泓

泓 U+6CD3, 泓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CD3 ← 泒 [U+6CD2] CJK Unified Ideographs 泔 → [U+6CD4]

Translingual

Han character

泓 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水弓戈 (ENI) or 難水弓戈 (XENI), four-corner 3213₀, composition ⿰氵弘)

1. clear, deep pool of water

Derived characters

• 𥦷, 霐

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 616, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17288
• Dae Jaweon: page 1009, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1597, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6CD3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		泓

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
弘	*ɡʷɯːŋ
鞃	*ɡʷɯːŋ
苰	*ɡʷɯːŋ
泓	*qʷrɯːŋ
宖	*qʷrɯːŋ, *ɡʷrɯːŋ
紭	*ɡʷrɯːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʷrɯːŋ) : 水 (“water”) + phonetic 弘 (OC *ɡʷɯːŋ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóng (hong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wang⁴

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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
    • Yale: wàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: weng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'weang

Rime
Character	泓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	耕 (118)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	烏宏切
Baxter	'weang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠwɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔuɛŋ/
Wang Li	/wæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wang1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷrɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泓
Reading #	1/1
No.	5133
Phonetic component	弘
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	泓
Old Chinese	/*qʷrɯːŋ/

Definitions

泓

1. (of water) deep
2. Classifier for bodies of clear water.

   一泓清泉  ―  yī hóng qīngquán  ―  a clear spring

Japanese

Kanji

泓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): おう (ō)
• Kun: ふかい (fukai)
• Nanori: きよし (kiyoshi)

Korean

Hanja

泓 (eum 홍 (hong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

泓: Hán Nôm readings: hoằng

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References

• Nom Foundation