洛陽

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See also: 洛阳 and 落陽

Chinese

surname; name of a river positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (洛陽) 洛 陽
simp. (洛阳) 洛 阳
alternative forms 雒陽／雒阳
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Etymology

Yang (north) of the Luo River; based on Yin and yang toponymy in which north is associated with yang. Luoyang is situated to the north of the Luo River.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Lo̍k-iông/Lo̍k-iâng - place name in Henan;
  • Lo̍h-iûⁿ - place name in Fujian.
Rime
Character 洛 陽
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 鐸 (103) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 盧各切 與章切
Baxter lak yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lɑk̚/ /jɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lɑk̚/ /jiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɑk̚/ /iɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lak̚/ /jɨaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/lɑk̚/ /iaŋ/
Wang
Li 		/lɑk̚/ /jĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lɑk̚/ /i̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		luò yáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lok6 joeng4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 陽
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yáng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yang ›
Old
Chinese 		/*laŋ/
English bright

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)
Character 洛 陽
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3866 14590
Phonetic
component 		各 昜
Rime
group 		鐸 陽
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		落 陽
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡ·raːɡ/ /*laŋ/

Proper noun

洛陽

  2. (～市) Luoyang (a prefecture-level city in Henan, China)
  3. (～鎮) Luoyang (name of various towns in China)
    1. (～鎮) Luoyang (a town in the district of Zengdu, in the prefecture-level city of Suizhou, Hubei, China)
    2. (～鎮) Luoyang (a town in Hui'an County, in the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China)
  4. (～江) Luoyang (a river in the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (洛陽):

Others:

References

  1. ^ Luoyang, in Encyclopædia Britannica: "it was named Luoyang because it was north (yang) of the Luo River,"

Japanese

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Wikipedia ja
Kanji in this term
洛 陽
らく
Jinmeiyō 		よう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Proper noun

洛(らく)陽(よう) • (Rakuyō) ←らくやう (rakuyau)?

  1. Luoyang (a prefecture-level city in Henan, China)
  2. As a poetic name for Kyoto, Japan, as an allusion to the virtues of Luoyang

Korean

Hanja in this term
洛陽

Proper noun

洛陽 • (Nagyang) (hangeul 낙양)

  1. Hanja form? of 낙양 (“Luoyang”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
洛陽

Proper noun

洛陽

  1. chữ Hán form of Lạc Dương (“Luoyang”).
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