光芒

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	Miscanthus sinensis
trad. (光芒)		光	芒
simp. ^#(光芒)		光	芒
anagram		芒光

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāngmáng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤㄇㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ mong⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kông-mòng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-bông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāngmáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤㄇㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guangmáng
  - Wade–Giles: kuang¹-mang²
  - Yale: gwāng-máng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangmang
  - Palladius: гуанман (guanman)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ mɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwong¹ mong⁴
  - Yale: gwōng mòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ mong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ mong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông-mòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˊ mong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ mong²
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴ moŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-bông
  - Tâi-lô: kong-bông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongboong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: kwang mang

Rime
Character	光	芒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古黃切	莫郎切
Baxter	kwang	mang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaŋ/	/maŋ/
Li Rong	/kuɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Wang Li	/kuɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guāng	máng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwong¹	mong⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤaŋ mˤaŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʷaːŋ maːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	光	芒
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guāng	máng
Middle Chinese	‹ kwang ›	‹ mang ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷˁaŋ/	/*mˁaŋ/
English	light, brightness	awn, beard of grain
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	光	芒
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	4506	12640
Phonetic component	光	亡
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		茫
Old Chinese	/*kʷaːŋ/	/*maːŋ/
Notes	灮隸變

Noun

光芒

(literally) rays of light; radiance
(figuratively) honor; glory

Synonyms

(rays of light): 光線／光线 (guāngxiàn)
(honor): 光彩 (guāngcǎi), 光榮／光荣 (guāngróng), 榮耀／荣耀 (róngyào), 榮譽／荣誉 (róngyù)

Derived terms

光芒萬丈 / 光芒万丈 (guāngmángwànzhàng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (光芒):

→ Japanese: 光芒(こうぼう) (kōbō)
→ Korean: 광망(光芒) (gwangmang)