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Translingual
Han character
匡 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 尸一土 (SMG), four-corner 71711, composition ⿷匚王)
- correct, restore, revise
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 153, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2606
- Dae Jaweon: page 345, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 83, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5321
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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Pictogram of a square-shaped bamboo basket (perhaps originally made to contain millet and rice); the inner component is 㞷, which today retains only the bottom component 王 as a phonetic element. The inner component The original form is 匩 and the original meaning is preserved in 筐.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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匡
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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kuāng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ khjwang ›
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Old Chinese
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/*k-pʰaŋ/
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English
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square basket
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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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匡
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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12721
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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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匡
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Old Chinese
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/*kʰʷaŋ/
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Notes
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說文所從𡉚聲, 甲文爲從止王聲字
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Definitions
匡
- (literary) upright
- to correct; to rectify
- (literary) to assist
- (literary) to save; to rescue
- to predict; to expect
- (obsolete) to lose
- (historical) name of an ancient book
- (historical) name of two ancient places in Henan
- Alternative name for 廬山/庐山 (Lúshān).
- (obsolete) shell of crabs
- † Alternative form of 恇 (kuāng)
- a surname
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 匡 – see 筐 (“bamboo basket or chest”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 筐). |
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Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 匡 – see 框 (“frame; framework; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 框). |
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Etymology 4
Etymology 5
For pronunciation and definitions of 匡 – see 誆 (“to deceive; to cheat; to defraud; to coax”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 誆). |
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Etymology 6
For pronunciation and definitions of 匡 – see 哐 (“clash; bang”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 哐). |
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Japanese
Kanji
匡
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
匡 (eum 광 (gwang))
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Vietnamese
Han character
匡: Hán Nôm readings: khuôn, khuông
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