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Translingual

Han character

(radical 169 +7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 日弓戈日女 (ANIAV), four-corner 77732)

  1. dry moat outside a city wall
  2. (of door) high, spacious

References

  • KangXi: page 1335, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41330
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1841, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4302, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+95AC

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*raːl, *raːlʔ
*raːŋ
*raːŋ
*raːŋ
*raːŋ
*raːŋ
*raːŋ, *raːŋs
*raːŋ, *raŋ
*raːŋ
*raːŋ
*raːŋ
*raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs
*raːŋ, *raːŋs
*raːŋ
*raːŋ
*raːŋ
*raːŋ
*raːŋ, *raːŋs
*raːŋ, *raŋs
*raːŋ
*raːŋ
*raːŋ, *raːŋʔ
*raːŋ
*raːŋ
*raːŋʔ
*raːŋʔ
*raːŋʔ
*raːŋʔ
*raːŋʔ
*raːŋs
*raːŋs
*naŋ
*raŋ
*raŋ
*raŋs

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (101) (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑŋ/ /lɑŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑŋ/ /lɑŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑŋ/ /lɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/laŋ/ /laŋH/
Li
Rong
/lɑŋ/ /lɑŋH/
Wang
Li
/lɑŋ/ /lɑŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑŋ/ /lɑŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
láng làng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8027 8041
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*raːŋ/ /*raːŋs/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 爣閬爣阆
  • 瑤池閬苑瑶池阆苑
  • 蓬閬蓬阆
  • 閬苑阆苑
  • 閬閬阆阆
  • 閬風阆风

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. high door
  2. high gate
  3. high
  4. loft

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(rang>nang) (hangeul >, revised rang>nang, McCune-Reischauer rang>nang, Yale lang>nang)

  1. a tall [lofty] gate
  2. monster
  3. a moat
  4. testicles

Vietnamese

Han character

(lãng)

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