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Translingual
Han character
觥 (Kangxi radical 148, 角+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓月火一山 (NBFMU), four-corner 29211, composition ⿰角光)
- wine vessel made of horn
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1142, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35069
- Dae Jaweon: page 1609, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3924, character 3
- Unihan data for U+89E5
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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光
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*kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
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灮
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*kʷaːŋ
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洸
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*kʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋ
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桄
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*kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
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胱
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*kʷaːŋ
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垙
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*kʷaːŋ
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輄
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*kʷaːŋ
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恍
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*kʷaːŋ, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
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茪
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*kʷaːŋ
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侊
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*kʷaːŋ, *kʷraːŋ
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晃
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*ɡʷaːŋʔ
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幌
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*ɡʷaːŋʔ
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榥
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*ɡʷaːŋʔ
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滉
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*ɡʷaːŋʔ
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觥
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*kʷraːŋ
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駫
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*kʷeːŋ
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Etymology
See 角 (OC *kroːɡ, *ɡ·roːɡ, “horn”).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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觥
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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gōng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kwæng ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʷˁraŋ/
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English
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drinking horn
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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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觥
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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4524
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Phonetic component
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光
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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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Old Chinese
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/*kʷraːŋ/
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Definitions
觥
- (historical) drinking vessel made from animal horn
- (historical) bronze wine vessel in the shape of an animal or animal head, with a cover, a handle, and sometimes a ladle
- large; sumptuous
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
觥
(Hyōgai kanji)
- cup made of horn
- obstinate
Readings
Korean
Hanja
觥 • (goeng) (hangeul 굉, revised goeng, McCune–Reischauer koeng, Yale koyng)
- a horn chalice