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Translingual
Han character
穹 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十金弓 (JCN), four-corner 30207, composition ⿱穴弓)
Derived characters
- 𠶥, 𡸕, 𢛙, 𢮍, 𣶆, 𣇬, 焪, 𥓰, 䛪, 䠻, 𨡗, 𭯵, 𡹗, 𦲄
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 862, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25414
- Dae Jaweon: page 1289, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2721, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7A79
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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弓
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*kʷɯŋ
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穹
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*kʰʷɯŋ
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焪
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*kʰʷɯŋ, *kʰʷɯŋs
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芎
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*kʰʷɯŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰʷɯŋ) : semantic 穴 + phonetic 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ).
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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穹
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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4080
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Phonetic component
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弓
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Rime group
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蒸
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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Old Chinese
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/*kʰʷɯŋ/
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Definitions
穹
- (literary) elevated and arched
- 穹隆 ― qiónglóng ― domed structure
- (literary) sky
- Synonym: 天 (tiān)
- (literary) deep
- (literary) high and vast
- † to fill up; to exhaust
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
穹
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- high arching vault
- sky
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 穹 (MC khjuwng). Recorded as Middle Korean 구ᇰ (kwung) (Yale: kwung) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
穹 (eumhun 하늘 궁 (haneul gung))
- (literary) hanja form? of 궁 (“sky; heaven”)
- (literary) hanja form? of 궁 (“arched”)
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
穹: Hán Việt readings: khung (去宮切)[1][2][3][4], khum[5]
穹: Nôm readings: khum[1][3][5][4][6], khung[1][2][3][7], cùng[2]
- chữ Hán form of khung (“sky”).
- Nôm form of khung (“border; frame”).
- Nôm form of khum (“curved; convex”).
Compounds
References