Wiktionary

朗

朗 U+6717, 朗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6717
← 朖
[U+6716] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 朘 →
[U+6718]

朗 U+F929, 朗
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F929
← 廊
[U+F928] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 浪 →
[U+F92A]
朗 U+FA92, 朗
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA92
← 晴
[U+FA91] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 望 →
[U+FA93]
朗 U+2F8D8, 朗
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8D8
← 䏙
[U+2F8D7] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 望 →
[U+2F8D9]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

朗 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈月 (IIB), four-corner 37720, composition ⿰良月)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 505, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14362
  • Dae Jaweon: page 884, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2072, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6717

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
 朗
alternative forms
 
朖
㫰
誏／𬣼
朤
𣊧
朖
㫰
誏／𬣼
朤
𣊧
𣍷

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (良) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
剆 *raːl, *raːlʔ
郎 *raːŋ
稂 *raːŋ
桹 *raːŋ
鋃 *raːŋ
硠 *raːŋ
浪 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
蜋 *raːŋ, *raŋ
琅 *raːŋ
狼 *raːŋ
欴 *raːŋ
踉 *raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs
莨 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
艆 *raːŋ
駺 *raːŋ
躴 *raːŋ
筤 *raːŋ
閬 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
哴 *raːŋ, *raŋs
蓈 *raːŋ
廊 *raːŋ
榔 *raːŋ, *raːŋʔ
螂 *raːŋ
瑯 *raːŋ
朗 *raːŋʔ
朖 *raːŋʔ
誏 *raːŋʔ
俍 *raːŋʔ
崀 *raːŋʔ
埌 *raːŋs
蒗 *raːŋs
娘 *naŋ
良 *raŋ
粮 *raŋ
悢 *raŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːŋʔ) : phonetic 良 (OC *raŋ) + semantic 月 (“moon”)

Etymology edit

Areal etymon. Compare Khmer រង (rɔɔng, “be light, bright, become clear, clarify”), Old Mon to glitter (ˀaråṅ), Burmese ရောင် (raung, “brightness”), အရောင် (a.raung, “appearance, colour, luster”). Possibly related to 亮 (OC raŋh). (Schuessler, 2007)

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • láng/lang - vernacular;
  • lóng - literary.
Rime
Character 朗
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 盧黨切
Baxter langX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lɑŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lɑŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/laŋX/
Li
Rong 		/lɑŋX/
Wang
Li 		/lɑŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lɑŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lǎng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		long5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 朗
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lǎng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ langX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k.rˁaŋʔ/
English bright

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 朗
Reading # 1/1
No. 8034
Phonetic
component 		良
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		朗
Old
Chinese 		/*raːŋʔ/

Definitions edit

朗

  1. clear; bright
  2. loud and clear
    朗讀／朗读  ―  lǎngdú  ―  to read aloud
  3. (literary) understanding; enlightened

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai 朗
Kyūjitai
[1]
朗
&#xF929; 		 
朗󠄀
朗+&#xE0100;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
朗󠄆
朗+&#xE0106;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji edit

朗

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 朗)

  1. (visually) bright, clear
  2. (auditorily) sonorant, clear
  3. (psychologically) merry, cheerful
  4. Used in personal names.

Readings edit

Compounds edit

References edit

  1. ^ “朗”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 朗 (MC langX). Recorded as Middle Korean 랑 (lang) (Yale: lang) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation edit

  • (initial position)
    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [na̠(ː)ŋ]
    • Phonetic hangul: [낭(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
  • (non-initial position)

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

朗 (eumhun 밝을 랑 (balgeul rang), South Korea 밝을 낭 (balgeul nang))

  1. Hanja form? of 랑/낭 (“clear; bright”).

Compounds edit

Compounds

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

朗: Hán Việt readings: lãng (里(lí)黨(đảng)切(thiết))[1][2][3]
朗: Nôm readings: lẳng[1][2][3][4][5], lặng[1][2][3][4][5], rạng[1][2][3][4][5], lảng[1][2][3][4], lững[1][2][3][4], lãng[1][2][3], lửng[1][2][5], láng[1][2], lắng[1][2], sang[1][2], sáng[1][2], lựng[3][5], lẵng[1], trắng[1], rang[3], lăng[4], lứng[4]

  1. Nôm form of lặng (“calm; silent; quiet”).

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Trần (2004).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Hồ (1976).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
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