洪

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 洪. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 洪, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 洪 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 洪 you have here. The definition of the word 洪 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of洪, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 洚
洪 U+6D2A, 洪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D2A
← 洩
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 洫 →

Translingual

Han character

洪 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水廿金 (ETC), four-corner 34181, composition ⿰氵共)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 621, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17402
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1017, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1602, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6D2A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 洪
Wikipedia has articles on:

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 洪
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (共) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
港 *kroːŋʔ, *ɡloːŋs
巷 *ɡroːŋs
衖 *ɡroːŋs
鬨 *ɡroːŋs, *ɡloːŋs
烘 *qʰloːŋ, *qʰloːŋs, *ɡoːŋ, *ɡloːŋs
洪 *ɡloːŋ
鉷 *ɡloːŋ
谼 *ɡloːŋ
葓 *ɡoːŋ
哄 *ɡloːŋs
蕻 *ɡloːŋs
恭 *kloŋ
供 *kloŋ, *kloŋs
龔 *kloŋ
珙 *kloŋ, *kloŋʔ
共 *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs
髸 *kloŋ
拱 *kloŋʔ
拲 *kloŋʔ, *kloɡ
蛬 *kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
栱 *kloŋʔ
輁 *kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
舼 *ɡloŋ
輂 *kloɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡloːŋ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 共 (OC *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • âng - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • hông - literary.
Note: ang5 - surname.
Rime
Character 洪
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 戸公切
Baxter huwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦəwŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ɣuŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ɣuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hung4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 洪
Reading # 1/1
No. 4156
Phonetic
component 		共
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		洪
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡloːŋ/

Definitions

洪

  1. flood
  2. big; vast; grand
  3. a surname
    洪秀全  ―  Hóng Xiùquán  ―  Hong Xiuquan (leader of the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty)

Descendants

  • → English: Hong; Hung; Ang

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

洪

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

  • Go-on: ぐ (gu)
  • Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
  • Kun: おおみず (ōmizu, 洪)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

洪 • (hong) (hangeul 홍, revised hong, McCune–Reischauer hong, Yale hong)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

洪: Hán Nôm readings: hồng, hòng

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia