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Translingual
Han character
昉 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日卜竹尸 (AYHS), four-corner 60027, composition ⿰日方)
- bright dawn, daybreak
- appear
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 491, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13796
- Dae Jaweon: page 852, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1496, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6609
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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縍
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*paːŋ
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榜
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*paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ
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蒡
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*paːŋʔ, *braːŋ
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牓
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*paːŋʔ
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螃
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*paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ
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搒
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*paːŋs, *braːŋ
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舫
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*paːŋs, *paŋs
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謗
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*paːŋs
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雱
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*pʰaːŋ
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磅
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*pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ
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霶
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*pʰaːŋ
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滂
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*pʰaːŋ
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鎊
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*pʰaːŋ
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髈
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*pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ
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彷
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*baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ
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趽
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*baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs
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房
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*baːŋ, *baŋ
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篣
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*baːŋ, *braːŋ
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騯
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*baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ
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傍
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*baːŋ, *baːŋs
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膀
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*baːŋ
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旁
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*baːŋ
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徬
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*baːŋs
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閍
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*praːŋ
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祊
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*praːŋ
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嗙
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*praːŋ
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方
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*paŋ, *baŋ
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汸
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*paŋ
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坊
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*paŋ, *baŋ
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邡
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*paŋ, *pʰaŋs
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枋
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*paŋ
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鈁
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*paŋ
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蚄
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*paŋ
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肪
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*paŋ, *baŋ
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鴋
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*paŋ, *baŋ
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牥
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*paŋ
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昉
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*paŋʔ
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瓬
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*paŋʔ
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放
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*paŋʔ, *paŋs
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倣
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*paŋʔ
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芳
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*pʰaŋ
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淓
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*pʰaŋ
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妨
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*pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs
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紡
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*pʰaŋʔ
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仿
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*pʰaŋʔ
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髣
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*pʰaŋʔ
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鶭
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*pʰaŋʔ
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訪
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*pʰaŋs
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防
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*baŋ, *baŋs
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魴
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*baŋ
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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昉
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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fǎng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ pjangX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*paŋʔ/
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English
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just then, at that time
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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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昉
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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3034
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Phonetic component
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方
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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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昉
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Old Chinese
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/*paŋʔ/
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Definitions
昉
- (literary) to start
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
昉
(Hyōgai kanji)
- bright
- beginning
Readings
Korean
Hanja
昉 • (bang) (hangeul 방, revised bang, McCune–Reischauer pang, Yale pang)
- bright
- begin
Vietnamese
Han character
昉: Hán Nôm readings: phưởng
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