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Translingual
Han character
蝗 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹日土 (LIHAG), four-corner 56114, composition ⿰虫皇)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33267
- Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2871, character 8
- Unihan data for U+8757
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 皇
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 惶
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 遑
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 堭
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 煌
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 餭
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 騜
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 艎
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 隍
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 湟
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 徨
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 篁
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 蝗
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*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs
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| 凰
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 偟
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 媓
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 韹
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*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
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| 葟
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 皝
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*ɡʷaːŋʔ
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| 汪
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*qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ
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| 尪
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*qʷaːŋ
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| 迋
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*kʷaŋʔ, *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
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| 逛
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*kʷaŋʔ
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| 誑
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*kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs
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| 匡
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 筐
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 框
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 眶
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 誆
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*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
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| 邼
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 恇
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 劻
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 洭
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*kʰʷaŋ
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| 軭
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*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ
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| 狂
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*ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
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| 軖
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*ɡʷaŋ
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| 鵟
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*ɡʷaŋ
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| 俇
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*ɡʷaŋʔ
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| 王
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*ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
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| 蚟
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*ɢʷaŋ
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| 彺
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*ɢʷaŋ
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| 旺
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*ɢʷaŋs
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| 諻
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*qʰʷraːŋ
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| 喤
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*qʰʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
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| 瑝
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*ɡʷraːŋ
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| 鍠
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*ɡʷraːŋ
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| 揘
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*ɡʷaŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 皇 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): huáng (huang2)
- (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): huang2
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуон (huon, I)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wong4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): vong3
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): fòng
- (Meixian, Guangdong): fong2
- Northern Min (KCR): huǎng
- Eastern Min (BUC): huòng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng2
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): hông
- (Teochew, Peng'im): huang5
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6waon
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan2
| Rime
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| Character
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蝗
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蝗
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蝗
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| Initial (聲)
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匣 (33)
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匣 (33)
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匣 (33)
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| Final (韻)
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唐 (102)
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庚 (110)
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庚 (110)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
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Closed
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Closed
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Closed
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| Division (等)
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I
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II
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II
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| Fanqie
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胡光切
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戸盲切
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戸孟切
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| Baxter
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hwang
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hwaeng
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hwaengH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/ɦwɑŋ/
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/ɦˠwæŋ/
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/ɦˠwæŋH/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/ɦʷɑŋ/
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/ɦʷᵚaŋ/
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/ɦʷᵚaŋH/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/ɣuɑŋ/
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/ɣuaŋ/
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/ɣuaŋH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/ɦwaŋ/
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/ɦwaɨjŋ/
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/ɦwaɨjŋH/
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Li
Rong
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/ɣuɑŋ/
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/ɣuɐŋ/
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/ɣuɐŋH/
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Wang
Li
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/ɣuɑŋ/
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/ɣwɐŋ/
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/ɣwɐŋH/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/ɣwɑŋ/
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/ɣwɐŋ/
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/ɣwɐŋH/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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huáng
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hóng
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hòng
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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wong4
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wang4
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wang6
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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蝗
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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huáng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hwang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷˁaŋ/
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| English
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locust
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蝗
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蝗
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蝗
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| No.
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12708
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12753
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12755
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Phonetic
component
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王
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王
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王
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Rime
group
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陽
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陽
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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黃
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橫
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蝗
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡʷaːŋ/
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/*ɡʷraːŋ/
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/*ɡʷraːŋs/
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Definitions
蝗
- locust
- (Hong Kong, derogatory) swarms of Mainlander migrants
Compounds
References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “蝗”, 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
蝗
(Hyōgai kanji)
Readings
Noun
蝗 or 蝗 • (inago)
- Alternative spelling of 稲子 (“locust”) (type of grasshopper)
- 蝗の神
- Inago no Kami
- The Locust God
Korean
Hanja
蝗 • (hwang) (hangeul 황, revised hwang, McCune–Reischauer hwang, Yale hwang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
蝗: Hán Nôm readings: hoàng
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