璜
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玉璜
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Translingual
Han character
璜 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一土廿中金 (MGTLC), four-corner 14186, composition ⿰𤣩黄)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 742, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21242
- Dae Jaweon: page 1151, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1134, character 2
- Unihan data for U+749C
Chinese
| trad. | 璜 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 璜 | |
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 僙 | *kʷaːŋ |
| 廣 | *kʷaːŋʔ |
| 鄺 | *kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ |
| 懬 | *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ |
| 爌 | *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ |
| 曠 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 矌 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 壙 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 纊 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 黃 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 璜 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 潢 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs |
| 簧 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 癀 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 鱑 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 獚 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 蟥 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 趪 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 櫎 | *ɡʷaːŋʔ |
| 擴 | *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ |
| 瀇 | *qʷaːŋʔ |
| 獷 | *kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 觵 | *kʷraːŋ |
| 礦 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 鑛 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 穬 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 橫 | *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ |
| 黌 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 鐄 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 嚝 | *qʰʷraːŋ |
| 彉 | *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ |
| 彍 | *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷaːŋ) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wong4
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng / hông
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huáng
- Wade–Giles: huang2
- Yale: hwáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwang
- Palladius: хуан (xuan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: wong4
- Yale: wòhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: wong4
- Guangdong Romanization: wong4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: horng2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɒŋ¹³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: hwang
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋ/
Definitions
璜
- (historical) semi-circular jade pendant used for ritual and ornamental purposes
- Used in 璜璜.
Compounds
References
- “璜”, 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–
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “璜”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 94.
Japanese
Kanji
璜
Readings
Korean
Hanja
璜 • (hwang) (hangeul 황, revised hwang, McCune–Reischauer hwang, Yale hwang)
- a semicircular jade ornament used as a pendant