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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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光
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芒
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
guāng
|
máng
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ kwang ›
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‹ mang ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*kʷˁaŋ/
|
/*mˁaŋ/
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| English
|
light, brightness
|
awn, beard of grain
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
|
光
|
芒
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| Reading #
|
1/2
|
1/2
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| No.
|
4506
|
12640
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Phonetic
component
|
光
|
亡
|
Rime
group
|
陽
|
陽
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
|
茫
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*kʷaːŋ/
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/*maːŋ/
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| Notes
|
灮隸變
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Noun
光芒
- (literally) rays of light; radiance
- (figuratively) honor; glory
Synonyms
- (rays of light): 光線／光线 (guāngxiàn)
- (honor): 光彩 (guāngcǎi), 光榮／光荣 (guāngróng), 榮耀／荣耀 (róngyào), 榮譽／荣誉 (róngyù)
Derived terms
Descendants