晌

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晌 U+664C, 晌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-664C
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 晍 →

Translingual

Han character

晌 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 日竹月口 (AHBR), four-corner 67020, composition ⿰日向)

  1. noon, midday
  2. moment
  3. unit of land measurement equal to seven mou (畝), or the area that can be sown in one day
  4. one mou (畝) equals approximately 1 are, or 100 sq. meters. Therefore, one shou (晌) should equal approximately 700 sq. meters

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 495, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13903
  • Dae Jaweon: page 860, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1508, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+664C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 晌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (向) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
晌 *hljaŋʔ
餉 *hljaŋs
向 *hljaŋs, *hlaŋs
珦 *hljaŋs, *hlaŋs

Pronunciation

Note: sióng/siáng - vernacular (俗).
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 晌
Reading # 1/1
No. 13656
Phonetic
component 		向
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		賞
Old
Chinese 		/*hljaŋʔ/
Notes 曏晚起字

Definitions

晌

  1. noon; midday
  2. daytime; half a day
  3. moment; short period of time
  4. A unit of land measurement.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

晌

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
  • Kun: まひる (mahiru)

Korean

Hanja

晌 (eum 상 (sang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

晌: Hán Nôm readings: thưởng

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References

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