ChineseEdit

conceited; mad man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(狂人)

PronunciationEdit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (30) (38)
Final () (106) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter gjwang nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡʉɐŋ/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡʷiɐŋ/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiuɑŋ/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/guaŋ/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/ɡiuaŋ/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭwaŋ/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/giwaŋ/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuáng rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kwong4 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kuáng rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ gjwang › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k-ɢʷ]aŋ/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English mad, reckless (other) person

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 1/1
No. 12732 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷaŋ/ /*njin/

NounEdit

狂人

  1. (literary) maniac; lunatic

SynonymsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Sino-Xenic (狂人):
  • Japanese: 狂人(きょうじん) (kyōjin)
  • Korean: 광인(狂人) (gwang'in)

JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
きょう
Grade: S
じん
Grade: 1
kan’on

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

(きょう)(じん) (kyōjin

  1. lunatic, madman
    • 2012-03-30, mothy (lyrics and music), “針音ノ時計塔 [Handbeat Clocktower]”‎[1]:
      もう(きょう)(じん)しかいない (シン)(オン)()(ケイ)(トウ)
      kyōjin shika inai Shin'on no Tokeitō
      Now there are only madmen in the Handbeat Clocktower

KoreanEdit

Hanja in this term

NounEdit

狂人 (gwang'in) (hangeul 광인)

  1. Hanja form? of 광인.