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U+9109, 鄉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9109

[U+9108]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+910A]

Translingual edit

Traditional
Simplified
Japanese
Korean

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 163, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女竹戈戈中 (VHIIL), four-corner 27727, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1275, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39498
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1775, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3786, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+9109

Chinese edit

trad. /
simp.
alternative forms

𨞰 ancient
𭅼

Glyph origin edit

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): 𠨍 (two people facing each other) + (a round-mouthed food vessel) – to feast; the original script of (OC *qʰaŋʔ). The sense "village" was a result of phonetic borrowing or semantic shifting.

In early writing, the character was virtually indistinguishable from (OC *kʰraŋ). Semantically, (OC *kʰraŋ, “elder; leader”) and (OC *qʰaŋ, “community; district; village”), likely cognates too, were both represented by the event depicted in the ideogram – (OC *qʰaŋʔ, “ritual feasting”), which was central to the community life (Yang, 1965).

The right half is unrelated to , as in was derived from during the formation of the clerical script.

Pronunciation 1 edit


Note:
  • hiuⁿ/hioⁿ - vernacular;
  • hiong/hiang - literary.
Note:
  • hion1/hiên1 - vernacular (hiên1 - Chaozhou);
  • hiang1 - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (32)
    Final () (105)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter xjang
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /hɨɐŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /hiɐŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /xiɑŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /hɨaŋ/
    Li
    Rong
    /xiaŋ/
    Wang
    Li
    /xĭaŋ/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /xi̯aŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    xiāng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    hoeng1
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    xiāng
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ xjang ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*qʰaŋ/
    English village; district

    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 # 1/1
    No. 13596
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*qʰaŋ/
    Notes

    Definitions edit

    1. township
    2. countryside; country; rural area
        ―  xiāngcūn  ―  village
        ―  chéngxiāng  ―  urban and rural areas
    3. one's native place
        ―  huíxiāng  ―  to return to one's native place
    4. place
    5. state; situation
        ―  mèngxiāng  ―  dreamland
    6. a surname

    Compounds edit

    Pronunciation 2 edit



    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 3/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    xiàng
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ xjangH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*qʰaŋ-s/
    English to face

    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.

    Definitions edit

    1. Alternative form of

    Pronunciation 3 edit



    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 2/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    xiǎng
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ xjangX ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*qʰaŋʔ/
    English feast

    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.

    Definitions edit

    1. Alternative form of (xiǎng)

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings edit

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    (hyang) (hangeul , revised hyang, McCune–Reischauer hyang, Yale hyang)

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    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: hương

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