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芒
芒
Translingual
Han character
芒 (radical 140 艸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜女 (TYV), four-corner 44710, composition ⿱艹亡)
- miscanthus sinensis
- awn
References
- KangXi: page 1018, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30682
- Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3176, character 3
- Unihan data for U+8292
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
芒 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ
- Wade-Giles: mang2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mang
- IPA (key): /mɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mong4
- Yale: mòhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: mong4
- IPA (key): /mɔːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 芒 | 芒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 武方切 | 莫郎切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mʉɐŋ/ | /mɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/mʷiɐŋ/ | /mɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/miuɑŋ/ | /mɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/muaŋ/ | /maŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/miuaŋ/ | /mɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/mĭwaŋ/ | /mɑŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/miwaŋ/ | /mɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wáng | máng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 芒 | 芒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
huǎng | máng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ xwangX › | ‹ mang › |
| Old Chinese |
/*m̥ˤaŋʔ/ | /*mˤaŋ/ |
| English | obscure, confused | awn, beard of grain |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 芒 | 芒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 12640 | 12663 |
| Phonetic component |
亡 | 亡 |
| Rime group |
陽 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
茫 | 亡 |
| Old Chinese |
/*maːŋ/ | /*maŋ/ |
Definitions
芒
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
芒
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Readings
Compounds
- 芒然
Korean
Hanja
芒 • (mang) (hangeul 망, revised mang, McCune-Reischauer mang, Yale mang)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 芒
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|---|---|---|
| Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (亡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 忙 | *maːŋ |
| 芒 | *maːŋ, *maŋ |
| 茫 | *maːŋ |
| 恾 | *maːŋ |
| 吂 | *maːŋ, *maːŋs |
| 汒 | *maːŋ, *maŋs |
| 朚 | *maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs |
| 邙 | *maːŋ, *maŋ |
| 杗 | *maːŋ, *maŋ |
| 荒 | *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs |
| 肓 | *hmaːŋ |
| 衁 | *hmaːŋ |
| 巟 | *hmaːŋ |
| 詤 | *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ |
| 慌 | *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ |
| 謊 | *hmaːŋʔ |
| 喪 | *smaːŋs, *smaːŋ |
| 亡 | *maŋ |
| 望 | *maŋ, *maŋs |
| 莣 | *maŋ |
| 朢 | *maŋ, *maŋs |
| 鋩 | *maŋ |
| 硭 | *maŋ |
| 忘 | *maŋ, *maŋs |
| 网 | *mlaŋʔ |
| 罔 | *mlaŋʔ |
| 蛧 | *maŋʔ |
| 網 | *mlaŋʔ |
| 輞 | *maŋʔ |
| 棢 | *maŋʔ |
| 惘 | *maŋʔ |
| 菵 | *maŋʔ |
| 誷 | *maŋʔ |
| 魍 | *maŋʔ |
| 妄 | *maŋs |
| 盲 | *mraːŋ |
| 蝱 | *mraːŋ |
| 虻 | *mraːŋ |
| 氓 | *mraːŋ |
| 甿 | *mraːŋ |