See also: , , , , 𠨐, and 𨙪
U+536C, 卬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-536C

[U+536B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+536D]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 26, +2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹女尸中 (HVSL) or 竹山尸中 (HUSL), four-corner 77720, composition ⿰⿱丿𠄌)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 158, character 49
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2841
  • Dae Jaweon: page 363, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 310, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+536C

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): + : a man standing and a man kneeling; compare (huà), (), (běi) and ().

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𠨐 ancient

𭅵

𨙪 erroneous

The sense “I” has been hypothesized to be from (OC *ŋaːlʔ, “I”) (ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa) with an attached vocative suffix *-ŋ (Sagart, 1999: 134). However, evidence for the latter suffix is sparse; Sagart otherwise only adduces the pair of words (OC *naʔ, *nas, “woman”) and (OC *naŋ, “mother (originally as a term of address)”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (31)
Final () (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter ngang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋaŋ/
Li
Rong
/ŋɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/ŋɑŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
áng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngong4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
áng áng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngang › ‹ ngang ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k.ŋ]ˁaŋ/ /*ŋˁaŋ/
English high; lift high I, me

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
Reading # 1/2
No. 27
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaːŋ/

Definitions

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  1. (Classical or dialectal Mandarin, Old Xiang) I; me
    Synonym: (yāng)
  2. (Classical) to meet, converge
  3. obsolete form of (to raise; to be stirred, be roused; high)
  4. (historical) () place to the south of 交州 (Jiāozhōu) and 廣州广州 (Guǎngzhōu)
  5. a surname
Usage notes
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When used as a component in other characters, can be referred to as 昂字底.

Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𠨐 ancient

𭅵

𨙪 erroneous
For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to raise the head to look; to look up to; to admire; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of ).

Compounds

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Etymology 3

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alternative forms

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien) to stare blankly; to be in a daze
  2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) clumsy; awkward; sluggish (usually said in reduplication)

Compounds

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Etymology 4

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simp. and trad.
For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“fourth of twelve earthly branches; rabbit of Chinese zodiac; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. lofty
  2. high
  3. raise
  4. high-priced

Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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(ang) (hangeul , revised ang, McCune–Reischauer ang)

  1. I, oneself
  2. high
  3. raise

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Việt readings: ngang[1][2][3][4]
: Nôm readings: ngang[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of ngang (first person pronoun in literary texts)
  2. chữ Nôm form of ngang (horizontal, level, flat, stubborn)

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