薨

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薨 U+85A8, 薨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85A8
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 薩 →

Translingual

Han character

薨 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中心 (TWLP), four-corner 44211, composition ⿱⿳卝罒冖死 or ⿳𦭝冖死)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1062, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32147
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1526, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3302, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+85A8

Chinese

trad. 薨
simp. # 薨

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (夢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蘉 *maːŋ
瞢 *mɯːŋ, *mɯŋ, *mɯŋs
懜 *mɯːŋs, *mɯːŋ, *mɯŋ
懵 *mɯːŋs, *mɯːŋʔ
甍 *mrɯːŋ
薨 *hmɯːŋ
夢 *mɯŋ, *mɯŋs
鄸 *mɯŋs

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 薨
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 登 (130)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 呼肱切
Baxter xwong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hwəŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hʷəŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xuəŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hwəŋ/
Li
Rong 		/xuəŋ/
Wang
Li 		/xuəŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xwəŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fang1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 薨
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hōng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xwong ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m̥ˁəŋ/
English to die (of king or prince)

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 薨
Reading # 1/1
No. 8992
Phonetic
component 		夢
Rime
group 		蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		薨
Old
Chinese 		/*hmɯːŋ/

Definitions

薨

  1. (archaic, of feudal lords or high officials) to pass away; to die
    會延平王成功薨，長子經嗣立，臺灣初稱東都，改明京以候桂王之蹕。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    会延平王成功薨，长子经嗣立，台湾初称东都，改明京以候桂王之跸。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: 查繼佐, 《東山國語》, 臺灣前語
    Huì Yánpíngwáng Chénggōng hōng, zhǎngzǐ Jīng sìlì, Táiwān chū chēng Dōngdū, gǎi Míngjīng yǐ hòu Guìwáng zhī bì.
    When Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) passed away, his eldest son Jing succeeded to the throne. Taiwan was initially named Dongdu , then changed to Mingjing to await the arrival of the Prince of Gui.
  2. (onomatopoeia) swarming; flocking; noisy
    螽斯羽，薨薨兮！宜爾子孫，繩繩兮！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    螽斯羽，薨薨兮！宜尔子孙，绳绳兮！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: circa 11th century BCE — 7th century BCE, The Classic of Poetry. The translation here emphasises the onomatopoeic nature of the ideophonic reduplications.
    Zhōngsī yǔ, hōnghōng xī! Yí ěr zǐsūn, shéngshéng xī!
    Grasshoppers on the wing —
    Your racket goes hmoong-hmoong!
    No wonder your children —
    They are all like, bleng-bleng!

Synonyms

  • (to pass away):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

薨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

薨 (eumhun 죽을 훙 (jugeul hung))

  1. (obsolete) Hanja form? of 훙 (“(of feudal lords or high officials) to pass away; to die”).

Etymology 2

Hanja

薨 (eumhun 많을 횡 (maneul hoeng))

  1. (obsolete) Hanja form? of 횡 (“(onomatopoeia) swarming; flocking; noisy”).
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