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枉
枉
Translingual
Han character
枉 (radical 75 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木一土 (DMG), four-corner 41914, composition ⿰木王)
References
- KangXi: page 514, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14530
- Dae Jaweon: page 902, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1163, character 7
- Unihan data for U+6789
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
枉 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (往) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 暀 | *ɢʷaŋs, *ɢʷaŋʔ, *ɢʷaŋs |
| 誑 | *kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs |
| 枉 | *qʷaŋʔ |
| 往 | *ɢʷaŋ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ
- Wade-Giles: wang3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woang
- IPA (key): /u̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wong2
- Yale: wóng
- Cantonese Pinyin: wong2
- IPA (key): /wɔːŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 枉 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /uɑŋ²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin |
/uaŋ⁵³/ /uaŋ²¹³/ |
|
| Tianjin | /vɑŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /vaŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao | /vaŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /uaŋ⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /uaŋ⁵³/ | |
| Xining | /uɔ̃⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /vɑŋ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /vɑ̃⁴⁴²/ | |
| Ürümqi | /vɑŋ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /uaŋ⁴²/ | |
| Chengdu | /uaŋ⁵³/ | |
| Guiyang | /uaŋ⁴²/ | |
| Kunming | /uã̠/ | |
| Nanjing | /uaŋ²¹²/ | |
| Hefei | /uɑ̃²⁴/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /vɒ̃¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /uɑŋ³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /vɑ̃⁵³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /uɑ̃³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /uɑ̃⁵¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ʔuɑŋ⁵³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /j̠yɔ³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /o³⁵/ |
| Tunxi | /au³¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /uan⁴¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /uɔn⁴²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /uɔŋ²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /voŋ³¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /voŋ³¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wɔŋ³⁵/ |
| Nanning | /wɔŋ³⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /wɔŋ³⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /ɔŋ⁵³/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /uoŋ³²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /uaŋ³³/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /uaŋ⁵³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /uaŋ²¹³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 枉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 紆往切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔʉɐŋX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔʷiɐŋX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔiuɑŋX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔuaŋX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔiuaŋX/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭwaŋX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔiwaŋX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wǎng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 枉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
wǎng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ʔjwangX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʷaŋʔ/ |
| English | crooked; depraved |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 枉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12759 |
| Phonetic component |
往 |
| Rime group |
陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
枉 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʷaŋʔ/ |
Definitions
枉
Japanese
Kanji
枉
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
枉 • (wang) (hangeul 왕, revised wang, McCune-Reischauer wang, Yale wang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: uổng
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