³⁵/
Chengdu /ɕyo³¹/
/ɕy³¹/
Guiyang /ɕiu²¹/
Kunming /ɕiu³¹/
Nanjing /ɕyʔ⁵/
Hefei /ɕyəʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕy⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ɕyʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /ɕyəʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /ɕy³⁵/
Suzhou /ɕioʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕioʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /ɕɤu²¹³/
Hui Shexian /ɕiuʔ²¹/
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha /ɕiəu²⁴/
Xiangtan /ɕiəɯ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /ɕiuʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /hiuk̚¹/
Taoyuan /hiuk̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jok̚⁵/
Nanning /juk̚⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /jok̚⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /hiɔk̚³²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /høyʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /xy²⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /hiok̚²/
Haikou (Min Nan) /hɔk̚⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (32)
Final () (8)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/hiok̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/huawk̚/
Li
Rong
/xiok̚/
Wang
Li
/xĭwok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6967
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰʷoɡ/

Definitions

  1. rising sun
  2. brilliant; radiant

Compounds

  • 旭日 (xùrì)
  • 旭日初升
  • 旭日東升旭日东升
  • 旭旦
  • 旭旭
  • 旭蟹
  • 智旭

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. rising sun

Readings

Noun

(hiragana あさひ, romaji asahi)

  1. Alternative spelling of 朝日

Proper noun

(hiragana あきら, romaji Akira)

  1. A male given name

(hiragana あさひ, romaji Asahi)

  1. a place name, such as that of Asahi City in Chiba Prefecture

Korean

Hanja

(uk) (hangeul , revised uk, McCune-Reischauer uk, Yale wuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(hóc, húc)

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References