洸

洸	U+6D38, 洸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D38

← 洷
[U+6D37]

CJK Unified Ideographs

洹 →
[U+6D39]

Translingual

Han character

洸 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水火一山 (EFMU), four-corner 3911₁, composition ⿰氵光)

sparkle, glitter

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17419
Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1606, character 5
Unihan data for U+6D38

Chinese

simp. and trad.		洸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 洸
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
光	kʷaːŋ, kʷaːŋs
灮	*kʷaːŋ
洸	kʷaːŋ, qʷaːŋ
桄	kʷaːŋ, kʷaːŋs
胱	*kʷaːŋ
垙	*kʷaːŋ
輄	*kʷaːŋ
恍	kʷaːŋ, qʰʷaːŋʔ
茪	*kʷaːŋ
侊	kʷaːŋ, kʷraːŋ
晃	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
幌	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
榥	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
滉	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
觥	*kʷraːŋ
駫	*kʷeːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋ): semantic 氵 + phonetic 光 (OC *kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāng, huàng, huǎng (guang¹, huang⁴, huang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ, ㄏㄨㄤˋ, ㄏㄨㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guang
  - Wade–Giles: kuang¹
  - Yale: gwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guang
  - Palladius: гуан (guan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huàng
  - Wade–Giles: huang⁴
  - Yale: hwàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huanq
  - Palladius: хуан (xuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǎng
  - Wade–Giles: huang³
  - Yale: hwǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoang
  - Palladius: хуан (xuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwong¹
  - Yale: gwōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kwang, 'wang

Rime
Character	洸	洸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古黃切	烏光切
Baxter	kwang	'wang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwɑŋ/	/ʔwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑŋ/	/ʔʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑŋ/	/ʔuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaŋ/	/ʔwaŋ/
Li Rong	/kuɑŋ/	/ʔuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/kuɑŋ/	/uɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwɑŋ/	/ʔwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guāng	wāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwong¹	wong¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʷaːŋ/, /*qʷaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	洸	洸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4508	4523
Phonetic component	光	光
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		汪
Old Chinese	/*kʷaːŋ/	/*qʷaːŋ/

Definitions

洸

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Compounds

洸洸
洸洋

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02081

Japanese

Kanji

洸

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

(of water) Surging; spreading.
(of water) Expansive; both deep and wide.
(of a living being) Courageous.
(of light) Dim; faint.

Readings

Go-on: こう (kō)
Kan-on: こう (kō)
Kun: ほのか (honoka, 洸か)

Korean

Hanja

洸 (eum 광 (gwang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

洸: Hán Nôm readings: thoáng

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References

Nom Foundation