晃

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See also: 晄
晃 U+6643, 晃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6643
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 晄 →

Translingual

Han character

晃 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 日火一山 (AFMU), four-corner 60211, composition ⿱日光)

  1. bright, dazzling
  2. to sway, shake

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 494, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13891
  • Dae Jaweon: page 860, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1507, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6643

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 晃
alternative forms 晄
熀
爌／𤆓
兤
熿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 晃
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (光) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
光 *kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
灮 *kʷaːŋ
洸 *kʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋ
桄 *kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
胱 *kʷaːŋ
垙 *kʷaːŋ
輄 *kʷaːŋ
恍 *kʷaːŋ, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
茪 *kʷaːŋ
侊 *kʷaːŋ, *kʷraːŋ
晃 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
幌 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
榥 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
滉 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
觥 *kʷraːŋ
駫 *kʷeːŋ

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 晃
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 唐 (102)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡廣切
Baxter hwangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦwɑŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷɑŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣuɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦwaŋX/
Li
Rong 		/ɣuɑŋX/
Wang
Li 		/ɣuɑŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣwɑŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		huàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wong6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 晃
Reading # 1/1
No. 4519
Phonetic
component 		光
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		晃
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡʷaːŋʔ/

Definitions

晃

  1. (literary) shining; shiny
  2. to glitter; to shine; to dazzle
  3. to flash past
Synonyms
  • (shining): 朗朗 (lǎnglǎng), 明亮 (míngliàng)
  • (to glitter):

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

晃

  1. to sway; to shake
Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

晃

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. clear

Readings

Proper noun

晃(あきら) • (Akira) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

晃 • (hwang) (hangeul 황, revised hwang, McCune–Reischauer hwang, Yale hwang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

晃: Hán Nôm readings: quáng, hoảng, quàng

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