泓

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泓 U+6CD3, 泓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CD3
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 泔 →

Translingual

Han character

泓 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水弓戈 (ENI) or 難水弓戈 (XENI), four-corner 32130, composition ⿰氵弘)

  1. clear, deep pool of water

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 616, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17288
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1009, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1597, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6CD3

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 泓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (弘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
弘 *ɡʷɯːŋ
鞃 *ɡʷɯːŋ
苰 *ɡʷɯːŋ
泓 *qʷrɯːŋ
宖 *qʷrɯːŋ, *ɡʷrɯːŋ
紭 *ɡʷrɯːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʷrɯːŋ) : 水 (“water”) + phonetic 弘 (OC *ɡʷɯːŋ)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 泓
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 耕 (118)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 烏宏切
Baxter 'weang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔˠwɛŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔʷᵚæŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔuɐŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔwəɨjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ʔuɛŋ/
Wang
Li 		/wæŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔwæŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wang1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 泓
Reading # 1/1
No. 5133
Phonetic
component 		弘
Rime
group 		蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		泓
Old
Chinese 		/*qʷrɯːŋ/

Definitions

泓

  1. (of water) deep
  2. Classifier for bodies of clear water.
    一泓清泉  ―  yī hóng qīngquán  ―  a clear spring

Japanese

Kanji

泓

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): おう (ō)
  • Kun: ふかい (fukai)
  • Nanori: きよし (kiyoshi)

Korean

Hanja

泓 (eum 홍 (hong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

泓: Hán Nôm readings: hoằng

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References

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