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Translingual
Han character
汪 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水一土 (EMG), four-corner 31114, composition ⿰氵王)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 607, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17154
- Dae Jaweon: page 1000, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1557, character 8
- Unihan data for U+6C6A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 皇
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 惶
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 遑
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 堭
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 煌
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 餭
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 騜
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 艎
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 隍
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 湟
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 徨
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 篁
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 蝗
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*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs
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| 凰
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 偟
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 媓
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 韹
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*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
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| 葟
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 皝
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*ɡʷaːŋʔ
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| 汪
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*qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ
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| 尪
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*qʷaːŋ
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| 迋
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*kʷaŋʔ, *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
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| 逛
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*kʷaŋʔ
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| 誑
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*kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs
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| 匡
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 筐
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 框
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 眶
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 誆
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*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
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| 邼
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 恇
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 劻
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 洭
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 軭
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*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ
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| 狂
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*ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
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| 軖
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*ɡʷaŋ
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| 鵟
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*ɡʷaŋ
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| 俇
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*ɡʷaŋʔ
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| 王
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*ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
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| 蚟
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*ɢʷaŋ
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| 彺
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*ɢʷaŋ
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| 旺
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*ɢʷaŋs
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| 諻
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*qʰʷraːŋ
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| 喤
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*qʰʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
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| 瑝
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*ɡʷraːŋ
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| 鍠
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*ɡʷraːŋ
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| 揘
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*ɡʷaŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 㞷 ().
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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汪
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汪
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汪
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| Initial (聲)
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影 (34)
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影 (34)
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影 (34)
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| Final (韻)
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唐 (102)
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陽 (106)
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唐 (102)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
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Closed
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Closed
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Closed
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| Division (等)
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I
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III
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I
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| Fanqie
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烏光切
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紆往切
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烏浪切
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| Baxter
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'wang
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'jwangX
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'wangH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/ʔwɑŋ/
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/ʔʉɐŋX/
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/ʔwɑŋH/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/ʔʷɑŋ/
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/ʔʷiɐŋX/
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/ʔʷɑŋH/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/ʔuɑŋ/
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/ʔiuɑŋX/
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/ʔuɑŋH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/ʔwaŋ/
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/ʔuaŋX/
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/ʔwaŋH/
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Li
Rong
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/ʔuɑŋ/
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/ʔiuaŋX/
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/ʔuɑŋH/
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Wang
Li
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/uɑŋ/
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/ĭwaŋX/
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/uɑŋH/
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Bernard
Karlgren
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/ʔwɑŋ/
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/ʔiwaŋX/
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/ʔwɑŋH/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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wāng
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wǎng
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wàng
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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wong1
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wong2
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wong3
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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汪
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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wāng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔwang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʷˁaŋ/
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| English
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vast; pool
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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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汪
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汪
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汪
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| No.
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12715
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12717
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12741
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Phonetic
component
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王
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王
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王
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Rime
group
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陽
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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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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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汪
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盎
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枉
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʷaːŋ/
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/*qʷaːŋs/
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/*qʷaŋʔ/
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Definitions
汪
- (of bodies of water) vast and deep
- Classifier for masses of liquid.
- (onomatopoeia) woof; bark (the cry of a dog)
- 汪汪叫 ― wāngwāngjiào ― to bark
- a surname, listed 104th in the Hundred Family Surnames
- 汪精衛／汪精卫 ― Wāng Jīngwèi ― Wang Jingwei (Chinese politician and Japanese collaborator)
Compounds
Descendants
- → Tagalog: Ong (via Hokkien)
Japanese
Kanji
汪
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- flowing full
- expanse of water
- wide
- deep
Readings
Korean
Hanja
汪 • (wang) (hangeul 왕, revised wang, McCune–Reischauer wang, Yale wang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
汪: Hán Nôm readings: uông
- chữ Hán form of Uông (“a surname from Chinese.”).