猖狂

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Chinese

mad; wild conceited; mad
simp. and trad.
(猖狂)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (24) (30)
Final () (105) (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhang gjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰɨɐŋ/ /ɡʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰiɐŋ/ /ɡʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰiɑŋ/ /ɡiuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰɨaŋ/ /guaŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰiaŋ/ /ɡiuaŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰĭaŋ/ /ɡĭwaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ/ /giwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chāng kuáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
coeng1 kwong4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kuáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ gjwang ›
Old
Chinese
/*aŋ/
English mad, reckless

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 1251 12732
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰjaŋ/ /*ɡʷaŋ/

Adjective

猖狂

  1. blatant; intemperate; profligate
  2. savage; furious; aggressive

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (猖狂):
  • Japanese: 猖狂(しょうきょう) (shōkyō)

See also