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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水火一山 (EFMU), four-corner 39111)

  1. sparkle, glitter

References

  • KangXi: page 622, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17419
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1606, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6D38

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
*kʷaːŋ
*kʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋ
*kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
*kʷaːŋ
*kʷaːŋ
*kʷaːŋ
*kʷaːŋ, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
*kʷaːŋ
*kʷaːŋ, *kʷraːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋʔ
*ɡʷaːŋʔ
*ɡʷaːŋʔ
*ɡʷaːŋʔ
*kʷraːŋ
*kʷeːŋ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (34)
Final () (102) (102)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kwɑŋ/ /ʔwɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷɑŋ/ /ʔʷɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɑŋ/ /ʔuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwaŋ/ /ʔwaŋ/
Li
Rong
/kuɑŋ/ /ʔuɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/kuɑŋ/ /uɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kwɑŋ/ /ʔwɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guāng wāng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4508 4523
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷaːŋ/ /*qʷaːŋ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 洸洋
  • 洸洸

References


Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gwang) (hangeul , revised gwang, McCune-Reischauer kwang, Yale kwang)

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