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Translingual
Han character
琅 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一土戈日女 (MGIAV), four-corner 13132, composition ⿰𤣩良)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 733, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21013
- Dae Jaweon: page 1144, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1118, character 12
- Unihan data for U+7405
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 剆
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*raːl, *raːlʔ
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| 郎
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*raːŋ
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| 稂
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*raːŋ
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| 桹
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*raːŋ
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| 鋃
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*raːŋ
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| 硠
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*raːŋ
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| 浪
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*raːŋ, *raːŋs
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| 蜋
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*raːŋ, *raŋ
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| 琅
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*raːŋ
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| 狼
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*raːŋ
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| 欴
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*raːŋ
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| 踉
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*raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs
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| 莨
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*raːŋ, *raːŋs
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| 艆
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*raːŋ
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| 駺
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*raːŋ
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| 躴
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*raːŋ
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| 筤
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*raːŋ
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| 閬
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*raːŋ, *raːŋs
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| 哴
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*raːŋ, *raŋs
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| 蓈
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*raːŋ
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| 廊
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*raːŋ
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| 榔
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*raːŋ, *raːŋʔ
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| 螂
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*raːŋ
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| 瑯
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*raːŋ
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| 朗
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*raːŋʔ
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| 朖
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*raːŋʔ
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| 誏
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*raːŋʔ
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| 俍
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*raːŋʔ
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| 崀
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*raːŋʔ
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| 埌
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*raːŋs
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| 蒗
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*raːŋs
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| 娘
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*naŋ
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| 良
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*raŋ
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| 粮
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*raŋ
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| 悢
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*raŋs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *raːŋ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 良 (OC *raŋ)
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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琅
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琅
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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láng
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láng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ lang ›
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‹ lang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁaŋ/
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/*ˁaŋ/
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| English
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(a kind of precious stone)
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琅邪 (name of a mountain in Shāndōng)
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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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琅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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8018
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Phonetic
component
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良
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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郎
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Old
Chinese
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/*raːŋ/
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Definitions
琅
- † a variety of white carnelian
- pure white
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
琅
(Hyōgai kanji)
- pure jewel
Readings
Korean
Hanja
琅 • (rang>nang) (hangeul 랑>낭, revised rang>nang, McCune–Reischauer rang>nang, Yale lang>nang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
琅: Hán Nôm readings: lang
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