昏
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Translingual
Han character
昏 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹心日 (HPA), four-corner 72604, composition ⿱氏日)
Derived characters
- 𠉣, 㖧, 婚, 崏, 𰐲, 惛, 捪, 涽, 𰡙, 𣇲, 棔, 殙, 焝, 𤘏, 琘, 䄑, 𬛆, 睧, 碈, 𥟴, 𣨯, 緍(𦈏), 䎽, 𧍎, 諙, 𮛨, 𨌲, 錉, 𪑕
- 𡝪, 𢽹, 𣣏, 𬁀, 𣉈, 𦖞, 𬁌, 𭤉, 𨿹, 䫒, 𣋯, 𪂆(𪉎), 𧓢, 𡨩, 𮦘, 痻, 閽(阍), 𦟕, 𬀠
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 491, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13806
- Dae Jaweon: page 854, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1492, character 3
- Unihan data for U+660F
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
昏 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 昬 𣄾 𣄼 | |
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 氏 + 日 (“sun”), or abbreviated 氐 + 日 (“sun”).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mun (“dark”). Cognate with 悶 (OC *mɯːns, “bored; depressed”), Tibetan མུན་པ (mun pa, “darkness”), Burmese မှုန် (hmun, “dim; gloomy”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hun1
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fan1
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1huen
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hun
- Wade–Giles: hun1
- Yale: hwūn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huen
- Palladius: хунь (xunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ən⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: hun1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xun
- Sinological IPA (key): /xuən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: fan1
- Yale: fān
- Cantonese Pinyin: fan1
- Guangdong Romanization: fen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn
- Hakka Romanization System: funˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fun1
- Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hng
- Tâi-lô: hng
- Phofsit Daibuun: hngf
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /hŋ̍⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: huiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: huinn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hvuy
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /huĩ⁴⁴/
Note:
- hun - literary;
- hng/huiⁿ - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: hung1 / hng1 / hên1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hung / hng / heⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /huŋ³³/, /hŋ³³/, /hẽ³³/
Note:
- hung1 - literary;
- hng1/hên1 - vernacular.
- Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | 昏 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /xuən⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /xuən⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /xuən²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /xuẽ²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /xuə̃²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /xuən²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /xuẽ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /xuə̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /xuŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /xũn³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /xuŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /xuən⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /xuən⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /xuen⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /xuə̃/ | |
| Nanjing | /xun³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /xuən²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xuəŋ¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /xuŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /xũŋ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /huəŋ⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /huən⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /hun³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ɕy³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /xuʌ̃³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /xuɛ¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /fən³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /ɸən³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /fɨn⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /fun⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /fun²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /fɐn⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /wɐn⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /fɐn⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hun⁵⁵/ /hŋ̍⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /huŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xɔŋ⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /huŋ³³/ /hŋ̍³³/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /hun²³/ /hui²³/ |
- Middle Chinese: xwon
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥ˤu/
- (Zhengzhang): /*hmɯːn/
Definitions
昏
- dusk; nightfall; twilight; dark
- confused; dizzy; dazed; muddled
- to faint; to lose consciousness
- Alternative form of 婚 (hūn, “to marry”)
Compounds
- 人約黃昏／人约黄昏
- 兩目昏花／两目昏花
- 利令智昏 (lìlìngzhìhūn)
- 合昏
- 嚇昏／吓昏
- 大昏
- 夭昏
- 天昏地慘／天昏地惨
- 天昏地暗 (tiānhūndì'àn)
- 天昏地黑
- 定昏
- 悶昏昏／闷昏昏
- 慾令智昏／欲令智昏 (yùlìngzhìhūn)
- 昏主
- 昏亂／昏乱 (hūnluàn)
- 昏倒 (hūndǎo)
- 昏厥 (hūnjué)
- 昏君 (hūnjūn)
- 昏困
- 昏天暗地
- 昏天黑地
- 昏定晨省
- 昏庸 (hūnyōng)
- 昏慘慘／昏惨惨
- 昏憊／昏惫
- 昏撒
- 昏昏
- 昏昃
- 昏昕
- 昏明
- 昏昏欲睡 (hūnhūnyùshuì)
- 昏昏沉沉
- 昏昧
- 昏星
- 昏暗 (hūn'àn)
- 昏暝
- 昏暴
- 昏曉／昏晓
- 昏椓
- 昏沉 (hūnchén)
- 昏盆打醬／昏盆打酱
- 昏眊
- 昏眩 (hūnxuàn)
- 昏瞀
- 昏睡 (hūnshuì)
- 昏睡病 (hūnshuìbìng)
- 昏瞶／昏瞆
- 昏第
- 昏聵／昏聩 (hūnkuì)
- 昏花 (hūnhuā)
- 昏華／昏华
- 昏迷 (hūnmí)
- 昏逆
- 昏迷不醒
- 昏邁／昏迈
- 昏鄧鄧／昏邓邓
- 昏鈔／昏钞
- 昏鏡重明／昏镜重明
- 昏鏡重磨／昏镜重磨
- 昏頭／昏头
- 昏頭搭腦／昏头搭脑
- 昏頭昏腦／昏头昏脑 (hūntóuhūnnǎo)
- 昏頭暈腦／昏头晕脑
- 昏頭轉向／昏头转向
- 昏黃／昏黄 (hūnhuáng)
- 昏黑 (hūnhēi)
- 昏黯黲／昏黯黪
- 昨昏 (cha-hng) (Min Nan)
- 晨昏 (chénhūn)
- 晨昏定省
- 晨昏顛倒／晨昏颠倒
- 氛昏
- 發昏／发昏 (fāhūn)
- 神昏意亂／神昏意乱
- 童昏
- 老眼昏花
- 耳目昏眩
- 頭昏／头昏 (tóuhūn)
- 頭昏目眩／头昏目眩
- 頭昏眼暗／头昏眼暗
- 頭昏眼暈／头昏眼晕
- 頭昏眼花／头昏眼花 (tóuhūnyǎnhuā)
- 頭昏腦悶／头昏脑闷
- 頭昏腦脹／头昏脑胀
- 頭暈眼昏／头晕眼昏
- 黃昏／黄昏 (huánghūn)
- 黃昏時分／黄昏时分
References
- “昏”, 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
昏
Readings
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 昏 (MC xwon). Recorded as Middle Korean 혼 (hwon) (Yale: hwon) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
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Vietnamese
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