宏
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Translingual
Han character
宏 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十大戈 (JKI), four-corner 30432, composition ⿱宀厷)
Derived characters
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 282, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7086
- Dae Jaweon: page 556, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 916, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5B8F
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 宏 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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Etymology 1
| simp. and trad. |
宏 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 宖 ancient 厷 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hong2
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wang4
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): hung1
- Northern Min (KCR): ǒ̤ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): hèng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6ghon
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): hong2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hóng
- Wade–Giles: hung2
- Yale: húng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horng
- Palladius: хун (xun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xʊŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: hong2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xung
- Sinological IPA (key): /xoŋ²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: wang4
- Yale: wàhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: wang4
- Guangdong Romanization: weng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fèn
- Hakka Romanization System: fenˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fen2
- Sinological IPA: /fen¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: hung1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /xũŋ¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǒ̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɔŋ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hèng
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɛiŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- hong5 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai, Raoping;
- kuêng5 - Jieyang, Chaoyang, Pontianak.
- Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | 宏 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /xuŋ³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /xuŋ²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /xuŋ⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /xuŋ⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /xəŋ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /xuŋ⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /xuŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /xuə̃²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /xuŋ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /xũn⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /xuŋ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /xoŋ²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /xoŋ³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /xoŋ²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /xoŋ³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /xoŋ²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /xəŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xuəŋ¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /xuŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /xũŋ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɦoŋ²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ɦoŋ¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɦoŋ²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ɦoŋ³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /xuʌ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /xan⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /xoŋ¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /ɦən¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /fen¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /fen¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wɐŋ²¹/ |
| Nanning | /huŋ²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /wɐŋ²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hɔŋ³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /huŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ɔŋ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /hoŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /hɔŋ³¹/ |
- Middle Chinese: hweang
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʷˤ<r>əŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷrɯːŋ/
Definitions
宏
- (originally referring to houses) wide; spacious; great; vast
- See also: 弘
- extensive
- loud and clear; resounding
- (alt. form 弘) to enlarge; to expand
- (computing) macro (comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program)
- a surname
Compounds
- 博學宏詞／博学宏词
- 大展宏圖／大展宏图 (dàzhǎnhóngtú)
- 宏亮 (hóngliàng)
- 宏偉／宏伟 (hóngwěi)
- 宏偉壯觀／宏伟壮观
- 宏儒碩學／宏儒硕学
- 宏器
- 宏圖／宏图 (hóngtú)
- 宏壯／宏壮 (hóngzhuàng)
- 宏大 (hóngdà)
- 宏宏
- 宏富 (hóngfù)
- 宏志
- 宏揚／宏扬 (hóngyáng)
- 宏放
- 宏敞
- 宏旨 (hóngzhǐ)
- 宏明
- 宏材大略
- 宏構／宏构
- 宏碩／宏硕
- 宏綱／宏纲
- 宏規／宏规
- 宏覽／宏览
- 宏觀／宏观 (hóngguān)
- 宏論／宏论 (hónglùn)
- 宏辯／宏辩
- 宏達／宏达
- 宏邈
- 宏都拉斯 (Hóngdūlāsī)
- 宏願／宏愿 (hóngyuàn)
- 宏麗／宏丽
- 寬宏／宽宏 (kuānhóng)
- 寬宏大量／宽宏大量 (kuānhóng dàliàng)
- 崇論宏議／崇论宏议
- 恢宏 (huīhóng)
- 恢宏大度
- 欒櫨宏敞／栾栌宏敞
- 泓宏
- 無關宏旨／无关宏旨
- 立論精宏／立论精宏
- 駿業宏發／骏业宏发
- 駿業宏興／骏业宏兴
Etymology 2
| simp. and trad. |
宏 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 吰 wang nonstandard wung nonstandard | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: wang1
- Yale: wāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: wang1
- Guangdong Romanization: weng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
宏 (Cantonese, onomatopoeia)
Derived terms
- we we宏宏 (Cantonese)
References
- “宏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
宏
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Readings
Proper noun
- a male given name
Korean
Hanja
Compounds
Compounds
- 굉곽 (宏廓, goenggwak)
- 굉구 (宏構, goenggu)
- 굉규 (宏規, goenggyu)
- 굉기 (宏器, goenggi)
- 굉달 (宏達, goengdal)
- 굉대 (宏大, goengdae)
- 굉도 (宏圖, goengdo)
- 굉렬 (宏烈, goengnyeol)
- 굉모 (宏謀, goengmo)
- 굉박 (宏博, goengbak)
- 굉변 (宏辯, goengbyeon)
- 굉부 (宏富, goengbu)
- 굉사 (宏肆, goengsa)
- 굉업 (宏業, goeng'eop)
- 굉원 (宏遠, goeng'won)
- 굉유 (宏猷, goeng'yu)
- 굉유 (宏儒, goeng'yu)
- 굉음 (宏飮, goeng'eum)
- 굉장 (宏壯, goengjang)
- 굉장 (宏莊, goengjang)
- 굉재 (宏材, goengjae)
- 굉재 (宏才, goengjae)
- 굉재탁식 (宏才卓識, goengjaetaksik)
- 굉창 (宏敞, goengchang)
- 굉홍 (宏弘, goenghong)
- 굉활 (宏闊, goenghwal)
- 굉후 (宏厚, goenghu)
- 굉휴 (宏休, goenghyu)
- 연굉 (淵宏, yeon'goeng)
- 웅굉 (雄宏, unggoeng)
- 회굉 (恢宏, hoegoeng)
Vietnamese
Han character
宏: Hán Nôm readings: hoãng, hoành, giang
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