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橫
橫
See also: 横
Translingual
| Shinjitai | 横 |
|---|---|
| Simplified | 横 |
| Traditional | 橫 |
Han character
橫 (radical 75 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木廿一金 (DTMC) or X木廿一金 (XDTMC), four-corner 44986, composition ⿰木黃)
References
- KangXi: page 555, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15594
- Dae Jaweon: page 944, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 1288, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6A6B
Chinese
| trad. | 橫 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 横 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 橫
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| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (黄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 横 | *kʷaːŋ |
| 僙 | *kʷaːŋ |
| 廣 | *kʷaːŋʔ |
| 鄺 | *kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ |
| 懬 | *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ |
| 爌 | *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ |
| 曠 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 矌 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 壙 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 纊 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 黃 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 璜 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 潢 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs |
| 簧 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 癀 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 鱑 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 獚 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 蟥 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 趪 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 櫎 | *ɡʷaːŋʔ |
| 擴 | *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ |
| 瀇 | *qʷaːŋʔ |
| 獷 | *kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 觵 | *kʷraːŋ |
| 礦 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 鑛 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 穬 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 橫 | *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs |
| 黌 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 鐄 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 嚝 | *qʰʷraːŋ |
| 彉 | *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ |
| 彍 | *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ
- Wade-Giles: hêng2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hengr
- IPA (key): /xɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˋ
- Wade-Giles: hêng4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: henq
- IPA (key): /xɤŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: waang4, waang6
- Yale: wàahng, waahng
- Cantonese Pinyin: waang4, waang6
- IPA (key): /wɑːŋ²¹/, /wɑːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vang
- Hakka Romanization System: vang
- Hagfa Pinyim: vang4
- IPA: /vaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoâiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: huâinn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hvoaai
- IPA (Xiamen): /huãi²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /huãi²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /huãi¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /huãi²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /huãi²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 橫 (橫豎) | 橫 (蠻橫) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /xəŋ³⁵/ | /xəŋ⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /xəŋ²⁴/ | /xəŋ⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /xəŋ⁴⁵/ | /xəŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /xəŋ²¹/ | /xəŋ²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /xəŋ⁴²/ | /xəŋ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /xəŋ³¹²/ | /xəŋ³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /xuŋ⁴⁴/ | /xuŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /xuə̃²⁴/ | /xuə̃⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan |
/xuŋ⁵³/ /xəŋ⁵³/ |
/xuŋ¹³/ /xəŋ¹³/ |
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| Lanzhou | /xũn¹³/ | /xũn¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi |
/xɤŋ⁵¹/ /xuŋ²¹³/ |
/xɤŋ⁵¹/ /xuŋ²¹³/ |
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| Wuhan | /xuən²¹³/ | /xuən²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /xuən³¹/ | /xuən³¹/ | |
| Guiyang |
/xuan²¹/ /xen²¹/ |
/xuen²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /xuə̃³¹/ | /xuə̃¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /xun²⁴/ | /xən⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /xʊ̃⁵⁵/ | /xən⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xəŋ¹¹/ | /xəŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao |
/xəŋ¹³/ /ɕye̞¹³/ |
/xəŋ³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /xə̃ŋ³¹/ | /xə̃ŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɦuɑ̃²³/ | /ɦuɑ̃²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ɦuã¹³/ | /ɦuã³¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɦuɑŋ²¹³/ | /ʔuɑŋ³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /viɛ³¹/ | /viɛ³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /uɛ⁴⁴/ | /uɛ⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /uɛ⁴⁴/ | /xuɛ⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha |
/fən¹³/ /uan¹¹/ |
/fən¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /ɸən¹²/ | /ɸən¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang |
/uɑŋ⁴⁵/ /fɛn⁴⁵/ ～峰縣 |
/fɛn²¹/ ～財 |
| Hakka | Meixian | /vaŋ¹¹/ | /vaŋ⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /vɑŋ¹¹/ | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /waŋ²¹/ |
/waŋ²²/ /waŋ²¹/ |
| Nanning | /waŋ²¹/ | /waŋ²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /waŋ²¹/ | /waŋ²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/hiŋ³⁵/ /huãi³⁵/ |
/hiŋ²²/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /huaŋ⁵³/ | /haiŋ²⁴²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /xuaŋ³³/ | /xuaŋ³³/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /huẽ⁵⁵/ | /huẽ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/hɔŋ³¹/ /hue³¹/ |
/hɔŋ⁵⁵/ 俗 /hue³¹/ 俗 |
| Rime | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 橫 | 橫 | 橫 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 匣 (33) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (102) | 庚 (110) | 庚 (110) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | II | II |
| Fanqie | 古黃切 | 戸盲切 | 戸孟切 |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kwɑŋ/ | /ɦˠwæŋ/ | /ɦˠwæŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʷɑŋ/ | /ɦʷᵚaŋ/ | /ɦʷᵚaŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kuɑŋ/ | /ɣuaŋ/ | /ɣuaŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kwaŋ/ | /ɦwaɨjŋ/ | /ɦwaɨjŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/kuɑŋ/ | /ɣuɐŋ/ | /ɣuɐŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kuɑŋ/ | /ɣwɐŋ/ | /ɣwɐŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kwɑŋ/ | /ɣwɐŋ/ | /ɣwɐŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
guāng | hóng | hòng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 橫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
héng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hwæng › |
| Old Chinese |
/*C.ɡʷˤraŋ/ |
| English | crosswise; horizontal |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 橫 | 橫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5399 | 5402 |
| Phonetic component |
黄 | 黄 |
| Rime group |
陽 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
橫 | 蝗 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡʷraːŋ/ | /*ɡʷraːŋs/ |
Definitions
橫
- across, horizontal, lateral (horizontal character stroke)
- to move crosswise; transverse
- unrestrainedly; turbulently
- A surname.
- (Chinese calligraphy) a horizontal stroke (㇐)
Antonyms
Coordinate terms
Compounds
Derived terms from 橫
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Japanese
Kanji
橫
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 横)
Readings
- Goon: おう (ō), (historical) わう (wau)
- Kan’on: こう (kō), (historical) くわう (kwau)
- Kun: よこ (yoko), よこたわる (横たわる, yokotawaru), よこたえる (横たえる, yokotaeru)
Korean
Hanja
橫 • (hoeng) (hangeul 횡)
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Vietnamese
Han character
橫 (hoành, hoàng)
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