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Translingual
Han character
曏 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 日女竹中 (AVHL), four-corner 60227, composition ⿱日鄉)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 500, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14195
- Dae Jaweon: page 870, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1534, character 21
- Unihan data for U+66CF
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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曏
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*qʰjaŋʔ, *qʰjaŋs, *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs
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鄉
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*qʰaŋ
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薌
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*qʰaŋ
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膷
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*qʰaŋ
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響
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*qʰaŋʔ
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饗
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*qʰaŋʔ
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蠁
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*qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs
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嚮
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*qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs
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卿
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*kʰraŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qʰjaŋʔ, *qʰjaŋs, *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs) : semantic 日 + phonetic 鄉 (OC *qʰaŋ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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曏
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曏
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Reading #
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3/4
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4/4
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xiǎng
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xiàng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ xjangX ›
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‹ xjangH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*n̥aŋʔ/ (W dialect: *n̥- > MC x-)
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/*n̥aŋʔ-s/ (W dialect: *n̥- > MC x-)
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English
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a short time
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a short time
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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曏
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曏
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Reading #
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3/4
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4/4
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No.
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13603
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13604
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Phonetic component
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鄉
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鄉
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Rime group
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陽
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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響
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向
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Old Chinese
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/*qʰaŋʔ/
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/*qʰaŋs/
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Definitions
曏
- in the near past; in the past; formerly
- facing; against
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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曏
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曏
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Reading #
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1/4
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2/4
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shǎng
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shàng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ syangX ›
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‹ syangH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*n̥aŋʔ/
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/*n̥aŋ-s/
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English
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a short time
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a short time
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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曏
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曏
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Reading #
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1/4
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2/4
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No.
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13594
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13595
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Phonetic component
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鄉
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鄉
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Rime group
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陽
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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賞
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餉
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Old Chinese
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/*qʰjaŋʔ/
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/*qʰjaŋs/
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Definitions
曏
- short period of time; alternative form of 晌 (shǎng)
Japanese
Kanji
曏
(Hyōgai kanji)
- once upon time
- period of time
Readings
Korean
Hanja
曏 • (hyang, sang) (hangeul 향, 상, revised hyang, sang, McCune–Reischauer hyang, sang)
- lean towards
- advance
- see, look at
Vietnamese
Han character
曏: Hán Nôm readings: hướng
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