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Translingual
Han character
隍 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓中竹日土 (NLHAG), four-corner 76214, composition ⿰阝皇)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1357, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41754
- Dae Jaweon: page 1861, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4147, character 3
- Unihan data for U+968D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 皇
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 惶
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 遑
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 堭
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 煌
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 餭
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 騜
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 艎
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 隍
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 湟
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 徨
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 篁
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 蝗
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*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs
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| 凰
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 偟
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 媓
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 韹
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*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
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| 葟
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 皝
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*ɡʷaːŋʔ
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| 汪
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*qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ
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| 尪
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*qʷaːŋ
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| 迋
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*kʷaŋʔ, *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
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| 逛
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*kʷaŋʔ
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| 誑
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*kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs
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| 匡
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 筐
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 框
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 眶
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 誆
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*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
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| 邼
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 恇
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 劻
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 洭
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 軭
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*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ
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| 狂
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*ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
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| 軖
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*ɡʷaŋ
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| 鵟
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*ɡʷaŋ
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| 俇
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*ɡʷaŋʔ
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| 王
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*ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
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| 蚟
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*ɢʷaŋ
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| 彺
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*ɢʷaŋ
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| 旺
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*ɢʷaŋs
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| 諻
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*qʰʷraːŋ
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| 喤
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*qʰʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
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| 瑝
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*ɡʷraːŋ
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| 鍠
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*ɡʷraːŋ
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| 揘
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*ɡʷaŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷaːŋ) : semantic 阝 + phonetic 皇 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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隍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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huáng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hwang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷˁaŋ/
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| English
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moat
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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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隍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12704
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Phonetic
component
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王
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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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黃
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡʷaːŋ/
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Definitions
隍
- dry moat
- the tutelary deity of a Chinese village, town, or city
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
隍
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- dry moat
Readings
Korean
Hanja
隍 • (hwang) (hangeul 황, revised hwang, McCune–Reischauer hwang, Yale hwang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
隍: Hán Việt readings: hoàng
隍: Nôm readings: hoàng
- chữ Hán form of hoàng (“dry moat”).
References