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Translingual

Han character

(radical 163 +15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 戈金弓中 (ICNL), four-corner 07227, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1279, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39711
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1778, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3802, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+913A

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʷaːŋ
*kʷaːŋ
*kʷaːŋʔ
*kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
*kʰʷaːŋs
*kʰʷaːŋs
*kʰʷaːŋs
*kʰʷaːŋs
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋʔ
*ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
*qʷaːŋʔ
*kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
*kʷraːŋ
*kʷraːŋʔ
*kʷraːŋʔ
*kʷraːŋʔ
*ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs
*ɡʷraːŋ
*ɡʷraːŋ
*qʰʷraːŋ
*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (32) (28)
Final () (102) (102)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hwɑŋ/ /kwɑŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/hʷɑŋ/ /kʷɑŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/xuɑŋ/ /kuɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hwaŋ/ /kwaŋX/
Li
Rong
/xuɑŋ/ /kuɑŋX/
Wang
Li
/xuɑŋ/ /kuɑŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xwɑŋ/ /kwɑŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huāng guǎng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 5369 5378
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷaːŋʔ/ /*qʰʷaːŋ/

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

Descendants

  • (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: Kong

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

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