彋

彋 U+5F4B, 彋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F4B ← 彊 [U+5F4A] CJK Unified Ideographs 彌 → [U+5F4C]

Translingual

Han character

彋 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 弓田中女 (NWLV), four-corner 1623₂, composition ⿰弓睘)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 361, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9874
• Dae Jaweon: page 679, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1003, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5F4B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		彋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
癏	*kʷraːn
擐	*kʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns
還	*ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan
環	*ɡʷraːn
鬟	*ɡʷraːn
寰	*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns
闤	*ɡʷraːn
糫	*ɡʷraːn
圜	*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen
鐶	*ɡʷraːn
轘	*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns
澴	*ɡʷraːn
繯	*ɡʷraːns, *ɡʷeːnʔ
檈	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷin
儇	*qʰʷen
翾	*qʰʷen
蠉	*qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ
嬛	*qʰʷen, *qʷen, *ɡʷeŋ
譞	*qʰʷen
懁	*kʷeːns
獧	*kʷeːns
噮	*qʷeːns
彋	*ɡʷreːŋ, *ɡʷreːŋ
睘	*ɡʷeŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷreːŋ, *ɡʷreːŋ) : semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóng (hong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wang⁴ / gwang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóng
    • Wade–Giles: hung²
    • Yale: húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horng
    • Palladius: хун (xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wang⁴ / gwang¹
    • Yale: wàhng / gwāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wang⁴ / gwang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: weng⁴ / gueng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐŋ²¹/, /kʷɐŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwaeng, hweang

Rime
Character	彋	彋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	庚 (110)	耕 (118)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	戸盲切	戸萌切
Baxter	hwaeng	hweang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠwæŋ/	/ɦˠwɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚaŋ/	/ɦʷᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuaŋ/	/ɣuɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨjŋ/	/ɦwəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣuɐŋ/	/ɣuɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣwɐŋ/	/ɣwæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwɐŋ/	/ɣwæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hóng	hóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wang4	wang4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷreːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彋	彋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16259	16260
Phonetic component	睘	睘
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	橫	宏
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷreːŋ/	/*ɡʷreːŋ/

Definitions

彋

1. (Only used in 弸彋.) (onomatopoeia) sound of wind blowing curtains
2. (Only used in 弸彋.) curtains blown up by the wind

References

• “彋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

彋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}、ぎょう (gyō)^{←ぎやう (gyau, historical)}、こ (ko)、く (ku)
• Kun: とばりのひるがえるこえ (tobarinohirugaerukoe, 彋)