桄

桄 U+6844, 桄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6844 ← 桃 [U+6843] CJK Unified Ideographs 桅 → [U+6845]

Translingual

Han character

桄 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木火一山 (DFMU), four-corner 4991₁, composition ⿰木光)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 525, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14758
• Dae Jaweon: page 914, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1198, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6844

Chinese

simp. and trad.		桄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 桄
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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāng, guàng (guang¹, guang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ, ㄍㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ / gwong³

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• 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: guàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàng
    • Wade–Giles: kuang⁴
    • Yale: gwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanq
    • Palladius: гуан (guan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ / gwong³
    • Yale: gwōng / gwong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ / gwong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ / guong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /kʷɔːŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwang, kwangH

Rime
Character	桄	桄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古黃切	古曠切
Baxter	kwang	kwangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwɑŋ/	/kwɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑŋ/	/kʷɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑŋ/	/kuɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaŋ/	/kwaŋH/
Li Rong	/kuɑŋ/	/kuɑŋH/
Wang Li	/kuɑŋ/	/kuɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwɑŋ/	/kwɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guāng	guàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwong1	gwong3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaːŋ/, /*kʷaːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	桄	桄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4509	4516
Phonetic component	光	光
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		桄
Old Chinese	/*kʷaːŋ/	/*kʷaːŋs/

Definitions

桄

1. bamboo palm, broadleaf lady palm (Rhapis excelsa)

Compounds

• 放桄兒／放桄儿
• 桄子
• 桄榔 (guāngláng)
• 梯桄
• 線桄子／线桄子
• 門桄／门桄

 

Japanese

Kanji

桄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: よこぎ (yokogi)

Korean

Hanja

桄 (eum 광 (gwang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

桄: Hán Nôm readings: quang

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