簧

簧 U+7C27, 簧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C27 ← 簦 [U+7C26] CJK Unified Ideographs 簨 → [U+7C28]

Translingual

Han character

簧 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿中金 (HTLC), four-corner 8880₆, composition ⿱𥫗黄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 900, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26541
• Dae Jaweon: page 1326, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3006, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7C27

Chinese

trad.		簧
simp. #		簧

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
僙	*kʷaːŋ
廣	*kʷaːŋʔ
鄺	*kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
懬	*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
爌	*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠	*kʰʷaːŋs
矌	*kʰʷaːŋs
壙	*kʰʷaːŋs
纊	*kʰʷaːŋs
黃	*ɡʷaːŋ
璜	*ɡʷaːŋ
潢	*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
簧	*ɡʷaːŋ
癀	*ɡʷaːŋ
鱑	*ɡʷaːŋ
獚	*ɡʷaːŋ
蟥	*ɡʷaːŋ
趪	*ɡʷaːŋ
櫎	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴	*ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
瀇	*qʷaːŋʔ
獷	*kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
觵	*kʷraːŋ
礦	*kʷraːŋʔ
鑛	*kʷraːŋʔ
穬	*kʷraːŋʔ
橫	*ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌	*ɡʷraːŋ
鐄	*ɡʷraːŋ
嚝	*qʰʷraːŋ
彉	*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
彍	*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huáng (huang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vông
• Eastern Min (BUC): uòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huáng
    • Wade–Giles: huang²
    • Yale: hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwang
    • Palladius: хуан (xuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴
    • Yale: wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vông
    • Hakka Romanization System: vong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /voŋ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
    • Tâi-lô: hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hwang

Rime
Character	簧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡光切
Baxter	hwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	簧
Reading #	1/1
No.	5383
Phonetic component	黄
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	黃
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaːŋ/

Definitions

簧

1. reed (of a musical instrument)
2. spring coil
3. sweet words

Compounds

• 一簧兩舌／一簧两舌
• 二簧 (èrhuáng)
• 反二簧
• 唱雙簧／唱双簧 (chàngshuānghuáng)
• 單簧管／单簧管 (dānhuángguǎn)
• 如簧之舌
• 巧言如簧
• 彈簧／弹簧 (tánhuáng)
• 彈簧刀／弹簧刀 (tánhuángdāo)
• 彈簧床／弹簧床 (tánhuángchuáng)
• 彈簧秤／弹簧秤 (tánhuángchèng)
• 彈簧鋼／弹簧钢 (tánhuánggāng)
• 彈簧門／弹簧门 (tánhuángmén)
• 打簧錶／打簧表
• 攤簧／摊簧
• 杭州灘簧／杭州滩簧
• 演雙簧／演双簧
• 灘簧／滩簧 (tānhuáng)
• 皮簧
• 笙簧 (shēnghuáng)
• 簧樂器／簧乐器 (huángyuèqì)
• 簧片 (huángpiàn)
• 簧管 (huángguǎn)
• 簧鼓
• 繃簧／绷簧 (bēnghuáng)
• 銅簧／铜簧
• 雙簧／双簧 (shuānghuáng)
• 雙簧管／双簧管 (shuānghuángguǎn)
• 鼓簧
• 鼓舌如簧 (gǔshérúhuáng)

 

Japanese

Kanji

簧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. flute reed

Readings

• Go-on: おう (ō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: した (shita, 簧)

Korean

Hanja

簧 • (hwang) (hangeul 황)

1. reed of woodwind instrument

Derived terms

• 笙簧 (생황)

Vietnamese

Han character

簧: Hán Nôm readings: hoàng

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