洸

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洸 U+6D38, 洸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D38
← 洷
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 洹 →

Translingual

Han character

洸 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水火一山 (EFMU), four-corner 39111, composition ⿰氵光)

  1. sparkle, glitter

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17419
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1606, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6D38

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 洸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 洸
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (光) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
光 *kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
灮 *kʷaːŋ
洸 *kʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋ
桄 *kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
胱 *kʷaːŋ
垙 *kʷaːŋ
輄 *kʷaːŋ
恍 *kʷaːŋ, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
茪 *kʷaːŋ
侊 *kʷaːŋ, *kʷraːŋ
晃 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
幌 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
榥 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
滉 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
觥 *kʷraːŋ
駫 *kʷeːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 光 (OC *kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 洸 洸
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 唐 (102) 唐 (102)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 古黃切 烏光切
Baxter kwang 'wang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kwɑŋ/ /ʔwɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷɑŋ/ /ʔʷɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɑŋ/ /ʔuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwaŋ/ /ʔwaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/kuɑŋ/ /ʔuɑŋ/
Wang
Li 		/kuɑŋ/ /uɑŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kwɑŋ/ /ʔwɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guāng wāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwong1 wong1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 洸 洸
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4508 4523
Phonetic
component 		光 光
Rime
group 		陽 陽
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		汪
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷaːŋ/ /*qʷaːŋ/

Definitions

洸

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Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

洸

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. (of water) Surging; spreading.
  2. (of water) Expansive; both deep and wide.
  3. (of a living being) Courageous.
  4. (of light) Dim; faint.

Readings

  • Go-on: こう (kō)
  • Kan-on: こう (kō)
  • Kun: ほのか (honoka, 洸か)

Korean

Hanja

洸 (eum 광 (gwang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

洸: Hán Nôm readings: thoáng

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References

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