奣

奣	U+5963, 奣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5963

← 奢
[U+5962]

CJK Unified Ideographs

奤 →
[U+5964]

Translingual

Han character

奣 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一大日月 (MKAB), composition ⿱天明)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 253, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5966
Dae Jaweon: page 515, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1516, character 1
Unihan data for U+5963

Chinese

simp. and trad.		奣

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (明) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
莔	mraːŋ, qʰɯd
明	*mraŋ
盟	mraŋ, mraːŋs
萌	*mreːŋ
奣	*ʔmraːŋʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěng (weng³)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wěng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǒng
  - Wade–Giles: wêng³
  - Yale: wěng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeng
  - Palladius: вэн (vɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wəŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wang²
  - Yale: wáng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wang²
  - Guangdong Romanization: weng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'waengX

Rime
Character	奣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	庚 (110)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	烏猛切
Baxter	'waengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠwæŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚaŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuaŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwaɨjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/ʔuɐŋ^X/
Wang Li	/wɐŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwɐŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wang²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔmraːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奣
Reading #	1/1
No.	9192
Phonetic component	明
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	䁝
Old Chinese	/*ʔmraːŋʔ/

Definitions

奣

(obsolete, rare) clear and cloudless

References

(Cantonese) Jyutping Database (粵拼資料庫)

Japanese

Kanji

奣

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): わん (wan)、こう (kō)
Kun: あきらか (akiraka)