簧

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簧 U+7C27, 簧
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C27
← 簦
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 簨 →

Translingual

Han character

簧 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿中金 (HTLC), four-corner 88806, composition ⿱𥫗黄)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 900, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26541
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1326, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3006, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+7C27

Chinese

trad. 簧
simp. # 簧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (黃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
僙 *kʷaːŋ
廣 *kʷaːŋʔ
鄺 *kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
懬 *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
爌 *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠 *kʰʷaːŋs
矌 *kʰʷaːŋs
壙 *kʰʷaːŋs
纊 *kʰʷaːŋs
黃 *ɡʷaːŋ
璜 *ɡʷaːŋ
潢 *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
簧 *ɡʷaːŋ
癀 *ɡʷaːŋ
鱑 *ɡʷaːŋ
獚 *ɡʷaːŋ
蟥 *ɡʷaːŋ
趪 *ɡʷaːŋ
櫎 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴 *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
瀇 *qʷaːŋʔ
獷 *kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
觵 *kʷraːŋ
礦 *kʷraːŋʔ
鑛 *kʷraːŋʔ
穬 *kʷraːŋʔ
橫 *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌 *ɡʷraːŋ
鐄 *ɡʷraːŋ
嚝 *qʰʷraːŋ
彉 *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
彍 *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 簧
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 唐 (102)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡光切
Baxter hwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦwɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦwaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ɣuɑŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ɣuɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣwɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		huáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wong4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 簧
Reading # 1/1
No. 5383
Phonetic
component 		黄
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		黃
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡʷaːŋ/

Definitions

簧

  1. reed (of a musical instrument)
  2. spring coil
  3. sweet words

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

簧

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. flute reed

Readings

  • Go-on: おう (ō)
  • Kan-on: こう (kō)
  • Kun: した (shita, 簧)

Korean

Hanja

簧 • (hwang) (hangeul 황)

  1. reed of woodwind instrument

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Han character

簧: Hán Nôm readings: hoàng

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