汪

汪	U+6C6A, 汪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C6A

← 汩
[U+6C69]

CJK Unified Ideographs

汫 →
[U+6C6B]

Translingual

Han character

汪 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水一土 (EMG), four-corner 3111₄, composition ⿰氵王)

Derived characters

𠴝, 𭖧, 𥆚, 𤶶, 䦞, 𡝝, 𪁘

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 607, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17154
Dae Jaweon: page 1000, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1557, character 8
Unihan data for U+6C6A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		汪
alternative forms		𣳫

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
皇	*ɡʷaːŋ
惶	*ɡʷaːŋ
遑	*ɡʷaːŋ
堭	*ɡʷaːŋ
煌	*ɡʷaːŋ
餭	*ɡʷaːŋ
騜	*ɡʷaːŋ
艎	*ɡʷaːŋ
隍	*ɡʷaːŋ
湟	*ɡʷaːŋ
徨	*ɡʷaːŋ
篁	*ɡʷaːŋ
蝗	ɡʷaːŋ, ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs
凰	*ɡʷaːŋ
偟	*ɡʷaːŋ
媓	*ɡʷaːŋ
韹	ɡʷaːŋ, ɡʷraːŋ
葟	*ɡʷaːŋ
皝	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
汪	qʷaːŋ, qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ
尪	*qʷaːŋ
迋	kʷaŋʔ, kʰʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋ, ɢʷaŋs
逛	*kʷaŋʔ
誑	kʷaŋs, ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs
匡	*kʰʷaŋ
筐	*kʰʷaŋ
框	*kʰʷaŋ
眶	*kʰʷaŋ
誆	kʰʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋs
邼	*kʰʷaŋ
恇	*kʰʷaŋ
劻	*kʰʷaŋ
洭	*kʰʷaŋ
軭	kʰʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋ
狂	ɡʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋs
軖	*ɡʷaŋ
鵟	*ɡʷaŋ
俇	*ɡʷaŋʔ
王	ɢʷaŋ, ɢʷaŋs
蚟	*ɢʷaŋ
彺	*ɢʷaŋ
旺	*ɢʷaŋs
諻	*qʰʷraːŋ
喤	qʰʷraːŋ, ɡʷraːŋ
瑝	*ɡʷraːŋ
鍠	*ɡʷraːŋ
揘	*ɡʷaŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 㞷 (huáng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wāng (wang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vông

(Hailu, HRS): vong^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): vong¹
Eastern Min (BUC): uŏng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ong

(Teochew, Peng'im): uang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹uaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wang
  - Wade–Giles: wang¹
  - Yale: wāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uang
  - Palladius: ван (van)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wong¹
  - Yale: wōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vông
  - Hakka Romanization System: vong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /voŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: vong^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /voŋ⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: vong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋɔŋ⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: uŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ong
  - Tâi-lô: ong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹uaon
  - MiniDict: uaon^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹uaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /uɑ̃⁵³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 汪
Mandarin	Beijing	/uɑŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/uaŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/vɑŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/vaŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/vaŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/uaŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/uaŋ²¹/
	Xining	/uɔ̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/vɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/vɑ̃³¹/
	Ürümqi	/vɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/uaŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/uaŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/uaŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/uã̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/uaŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/uɑ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/vɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/uɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/vɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/uɑ̃⁵³/
	Suzhou	/uɑ̃⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ʔuɑŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/uɔ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/o³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/au¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/uan³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/uɔn³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/uɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/voŋ⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/voŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wɔŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/wɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wɔŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/uoŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/uaŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/uaŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/uaŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: 'wang, 'jwangX, 'wangH

Rime
Character	汪	汪	汪
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	陽 (106)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III	I
Fanqie	烏光切	紆往切	烏浪切
Baxter	'wang	'jwangX	'wangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔwɑŋ/	/ʔʉɐŋ^X/	/ʔwɑŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɑŋ/	/ʔʷiɐŋ^X/	/ʔʷɑŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑŋ/	/ʔiuɑŋ^X/	/ʔuɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwaŋ/	/ʔuaŋ^X/	/ʔwaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑŋ/	/ʔiuaŋ^X/	/ʔuɑŋ^H/
Wang Li	/uɑŋ/	/ĭwaŋ^X/	/uɑŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwɑŋ/	/ʔiwaŋ^X/	/ʔwɑŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wāng	wǎng	wàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong¹	wong²	wong³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷˤaŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʷaːŋ/, /*qʷaːŋs/, /*qʷaŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	汪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wāng
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔwang ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷˁaŋ/
English	vast; pool
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	汪	汪	汪
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	12715	12717	12741
Phonetic component	王	王	王
Rime group	陽	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		盎	枉
Old Chinese	/*qʷaːŋ/	/*qʷaːŋs/	/*qʷaŋʔ/

Definitions

汪

(of bodies of water) vast and deep
Classifier for masses of liquid.
(onomatopoeia) woof; bark (the cry of a dog)
汪汪叫 ― wāngwāngjiào ― to bark
a surname, listed 104th in the Hundred Family Surnames
汪精衛／汪精卫 ― Wāng Jīngwèi ― Wang Jingwei (Chinese politician and Japanese collaborator)

Compounds

一汪
一片汪洋
大度汪洋
明汪汪
水汪汪 (shuǐwāngwāng)
汪家臺 / 汪家台 (Wāngjiātái)
汪廟 / 汪庙 (Wāngmiào)
汪橋 / 汪桥 (Wāngqiáo)
汪汪 (wāngwāng)
汪洋 (wāngyáng)
汪洋大海 (wāngyángdàhǎi)
汪洋浩博
汪洋自恣
汪洋自肆
汪洋閎肆 / 汪洋闳肆
汪濊 / 汪𰛦
汪然
汪營 / 汪营 (Wāngyíng)
汪秘 (Wāngmì)
汪陳 / 汪陈 (Wāngchén)
汪集 (Wāngjí)
油汪汪
淚汪汪 / 泪汪汪 (lèiwāngwāng)
淚眼汪汪 / 泪眼汪汪
眼淚汪汪 / 眼泪汪汪
辜汪會談 / 辜汪会谈

Descendants

→ Tagalog: Ong (via Hokkien)

Japanese

Kanji

汪

(Hyōgai kanji)

flowing full
expanse of water
wide
deep

Readings

Go-on: おう (ō)
Kan-on: おう (ō)
Kun: ひろい (hiroi)、おおい (ōi)、いけ (ike)
Nanori: ひろ (hiro)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
汪
おう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Proper noun

汪(おう) • (Ō)

a surname, listed 104th in the Hundred Family Surnames
汪(おう)精(せい)衛(えい) (ō seiei, “Wang Jingwei (Chinese politician and Japanese collaborator)”)

汪(おう)兆(ちょう)銘(めい) (ō chōmei, “Wang Zhaoming: Wang Jingwei's birth name”)

Korean

Hanja

汪 • (wang) (hangeul 왕, revised wang, McCune–Reischauer wang, Yale wang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

汪: Hán Nôm readings: uông

chữ Hán form of Uông (“a surname from Chinese”)